LIGHTS OUT! PRESENTS TEX AVERY LIGHTS OUT! IS THE NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LOVE CINEMA AND WHO WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE. RECOGNISING YOUNG PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO EXPERIENCE A WIDE RANGE OF FILMS, LIGHTS OUT! AIMS TO PROVIDE THIS AUDIENCE WITH ACCESS TO THE BEST FILMS FROM IRELAND AND AROUND THE WORLD. LEADING UP TO THE BIG EVENT IN JULY 2008, THE IFI IS HOSTING MONTHLY SCREENINGS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Tex Avery started drawing comic strips when he was a teenager and, after a stint studying art at the prestigious Chicago Art Institute, he moved to California to learn the animation trade. By 1935, Avery was working for Warner Bros, where he created some of cinema’s most recognisable cartoon characters: Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. Avery also developed the personality of Bugs Bunny into the rabbit we know and love today. During this time at Warners, Avery created a style of animation that broke the mold of strict realism established by Walt Disney. When he moved to MGM in 1941, Avery found a new creative freedom, concentrating less on lasting characters and more on slapstick gags and humorous situations that had his audiences rolling in the aisles with laughter. This progamme includes such classics as A Wild Hare, Northwest Hounded Police, The Heckling Hare, The Cat That Hated People and Dumb-Hounded.