Flatpack 2020 Live: Colour Box

Settle in for some family-friendly short film fun, with an opportunity to make along at home...

Regular viewers will be familiar with Flatpack's family programme Colour Box, which pops up at the festival, in schools and a range of year-round events including our monthly MAC screenings. For the first time we're taking Colour Box online, giving audiences of all ages a chance to enjoy these films and activities wherever you happen to be.

As always we've gathered some brilliant animated short films from around the world, among them some absolute gems including Worms of Earth - pictured - which are only available for this special online screening. Following an hour-long screening, Colour Box wizard Emily Summers will be hosting a special workshop open to all. If you'd like to take part, start saving empty toilet rolls!

Keep your eyes peeled!
Download our Colour Box Bingo card here, and cross things off as you spot them in the films. Can you get a full house?

YouTube viewing link (going live at 10:30AM on Saturday 9 May): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCSC075AIO4

Programme:

Spring Jam dir: Ned Wenlock (NZ 2017, 5 mins)
A Lynx in the Town dir: Nina Bisiarina (France/Switzerland 2020, 7 mins)
Bird and Rhino dir: Garett Davis (USA 2015, 3 mins)
The Kindergarten Show dir: Loïc Bruyère (France 2019, 8 mins)
Workout dir: Joe Wood (UK 2018, 2 mins)
Fear of Flying dir: Connor Finnegan (Ireland 2012, 9 mins)
The Spinto Band - The Living Thing dir: Phil Davis (USA 2012, 3 mins)
Worms of Earth dir: Hélène Ducrocq (France 2019, 8 mins)
Subway Train dir: Garrett Davis (USA 2010, 4 mins)
Gunther dir: Erick Oh (USA 2014, 6 mins)

For more Colour Box antics, check out A Short Hop and In Full Swing - each available to view for a week during the festival. Flatpack 2020: the Home Entertainment Edition is being presented entirely free of charge, but all donations are hugely appreciated.