Projects in categories: Animation

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This piece, using a methodology diametrically opposed to Warhol's own, revisits stray elements that pass incidentally through that moment of monumental presence we experience in 'Empire'.
Screenings include:
53rd Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA
Experimenta 58th BFI London Film Festival, UK

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Basic dignity of queer people in India is under attack. An adorable Indian mother & her queer daughter spring into action by the Supreme Court's latest decision on anti-gay law, Section 377.

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Little Sofía loves her grumpy granny: even though she is always hungry and eats what little food they can buy. Her pension is the only thing keeping her and her father alive. To what extremes will they go to once granny is no more?

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When the residents awake to find the key missing to the Town gate frustration soon sets in. Only this key is happy to be lost and keen to show some things should not be found.

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A split-screen divides the worlds of Jonathan Smallman, who is recording his dating-profile, and Philip Button, the Internet chef. But will the irritating sound from the real world stand in the way of their search for companionship and acceptance.
A bilingual film with the voices of Tim Key and Detlef Bierstedt.

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Cup of tea? Come and take a seat in Lyn's cosy front room, hear her story of love during wartime and watch as her belongings come alive with the hope, fear and humour of one spirited lady. Equal parts documentary, animation and magic, "Mend and Make Do" features the original voice of Lyn Schofield of Southport, Merseyside, a woman with a lifetime of tales to tell.

2014 7 mins 38 Secs Colour Dolby Digital Stop motion/Pixelation

Director Bexie Bush Writer Stefan Kaday Producer Timo Suom Cinematographer Adrian Peckit Designer Isobel Dunhill
Editor Pawel Slawek Sound Designer Neo Anilcar Peterson Composer Arran Price Online/Colourist Ross Allen
VFX Supervisor Chris Chidlow

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Little Sofía loves her grumpy granny: even though she is always hungry and eats what little food they can buy. Her pension is the only thing keeping her and her father alive. To what extremes will they go to once granny is no more?

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Pineapple Calamari is a horse who dreams of becoming a racing champion. He is taken care of by two women, who share a very special connection. When tragedy befalls this happy family, their social life takes a dramatic turn for the unexpected.

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At the edge of the world, death lies between every crack of ice and sheet of snow. Despite this, a small, forgotten port-town fights through the darkness to survive. In the midst of this, where every person, every action must be held accountable, a young man must prove his worth.

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Scenes appropriated from Murnau's Nosferatu with the utterly iconic Max Schreck. Music by Evangelista.

Selected to be screened in the Experimenta section of the BFI London Film Festival this October

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Veteran British animator Bob Godfrey (1921-2013) answers the question "What Is Animation?" His answer is by turns witty, iconoclastic and insightful and all the while is acted out by a tiny man in a bowler hat.

This hand-drawn film is based upon an interview recorded in 2006.

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Consumed by an insatiable hunger from outer space, a high-flying nobleman unleashes a painful renaissance beyond the wildest dreams of Florence. But can he escape the consequences of the ultimate rebirth?
Peoples of the Earth, beware of Duke Cosmico: you are what he eats.