The Adventures of Prince Achmed
+ specially commissioned live accompaniment from Mira Calix
Filmmaker: Lotte Reiniger
Germany / 1926 / 65 min
NFT 1, 6 Mar, 6.30pm
The creative innovation of first-ever feature animation director Lotte Reiniger is doubled as British Composer Award winner Mira Calix premieres her new live musical accompaniment.
The first feature length animation ever made directed by Lotte Reineger in 1926 is a beautiful and creatively narrated fairytale inspired by The Arabian Nights. A young prince embarks on a series of great adventures. The beautiful princess, in need of saving, isn’t far away. Adding another level to Reineger’s creative innovation, cutting-edge composer Mira Calix premieres her new musical accompaniment for this silent animation live at the BFI.
Mira Calix
Mira Calix's speciality is mixing her intimate vocals with jittering beats and experimental electronic textures. She is signed to Warp Records and, as a live performer and DJ, has toured with a broad range of acts, including Radiohead and Aphex Twin. Calix is a truly cutting edge performer who continuously pushes boundaries. Most recently she won a Royal Philharmonic Society Award and she has been nominated for the British Composer Award 2009.
See what Mira had to say mid-commission on our blog .
Animation Lab
Despite Lotte Reineger’s hopeful beginnings, feature animations made by women are few and far between. Committed to taking action, and encouraged by the success of our comedy film lab Last Laugh, Birds Eye View and Warp Films have hooked up to create another innovative training programme, bringing together exceptional women animators and screenwriters to develop new commercial animated feature ideas.
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