11:30am, Sunday 16 October 2022, The Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Special access for school groups has been granted for a weekend festival screening of this dazzling stop-motion adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s dark fable about a naive wooden puppet by Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro.
In 1930s Italy, where fascist dictator Benito Mussolini rules with an iron fist, carpenter Geppetto’s life is dominated by his grief over the loss of Carlo, his 10-year-old son. He finds comfort in carving a wooden puppet, which a blue wood spirit unexpectedly brings to life. Geppetto names it Pinocchio. Despite its many flaws and imperfections, the wooden child is loved unconditionally by its surrogate father. But even with the sage advice of Sebastian J Cricket and the discovery that he possesses the gift of eternal life, Pinocchio’s actions continue to be ill-judged; he is constantly swayed by unscrupulous people, including ‘Il Duce’ himself. Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water) is a perfect match for Collodi’s tale, never shying away from the story’s darker elements, while delivering on the themes of redemption and the power of parental love. Created with state-of-the-art stop motion animation, this is an enchanting and a magical experience.
This film is certificate 12A, runtime 114 minutes, in English.
The screening on Sunday 16 October 11:30 will have on-screen subtitles including descriptions of non-dialogue audio for the D/deaf and people experiencing hearing loss.
Booking information
Tickets are £3 per person. This is a public screening with an allocation for school groups.
To book fill in the booking form below by Thursday 29 September.
If you need more information about the event or booking please contact our Education Programmer Kirsten Geekie kirsten.geekie@bfi.org.uk.
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