BFI

J. Hoberman, fi lm critic, journalist and author, New York, USA J. Hoberman's study of Duck Soup (1933) traces the fi lm's reputation, from the initial disappointment of its release, to its rise to cult status in the 1960s when the Marx’s anarchic, anti-establishment humor seemed again timely. Hoberman places Duck Soup in its cinematic context, alongside analogous comedies—Dr. Strangelove (1964), the Beatles fi lms, Morgan! (1966), The President’s Analyst (1967) and The Producers (1968). It attained canonical stature as a touchstone for Woody Allen and would be recognized by the Library of Congress in the 1990s.

UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 104 pages • 40 bw illus PB 9781839022258 • £11.99 / $15.95 ePub 9781839022265 • £10.79 / $13.54 ePdf 9781839022272 • £10.79 / $13.54 Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute Murray Smith, University of Kent, UK In 1996 Trainspotting was the biggest thing in British culture. Brilliantly and aggressively marketed, it crossed into the mainstream despite being a black comedy set against the backdrop of heroin addiction in Edinburgh. The fi lm is crucial for understanding British culture in the context of devolution and the rise of ‘Cool Britannia’. In his afterword to this new edition, Murray Smith refl ects on the original fi lm 25 years after its release, and its 2017 sequel T2: Trainspotting also directed by Danny Boyle. Smith also considers Boyle's subsequent directorial career, with highlights including Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony.

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 104 pages • 60 colour illus PB 9781839022166 • £11.99 / $15.95 ePub 9781839022173 • £10.79 / $13.54 ePdf 9781839022180 • £10.79 / $13.54 Series: BFI Film Classics • British Film Institute

Screen Industries in East-Central Europe

Petr Szczepanik, Charles University, Prague

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

Petr Szczepanik provides an in-depth study into the audiovisual media industries of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, offering broad insights into the ways the screen industries of Eastern and Central Europe are positioned in and are responding to globalization and digitalization.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 224 pages • 15 bw illus HB 9781839022739 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePdf 9781839022753 • £76.50 / $94.85 Series: International Screen Industries • British Film Institute

The Story of British Animation

Jez Stewart, British Film Institute, UK The fi rst authoritative account of the history, art and industry of animation in Britain, covering everything from the origins of animation at the end of the Victorian era to the 21st century's pioneering digital techniques, highlighting key animators, teams and studios. Richly illustrated with unique material from the BFI archive, the book also features focused 'close up' analyses of key animators, studios and classic fi lms, such as Anson Dyer's Animal Farm (1954), Britain’s second animated feature Yellow Submarine (1968), the children's classic Watership Down (1978) and the creations of Aardman Animations.

UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 192 pages • 100 colour illus PB 9781911239659 • £22.99 / $30.95 • HB 9781911239734 • £70.00 / $95.00 ePub 9781911239727 • £20.69 / $25.86 ePdf 9781911239710 • £20.69 / $25.86 Series: British Screen Stories • British Film Institute

Laura Beaumont, Independent screenwriter, UK & Paul Larson, Independent screenwriter, UK Written by the writers of such programs as Thomas the Tank Engine and Bob the Builder, Writing for Animation provides all the tools necessary to produce professional quality scripts that will further your career in animation. Starting with the fundamentals of ‘why animation?’ the book leads you through a series of principles, including constructing the middle act, character generation and a comedy workshop. These help to create a comprehensive toolbox that helps you to create stories that become more dramatic, more engaging and downright funny.

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 288 pages • 32 bw illus PB 9781501358661 • £18.99 / $25.95 • HB 9781501358678 • £60.00 / $80.00 ePub 9781501358654 • £19.48 / $23.35 ePdf 9781501358647 • £19.48 / $23.35 Bloomsbury Academic

Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers

Chris Pallant, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

Grendel Grendel Grendel

Animating Beowulf

Dan Torre, RMIT University, Australia & Lienors Torre, Deakin University, Australia

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com

Grendel Grendel Grendel is a masterpiece of animation and design which has attained a national and international cult status since its release in 1981. A mature, intelligent, irreverent and unique animated fi lm, it is a movie, both in terms of content and of an aesthetic that was well ahead of its time. Dan and Lienors Torre provide an intriguing analysis of the fi lm, one of the fi nest Australian animated features of all time.

UK August 2021 • US August 2021 • 224 pages • 65 bw illus HB 9781501337826 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781501337819 • £88.50 / $108.00 ePdf 9781501337802 • £88.50 / $108.00 Series: Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers • Bloomsbury Academic

The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution

Cristina Formenti, University of Milan, Italy Cristina Formenti integrates a theoretical and a historical approach in order to shed new light on the animated documentary as a form as well as on the work of renowned studios such as The Walt Disney Studios, Halas & Batchelor, National Film Board of Canada and never before addressed ones as Corona Cinematografi ca. She also highlights the differences and the similarities existing among the animated documentaries created from the 1940s through the present day, demonstrating their evolution.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781501346460 • £96.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781501346484 • £88.50 / $108.00 ePdf 9781501346477 • £88.50 / $108.00 Bloomsbury Academic

Coraline

A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA’s StopMotion Witchcraft

Edited by Mihaela Mihailova, Michigan State University, USA

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com

This collection celebrates Coraline’s 10th anniversary by examining the narrative, aesthetics, cinematic techniques, technological advancements, cultural impact, and industrial legacy that have made this fi lm an animation milestone. Topics explored in this collection highlight Coraline’s pivotal role in revolutionizing the stop-motion process, its animation aesthetics, narrative techniques, and global reception.

UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 256 pages • 17 bw illus HB 9781501347863 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePub 9781501347870 • £95.81 / $117.00 ePdf 9781501347887 • £95.81 / $117.00 Series: Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers • Bloomsbury Academic

Aardman Animations

Beyond Stop-Motion

Edited by Annabelle Honess Roe, University of Surrey, UK This volume brings together leading scholars from fi lm studies and animation studies, and children’s media and animation professionals to explore the production practices behind this uniquely British animation studio, creators of much-loved fi gures such as Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. Contributors address Aardman's creativity, the key personalities who have formed its ethos, its representations of ‘British-ness’ on screen and the implications of traditional animation methods in a digital era.

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 288 pages • 30 bw illus PB 9781350194946 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350114555 ePub 9781350130302 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781350130296 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic

Animation in the Middle East

Practice and Aesthetics from Baghdad to Casablanca

Edited by Stefanie van de Peer, Queen Margaret University, UK Animation in the Middle East uncovers the history and politics that have defi ned the practice and study of animation in the Middle East. The book explores how in spite of censorship, oppression and war, animation studios have thrived in recent years - in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Turkey - giving rise to a whole new generation of entrepreneurs and artists.

UK July 2021 • US July 2021 • 336 pages • 21 bw illus PB 9781350243903 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781784533267 ePub 9781786721716 • £81.00 / $101.01 ePdf 9781786731715 • £81.00 / $101.01 Series: World Cinema • Bloomsbury Academic