ANIMATE Helston
Join us over the February half-term
15 – 22 February 2025​
The festival focus this year is on hand-drawn animation.
Let your imagination run wild at these free bookable workshops!
Exhibition about Early Animator Eddie Radage
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Come and find out about one of our volunteers Dad Eddie Radage. An early animator he was trained by Disney director David Hand. In the 1960s he worked on the Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’, was a key animator on ‘Watership Down’ (1978) and co-directed ‘The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe’, the first UK animation to win an Emmy.
Family Fun Workshops
Let your imagination run wild at these free bookable workshops.
2 sessions at 10.30-12noon & 1-2.30pm.
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Booking through Eventbrite .
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Monday 17 Feb: Clay model making inspired by Morph 10.30am – 12noon and 1pm – 2.30pm
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Tuesday 18 Feb: Character Model Sheet with Keith Sparrow 10.30am – 12 and 1pm – 2.30pm
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Wednesday 19 Feb: Puppets Making 10.30am – 12 and 1pm – 2.30pm
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Screenings at the Museum Saturday 15 to Saturday 22 February
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Our FREE Pop-Up cinemas are returning with our giant screen in the Drill Hall and screens in the school room and toy shop. All programmed by our marvellous our team at Mor Media.
Film Screenings
at CAST Helston
Screening 2 times a day at
10.30am and 1.30pm FREE
This year's film is The Secret World of Arrietty (90 min | Cert U). From the creators of Spirited Away and Ponyo, and Academy Award®-nominated* director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, comes a gorgeous and adventure-filled adaptation of The Borrowers, one of the most beloved children’s books of all time.
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NEW ! Pop-up Cinema
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Saturday 22nd February 7pm
Trevow Helston, Helston Old Chapel, Meneage Road, Cornwall, Postcode, TR13 8BH
Loving Vincent | Dir Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman | 2017 | Crime/Thriller | 1h 35m | Certificate 12
Loving Vincent is the world's first fully painted feature film, bringing Van Gogh’s art to life in a stunning tribute. Despite his influence on Western art, he struggled with poverty and mental health, dying at just 37. This hand-painted masterpiece features 65,000 oil-painted frames, created by 125 artists in Poland and Greece, capturing his life and legacy in his own iconic style..
Ticket prices: £5/7/10
We screen a selection of animated short film work over the half-term at The Museum of Cornish Life.
Check out our Best of Animation List on Letterbox