Kawamoto the Puppet Master
Kawamoto the Puppet Master: Showroom Cinema Programme Details
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Showroom Cinema
The Showroom Cinema is situated in Sheffield's Cultural Industries Quarter, just a minute's walk from the city's central railway station, and is one of the largest independent cinemas in the country with four screens and a café bar. The venue is also home to The Workstation, housing some of the country's finest creative, digital and media companies with a wide portfolio of national and international clients.
Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX
Box Office: 0114 275 7727
Screening at the Showroom Cinema from Fri 25 April – Wed 30 April:
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Demons, Poets & Priests PG
Fri 25 April
A selection of Kawamoto‘s finest short films, including the haunting ghost story The Demon, and foreign myths and fairytales in To Shoot Without Shooting, adapted from a tale set in ancient China.
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Dark Dreams in Plasticine 15
Sat 26 April
The ghoulish grotesquerie of British animation comes up for review in a series of nightmarish visions from the country's top talent, including classics from Oscar winning Suzie Templeton, Peter Lord and bolexbrothers’Mike Booth and Martin Davies.
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Absurdities, Legends and Fairy Tales PG
Sun 27 April
The second programme of Kawamoto’s short films celebrates the fantastic, the mystical and the arcane, including the haunting ghost story The Demon and the surreal collage animation The Trip.
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Cinékids: Claymation Classics PG
Sun 27 April
A selection of British animation classics aimed at children between 8 and 12 years old, featuring Sludger the Aardvark in Hamilton Mattress, Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers and Morph.
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Barry Purves 15
Mon 28 April
Since 1986, Barry Purves has directed and animated some 70 commercials, title sequences, and animation inserts for films and pop promos. This very special screening will present a selection of his films.
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The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb 12A
Tue 29 April
A dark, twisted, yet enchanting version of the classic fairytale, set in a dystopian world of dark and shadowy tenements, shining high-tech labs and hallucinatory landscapes of garbage and ruins.
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The Book of the Dead 12A
Wed 30 April
Set in Japan in the mid-8th century when Buddhism was introduced from China, this story of a battle fought between the spiritual and material world represents the crowning achievement of Kawamoto’s creative practice.