
75' | adv 12+
A chance to step into the vast world of His Dark Materials, and learn how the show’s many creatures were brought to life on set. Produced in Cardiff, the hit television show produced by Bad Wolf for BBC One and HBO stars Dafne Keen, Amir Wilson, James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda and is based on the novels by Philip Pullman. After launching to 7.2 million viewers in 2019, making it the most-watched new British show on any channel in five years, the show is now gearing up for the release of season 3 later this year.
Brian Fisher and Eliot Gibbins, the show’s heads of Creature Effects, will take Cardiff Animation Festival audiences behind the scenes, showing how traditional puppetry, with a sprinkling of Dust, combined to bring daemons and armoured bears to life
Thu 19 January - Sun 16 April