Projects in categories: Animation

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When a cataclysmic volcanic eruption flings a jumble of debris deep into a dark underground cave, these shattered components of life, an assortment of shells, sticks, eyes, rocks and limbs driven by the eternal instinct for survival, quickly reassemble into new living creatures. The creatures stumble through the caves in a fight for survival.
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024 - Young Audience Programme

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Things haven’t gone quite the way Robin expected them to, so she decides the time has come to get rid of her drum kit. But giving up her passion might not be as simple as she anticipates.
Official Selection Ottawa International Animation Festival 2023

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Renee loses herself in a controlling relationship and the abuse she suffers gets worse until she is utterly trapped.
Official Selection Animafest Zagreb 2023 - Student Films Competition

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Exploring the relationship between people and birds through a combination of hand drawn animation and photographic collage, centring around the community of pigeon keepers in Glasgow.

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The complexity of an ancient friendship is dissected to hilarious and recognisable effect as old friends Milly and June wait impatiently for each other outside a coffee shop. The longer they wait, the more annoyed they get, causing old resentments to play on their minds.

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Granny is the best. While Mary’s home life is ruled by two older brothers, football and ready meals, she shares her grandmother’s rebellious spirit and love of home cooking. But the happy, carefree days in the kitchen with Granny are drawing to a close. At the same time, a mysterious woman appears in Mary’s life, ready to accompany her, her mother and her grandmother on a journey through the family’s history, bringing them all closer together for one last time as they dust off Granny’s past and straighten memories gone askew.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2023 - Generation Kplus - World premiere

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A hypnotic hand drawn animation; a mysterious transmission revealing playful geometric possibilities. The film provides a meditative and contemplative space, oscillating between flatness and depth, control and instability.

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Guilty admiration for pickpocketing skills made me aware of my own hands to interact with the video image.

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Perfectionist Lee must adapt to the imperfect reality of living with an illness – brought to life as her chaotic supernatural flatmate Bug.
A dark comedy animated short, narrated by Rachel Jackson, about accepting the long-term effects of disability.
Official Selection Animafest Zagreb 2023
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023

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A demon roams through an ominous synthetic environment, reconstructed from satellite images of Russian air bases in Syria, Belarus, and Ukraine.
In ONSET, Engelhardt and Cinkevich craft an unholy alliance of medieval demonology, investigative research, and CGI animation to uncover the hidden life of these military outposts.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition

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Anna lives in a perfect house at the edge of a tornado. When she needs to go outside, she is forced to face the chaos of life that she usually hides away from.

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The A.I. was about to make some art. The capitalist came sniffing. The human Artist must confront their inner most fears.
A deep meditation on the battle between A.I. and the Artist. Who will win, who will lose, who cares? Be brave. Make art.
Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023