Animal Farm 70th Anniversary Screening (U)

Tuesday 12 Nov 2024 - 18:30
HOME - Cinema 2
Runtime: 75 mins (approx.)

Celebrating 70 years since Halas and Batchelor released the UK's first commercial animated feature film Animal Farm. Inspired by the dream of Old Major, a prize boar, the overworked animals of Manor Farm rise up against their negligent, drunken owner and drive him out. Led by two young pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, they establish their own self-sufficient farm, but as the farm flourishes it begins to slide into dictatorship.

Films in this programme

Animal Farm

Dir. Joy Batchelor, John Halas // United Kingdom,United States

Celebrating 70 years since Halas and Batchelor released the UK's first commercial animated feature film Animal Farm. The overworked animals of Manor Farm rise up against their negligent, drunken owner, but as the farm flourishes it begins to slide into dictatorship.