Joy Batchelor event at the Barbican

The Barbican is set to host an event celebrating the life of Joy Batchelor on 12 April. From the event's official webpage:

Joy Batchelor was one of the pioneering creative and commercial forces in UK animation with her output of witty public service short films after the second world war, as well as the BAFTA nominated Animal Farm adapted from the novel by George Orwell. 

This event, celebrating the centenary of her birth, looks at Joy’s life as both a professional co-running a creative studio and her role as a mother.

Followed by a ScreenTalk with animation programmer and author, Clare Kitson, BFI Curator Jez Stewart and Batchelor’s daughter, Vivien Halas, chaired by film critic, Brian Sibley.
Event and films curated by Vivian Halas and guests.

Hamilton in The Music Festival

This 1962 film is the second of two cartoons made by Halas & Batchelor about Hamilton the Musical Elephant. Harold Whitaker and Tony Guy animated the short, while Gil Potter provided the backgrounds.

 

Halas & Batchelor's The Candlemaker

Something festive, here. The Candlemaker is a 1957 short directed by John Halas and Joy Batchelor for the United Lutheran Church in the US. It was animated by Brian Borthwick, Reg Lodge and Vic Bevis with designs by Philip Stapp; Stapp also co-wrote the film with Joy Batchelor.

The film tells the story of a man who makes candles for the church, and of his son who is too busy playing with his pet mouse to learn to make candles properly himself.