Projects in categories: Animation

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Separate projections combine, unifying, becoming whole. Twelve animated projections combine to develop a rhythmic dialogue exploring the intrinsic relationship between sound and image using 16mm film, paint and a projector.

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A barefoot dancer possibly contravening local laws busks in St.Mark's Square, Venice. His performance is captured from the internet and focused into 24 narrow panels to show pattern
and movement flow across time.

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In the midst of a searing heatwave, two little children find a way to cool everyone down.
Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2019 - Graduation Short Film Competition

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A naive but determined internet dweller goes to some seedy lengths to fit in at school, but it still doesn’t go quite to plan.

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My grandad was a romantic. He once saw a picture of my granny and realised that she was the love of his life. One day he decided to go meet her.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Laugh Strand
BAFTA Film Awards 2020 - Winner - Best British Short Animation

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Noah battles to overcome his grief at the death of his mother, a journey that takes him from his flat to beyond the stars.
An animation in stop-motion and oil paint.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Cinéfondation - International premiere

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Voices in a crowd stir violent emotions, microaggressions bring up past traumas. Then a turning shifts the emotional landscape...

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Scans of medical equipment, X-rays and scraps of found material emerge in counterpoint to a fragmentary, manipulated soundtrack led by the human voice. A rumination on the relationship between the body and technology, UNCONTROLLABLE UNIVERSE continues Richards’ investigation into the formal possibilities of collage and an embodied, affective moving image.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Experimenta Strand

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What do a dissatisfied grizzly bear, Elvis the bartender and Jesus Christ have in common? Only one way to find out.

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Ed Accura is a black British man who develops phobia with water, and as a result wears a lifejacket everywhere he goes. Ed is torn between his friends encouraging him to learn how to swim and society dramatically dampening his confidence with stereotypes on black people and their inability to swim.

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Animated fabric brings the story of a lingerie factory in Manchester to life. Silk, cotton and lace go under the camera, as the workers recount the history of Headen & Quarmby, the UK garment manufacturing industry, and British family traditions of making. A specially composed soundtrack by Swedish composer Malin Bång, inspired by sounds of sewing machinery, evokes the ups and downs of the factory.