Projects in categories: Animation

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A young boy receives the gift of piping from a sinister fairy, in this traditional Scottish Gaelic animated tale complete with 21st century bagpipe soundtrack.

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An ancient tale retold, of a city under siege and the terrible action taken by one woman to save it.   The city elders are prepared to surrender, but Judith has other ideas. From the battlements she has watched Holofernes, the enemy general, and now she plans revenge and triumph. When they meet in his camp, they discover more complex desires and needs in each other, and during one night work out a passionate and dangerous relationship. By dawn Judith is victorious, but it is a bitter victory.   Does patriotrism justify any action? Is Judith a hero or a maniac? Is Holofernes oppressor or victim? Is this a story about the sexiness of war or the savagery of sex? Can violence ever generate peace, or does it just keep the brutal cycles of war, defeat, victory and reprisal circling forever?

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An old lady remembers the journey she made as a newly-wed from England to Czechoslovakia in 1945.

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An ironic look at the way newspapers report children's deaths, accidents, bad mothers, angry fathers and the bogeyman. Based on the film maker's archive of newspaper clippings, these are terrible stories that make great copy. With an inventive mix of still photography and live action, the film sweeps around Britain to create a chilling comment on death, news reporting and the family.

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Schoolyard Samurai follows the misadventures of a cute unassuming little girl as she strives to fit in with the other kids at school. After several failed attempts to join in playground games she decides to take action.

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A father and daughter dance together but their playful banter turns to jealousy and indignation. Anger builds between the generations and sexes, starting a cycle of violence seemingly without end.

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'Obey', the word flickers onto the monitor screen. The small shaved monkey works hard, pulls the lever. He does what he's told to do - and he receives his reward. An allegory of man's thankless task of working for nothing but shallow consumer products.

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The Allotment tells the story of a friendship between an old man who tends a plot of land and a girl. It deals with urbanisation, the march of time, life, death and renewal.

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A mysterious bridge seems to hide a secret: who crosses it, will experience strange phenomenons like whispering statues and bizarre sounds that seem to attract the wanderer into a trap. Jan, the central character, is at first intimidated by the bridges eerie atmosphere, but decides to dig deeper, finding more than he bargained for.

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The Girl and the Horse is a simple yet stunning tale of a small girl's search for contentment and the love she feels for her horse.   As the story unfolds she realises that the material things in life such as cakes, coins and pretty dresses will not necessarily make her feel literally whole and happy. The only thing that can fill the literally empty void of her unhapiness is her wonderful friendship with her horse.

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Combining animation and live action, The House tells a story of a group of women with mental health problems. Through their own drawings it highlights aspects of their everyday lives, their dreams and aspirations, who they are and what they have been.

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A reclusive man's possessive love for a beautiful song bird has unexpected consequences, proving that true love cannot be caged.