The Making of Longbird - a Retrospective

14th November 2011

Animated film and exhibition
by Will Anderson and Tobias Feltus

Inverness Museum & Art Gallery
19th November 2011- 4th February 2012

The Making of Longbird is apparently a documentary, unveiling archive footage of a Russian animated film from 1911 about a master animator, a work of art and a terrible fire...

Award-winning Highland film-maker Will Anderson takes up the challenge of reclaiming the lost legacy of the Longbird, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction and making us believe the unbelievable. In his exploration of the character of the captivating Longbird we realise that he is not all he seems. This is a study of a bird but hardly an ornithological one!

This touching, funny film by one of our most promising young animators is the centrepiece of an exhibition which has a supporting programme of film-makers, past and present, from Edinburgh College of Art. The Art Gallery at Inverness Museum becomes a cinema of yesteryear for the purpose with photographs by Tobias Feltus, filmed interviews and other ephemera relating to the film.

The Making of Longbird has just won the Short Grand Prix at the Warsaw International Film Festival 2011, the Golden Dove and Audience Awards at the Leipzig Film Festival and the artist has been nominated for a New Talent Award 2011 by BAFTA in Scotland.

Inverness Museum & Art Gallery 19th November 2011- 4th February 2012
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