BFI Southbank will begin its 2011 presentation of Disney’s 50 animated films with the presentation of Tangled in 3D on the day of the film’s UK premiere, 16th January 2011 followed by a special on-stage Q&A with the film’s directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard.
The remaining forty nine films will then be shown chronologically at BFI Southbank every weekend for the rest of the year starting with Disney’s first animation feature, and the first-ever animation feature in technicolor, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Further cinematic milestones include Fantasia (1940), the first major motion picture in stereophonic sound, Lady and the Tramp (1955), the first animated feature in CinemaScope, The Rescuers Down Under (1990), the first feature film to be shot using a 100% digital process; Beauty and the Beast (1991), the first animated feature to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture; The Lion King (1994), the highest grossing traditionally animated film of all time; and Pocahontas (1995), the largest-ever film premiere event with over 100,000 viewers.
BFI Southbank will also host a whole range of on-stage events with Disney artists and directors past and present throughout the year including the January 23rd BFI Southbank’s Family Funday will celebrating Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Along with the usual competitions and prizes, participants will get to draw their favorite dwarf and make their own animation feature to bring Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful and Grumpy to life in new and exciting ways.
Tickets are available to all.