Projects in categories: Animation

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A collaboration between animator and musician. The starting point was a conversation between the two about “Zobeide”, a chapter from “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino. Sound and animation were made separately based on their creators individual responses to the literature, resulting in two narratives which merge to tell a third.

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A horse triggers an unusual device that progressively removes layers of the character until he is nothing but a shadow. Does he find a way to recover himself?

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A 'behind-the-scenes' look at an Animator/Filmmaker as he struggles with his character.

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If you think you know how a General Election is run by watching mainstream media or a shiny floored leaders' debate, then think again. When Labour voter and award-winning filmmaker, John Walsh switched sides and became a Conservative candidate he lifted the lid on the real-life world of political campaigning. With unprecedented access and never-before-seen footage of a candidate’s campaign from the inside. Controversial feature film ToryBoy The Movie made explosive discoveries about the now disgraced former Labour MP Sir Stuart Bell, outed as “Britain’s Laziest MP” but that was just the start…… This acclaimed film received award nominations and great reviews from across the political spectrum when it hit cinemas.

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A short film for the MS Society which graphically and powerfully depicts the reality of living with Multiple Sclerosis, using a busy workplace as a metaphor for the human brain to educate people about how the condition affects human motor function.

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An animated comedy about a tiny man who lives inside a cat and the mess he finds himself in when he falls in love with the cat’s new owner. When he finds a woman his own size, he realises how stupid he’s been.

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In a small apartment in Buenos Aires, an old woman eagerly awaits the birth of her grandchild and all the joys of becoming a grandmother. However, horrific circumstances means she will be forced to wait over 30 years. Using real-life testimonials this animated-documentary raises issues of memory, repression and loss.

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All Bertie Crisp wants is a quiet life in his seaside caravan home. However, when his devious wife Grace demands a baby immediately, he is forced to take matters into his own hands - with disastrous and hilarious consequences.

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An over-ambitious beaver goes too far when he gets the chance to realise his ultimate dream. Some dreams are just too big.

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did I? explores amnesia and the devastation of severe memory loss through a series of abstract visual sequences. The work combines live action footage with hand drawn and 3D animation to evoke a sense of the fragmentary and disordered recollections of an amnesiac.

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Five year old Amy and her Mum are divided in grief for Dad, occupying very separate worlds in their struggle to cope. But whilst Mum sinks into numb solitude, struggling to keep to routine, Amy seeks a more magical escape that ultimately has its own perils.

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Arthur Christmas reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the center of the film is a story about a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.