Film Screening Talk

Puppets On Screen

Date of event: 2 Jul 2026 Event start time: 6:00pm - Event end time: 9:00pm

Venue Address: Broadway Cinema, 14-18 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AL

Age range: Suitable for ages 12+

A man in a flat cap and plaid shirt sits at a wooden table with a wooden Pinocchio puppet, surrounded by glass display cases filled with stop-motion animation characters.

Talk 6-7pm, followed by screening of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox

Richard Pickersgill from Mackinnon & Saunders, with Nottingham Puppet Festival co-founder David Longford hosting the Q&A

Richard Pickersgill, Stop Motion Animator at Mackinnon & Saunders, shares insights from his 25-year career on films like Coraline and Pinocchio. Discover the mysteries of on-screen puppetry as he explores how old techniques and new technologies combine to create cinematic magic for 21st-century audiences.