Projects in categories: Animation

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At home in the north of England, an old woman tunes into the radio. As rain drips into the house, dark manifestations appear in her mind. Official Selection London Short Film Festival 2025 - Nomination - Best UK Short Film

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GREEN LUNG responds to the history of Derby Arboretum, Britain’s first public park, commissioned by mill owner Joseph Strutt, opened in 1840. Using screen-printed animation and found materials, the film makes connections between the nature of the park, and the industrial working lives of those it was intended to benefit. Official Selection Ottowa International Animation Festival 2025 - Official Competition

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An experimental collage film that uses a range of animation techniques to explore the story of migration and enterprise, told through the changing face of Britain’s high street. The film combines stop-motion with digital techniques and manipulated photographic cut-outs, creating continuous transition between past and present. Official Selection Ottawa International Animation Festival 2024 - Official Competition Official Selection Aesthetica Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition

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During the 1950s, Ireland had the highest rate of psychiatric hospital use globally. Using archival documents, filmmakers Cáit McClay and Éiméar McClay look critically at the evolution of Irish psychiatric institutions across the 20th century, examining the confluence of carceral, therapeutic and socioeconomic incentives that determined their influence. Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) 2025 - World premiere

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Different forms of communication are explored when a filmmaker attempts to find the name of a dead person they discovered behind their flat in Glasgow.

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STREETS OF CHANGE VR is a powerful virtual reality experience that brings to light the often-overlooked realities of street homelessness, challenging the stigma and stereotypes through storytelling. Rooted in real lived experiences, the film humanises rough sleepers through three intimate character stories, revealing their resilience and the harsh truths of life on the streets. Through hyper-realism, spoken word poetry, and immersive storytelling, STREETS OF CHANGE VR explores a narrative of poverty, addiction, and mental health with honesty and emotional depth. By placing viewers in the shoes of those experiencing homelessness, STREETS OF CHANGE VR aims to foster empathy, break down prejudice, and invites urgent conversations about inequality. STREETS OF CHANGE VR is a call to action amid a growing global homelessness crisis.

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A ghostly train journey on a forgotten branch line transports a man visiting his dying father in a sanatorium to the edge of a mythic forest. The Quay Brothers third feature film - a tale told through puppet animation and live-action, inspired by the book 'The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' by Bruno Schulz. Official Selection Venice Days 2024 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025

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STRANGEWAYS floats and flows beyond our own strangled world. It’s where corridors twist into gardens, and fingers scribble sketches of dreams. Creatures, plants, earth, junk (and the stuff in the gaps between them) all converse with different voices, share wild thoughts, and explore strange ways together. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2024 - Venice Immersive - In Competition - World premiere

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An animated documentary, telling the story of Katie who found empowerment, friendship, and healing by plunging into into frigid waters of the North Sea. Addressing themes of isolation and connection, mental health, wellbeing, and climate change, Katie's story relates the physical and mental benefits of cold-water swimming. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

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The “parts” are a painting of my own from some time ago, a waveform whose origin I don't remember, and a travelling letter “x” that suggests a stitch bringing them together, though what actually does so is almost certainly the Bach soundtrack.

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An intimate VR experience that explores ’dis-ease’ within the body, through the lived experience of patients with breast cancer. Meticulously crafted and developed in close collaboration with a team of scientists and researchers, this interactive experience tells the stories of patients’ healthcare struggles, with focus on breast cancer treatment. Audiences are led through a visual and sonic world that interweaves excerpts from survivors’ stories. It aims to invoke a more nuanced and holistic understanding of this sensitive topic. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2024 - Venice Immersive Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - LFF Expanded

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Feed the monster, have a cup of tea, and if it's your first day - don't pay attention to anything peculiar in Sector 3. Nick shows a new worker around the crumbling Progress Mining Company, while Mary tries to get it shut for repairs. Official Selection Locarno Film Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2025 Official Selection IndieLisboa 2025