Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
For our first BFI Film Academy Lab of the year, we welcomed Astrid Goldsmith, an international award-winning stop-motion animation director (Red Rover, Quarantine), who makes puppet films about angry animals in her garage in Folkestone, works as an animator for Netflix and is developing her first feature-length project with BFI backing.
In this session, Astrid discussed working within big industry productions as well as on her DIY animation projects, as well as her creative process and what made her films get recognised by festivals and funders!
Astrid was in conversation with Amber Hyams, previously Director of Watersprite Film Festival.
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BFI Film Academy Labs are online events for 16-25 year olds to gain industry insight and get professional advice and support to develop their own film programming and filmmaking practices. Programmed by the Young Film Programmers’ Network (South East), they are delivered as practical masterclasses, workshops and networking sessions.
Recorded on Wednesday 25 January 2023.
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For our first BFI Film Academy Lab of the year, we welcomed Astrid Goldsmith, an international award-winning stop-motion animation director (Red Rover, Quarantine), who makes puppet films about angry animals in her garage in Folkestone, works as an animator for Netflix and is developing her first feature-length project with BFI backing.
In this session, Astrid discussed working within big industry productions as well as on her DIY animation projects, as well as her creative process and what made her films get recognised by festivals and funders!
Astrid was in conversation with Amber Hyams, previously Director of Watersprite Film Festival.
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BFI Film Academy Labs are online events for 16-25 year olds to gain industry insight and get professional advice and support to develop their own film programming and filmmaking practices. Programmed by the Young Film Programmers’ Network (South East), they are delivered as practical masterclasses, workshops and networking sessions.
Recorded on Wednesday 25 January 2023.
#BFIFilmAcademy
