Was wonderful looking at the magic of LAIKA Studios at their BFI exhibition, LAIKA: Frame x Frame. So much beauty and detail painstakingly created for their films! Well worth a visit!!
LAIKA: Frame x Frame is a free exhibition that will showcase the boundary pushing art and science behind the studio’s five epic films, at BFI Southbank from 12 August to 1 October 2024. This narrative-rich experience will honour the stories of LAIKA and the unparalleled level of detail in the physical puppets, intricately crafted sets, costumes and awe-inspiring props – some never before seen – from LAIKA’s vast production archives. The exhibition is presented alongside Stop Motion: Celebrating Hand-Crafted Animation on the Big Screen, supported by headline partner LAIKA, a major new season taking place at BFI Southbank from 1 August to 9 October with free film screenings for children under 16.
Using assets from every department of the Portland-based studio, LAIKA: Frame x Frame tells the story of LAIKA through the lens of its five feature films to date, Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Missing Link (2019), all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Outstanding Animated Feature.
Here are some pictures I took there…
