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Animation History and Art Study 動畫概論與藝術研究 動畫史上《不被歌頌的英雄》背後的價值 Artist Introduction : Luth Lingford Born in 1953. In 1990, after working as an occupational therapist with mentally ill old people (and bringing up a family), she completed a BA in Fine Art and Art History at Middlesex Polytechnic. She moved on to the Animation School at the RCA. In 1993 she was awarded an Arts Council of England animate! grant to make What She Wants, an experimental film produced entirely on a home Amiga computer. Subsequently, after a 3-month Animator's Residency at the Museum of the Moving Image, she received a Channel 4 commission for Death and the Mother, another Amiga-based work which has won prizes at many international film festivals. She teaches at the The National Film & Television School, Harvard University & RCA. Her films include: The Old Fools (2002, an animate! production through Finetake for Channel 4 and the Arts Council of England, 6 mins) A film of a poem by Philip Larkin, voiced by Bob Geldof. The poet looks with a mixture of fear, disgust and compassion at old age and the inevitability of death. The animation is drawn digitally, based on footage of the film-maker's father. Pleasures of War (1998, Finetake Productions for Channel 4, 11 mins) An ancient tale retold, of a city under siege and the terrible action taken by one woman to save it. Devised in collaboration with the novelist Sara Maitland, and drawn on desktop computer incorporating archive footage. 'Cruel and lovely ... a bold, ravishing vision of la grande morte and its petite cousin.' Time Out magazine Best Animation Film L'Alternativa99, Barcelona International Independent Film Festival 1999 Special Mention of the Youth Jury Festival Tous Courts, Aix-enProvence 1999 Critics Award Brisbane International Animation Festival 2000 Best Animation Surprise International Short Film Festival, Taichung Taiwan 2000 Best British Animation FAN Norwich 2000 Best Women's Film FAN Nowich 2000 Death and the Mother (1997, Ownbrand Animation for Channel 4, 11 mins) Black-and-white drawn computer animation, based on a Hans Christian Andersen story. A sick child is taken by Death. The Mother faces obstacles and ordeals to win back her child. But the greatest test of her love is still to come... Award for Best Graphic Direction Annecy World Animation Festival 1997 Special Prize of the Jury European Cartoon d'Or 1997 Best Experimental Film Bradford Animation Festival 1997 Best Film 6-13 mins Cinanima, Espinho International Animated Film Festival 1997 First Prize Public Awards Stuttgart International Animation Festival 1998 Best Film over 10 minutes British Animation Awards 1998 Best Animation St Petersburg International Short Film Festival 'Message to Man' 1998 Toured: UK Regional Film Theatres Broadcast: C4 'Four-Mations' 1998 Prize-Winning Animation What She Wants (1994, Arts Council of England & Channel 4, 4 mins) About sex and shopping, the social deployment of sexuality, and capitalism in detumescence. Created entirely on an Amiga 1500 home computer. Selected: Cardiff International Animation Festival 1994, Dublin Animation Festival 1994, Edinburgh Film Festival 1994, Carrefour Belgium 1994, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 1995, Cinewomen Festival Norwich 1995, Stuttgart International Animation Festival 1995 Short-listed: ICA Dick Awards Most Controversial Short Film of the Year 1994 Distributed: Arts Council, British Film Institute, British Council, London Electronic Arts. Toured: London Electronic Arts Sexual Visionaries UK travelling programme Broadcast: C4 'Four-Mations' 1995 Secret Passions