Projects in categories: Animation

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Christopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship. His hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy, and obsession.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2022 - World Premiere
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2023
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2023 - Animated Shorts Competition - Special Jury Recognition for Animation Directing

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A Clown dreams of being a Circus performer, but soon learns that practice makes perfect!

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Cockadoodledo!
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection Encounters Film Festival 2022
Official Selection Animist Tallin International Animation Festival 2023

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A stranger in the family becomes a ghost child and awakens the monsters and desires of a queer childhood... THE PERPETRATORS collages film, animation and archive in a dreamy autofiction of queer darkness, incorporating 1980s Stranger Danger, the construction of homosexual identity and the institution of the family.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023

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In a nondescript forest, two exiled individuals are about to reincarnate into the next life while striking up an intimate conversation on family legends, collective histories, love tales and folklore. The dialogue between the two characters appears only on screen, as the film is led by a sonic narrative – a score composed for the work by British trumpeter Kevin G. Davy. Juxtaposing analogue film and digital animation, the film collapses notions of time and space. The project explore queerness, migration, and colonial ghosts haunting relations amongst China, West Africa and the Caribbean past and now, drawing from both personal and historical perspectives.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 - World premiere

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This film revisits the Chinese wallpaper from the 18th century at Harewood House. Such an exotic artefact was used by the landed gentry as a token of other to imagine the wider world. As the wallpaper was made in China, this film also explores self-representation through the artist’s personal photos.

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Overly curious Mary visits her boyfriend's flat for the first time, just to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied an explanation, she climbs into his head.

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A mysterious intergalactic art collector has their sights on one of earth's masterpieces. But a plucky security guard ensures it will not be a simple lift.

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A film exploring the alternative human and animal perspectives on the implications of climate change using sand animation to illustrate a piece of writing by acclaimed novelist Jeanette Winterson.

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LDN 51.5072N 0.1276W examines the influence of the Industrial Revolution via the relics from architecture in London, reflecting the effects technology has had on transforming traditional notions of work, community, and identity.
Official Selection Vienna Shorts 2023

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Haunted and scarred by conflict and loss, a sailor must come to terms with the trauma of war and the mysteries of the deep, as he endures another shift in the small hours of the night on the Middle Watch.
BAFTA Film Awards 2023 - Nomination - Best British Short Animation

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Single-mum Lina and her daughter Priya have a close and playful bond that helps them navigate life without tearing each other apart. Lina has found a fair way to settle any debate, using the game Rock Paper Scissors. But all too soon Priya learns that sometimes life isn’t a playground.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2022 - Immersive Competition