All articles by Jez Stewart
Animation for the nation: how the COI used cartoons to present the voice of authority
A generation of British viewers will never forget what Charley said. The cult 1970s series of public information films was just one of the ways in which the Central Office of Information harnessed animation to inform, educate and, in some cases, terrify, says BFI curator Jez Stewart.
By Jez Stewart
The female gaze: 100 overlooked films directed by women
By Isabel Stevens, Bryony Dixon and others
Britain on Lockdown: The online videos shaping the crisis #6
By Jez Stewart
Britain on Lockdown: The online videos shaping the crisis #5
By Patrick Russell, Jez Stewart and others
Britain on Lockdown: The online videos shaping the crisis #4
By Patrick Russell and Jez Stewart
Britain on Lockdown: The online videos shaping the crisis #2
By Jez Stewart, Patrick Russell and others
Britain on Lockdown: The online videos shaping the crisis #1
By Ros Cranston, William Fowler and others
The best British TV of 2019
By Josephine Botting, Mark Duguid and others
Aisle remember you: the 90s video store
By Will Massa and Jez Stewart
Telling a new history of British animation
By Jez Stewart
The best indie animation of 2016
By Chris Robinson, Alex Dudok de Wit and others
Chris Shepherd: “You give the audience a nostalgia massage… and then it turns”
By Jez Stewart
The films that built Out of the Rubble
By Ros Cranston, Mark Duguid and others
The best indie animation of 2015
By Alex Dudok de Wit, Chris Robinson and others
Boys and men: the best of British animation at Encounters 2015
By Jez Stewart
Fascinating suffragette films now on BFI Player
By Bryony Dixon, Edward Anderson and others
A Day in Liverpool: is this 1929 film Britain’s very own ‘city symphony’?
By Jez Stewart
Puppet thespian: Barry Purves, keeper of the flame
By Jez Stewart
The best of Halas & Batchelor, the groundbreaking UK animation studio
By Jez Stewart
Rarely seen British political campaigning films released on BFI Player – 10 to try
By Edward Anderson, Ros Cranston and others
The best indie animation of 2014
By Jez Stewart and Chris Robinson
The 10 best British TV aliens
By Lisa Kerrigan, Jez Stewart and others
Animal Farm: behind the scenes on Britain’s first animated feature film
By Jez Stewart
10 great British films directed by women
By Jemma Desai, Selina Robertson and others