Project Detail

New Year

Synopsis

An 8-minute animated short set over two time periods. In 1999 a boy becomes obsessed with the Y2K bug; In the distant future a girl is learning to be a priest in a religion based upon the ‘artifacts’ left behind by the boy. The people in the future speak in a partially understandable dialect of English that has evolved over time.
The cult of personality is terrifying, insane and at times hilarious. We are interested in how humans fabricate meaning and place their most deep-seated fears in the most unlikely of gods. The Year 2000 was simultaneously the beginning of the future, and the end of world. NEW YEAR is a humorous film that looks at humans struggling with their mortality, over thousands of years, through stories, ritual and religion.

Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 9 min 3 sec
Director: Diana Gradinaru, Rory Waudby-Tolley
Producer: Becky Perryman
Executive Producer: Phil Davies
Screenwriter: Diana Gradinaru, Rory Waudby-Tolley
Composer: Skillbard
Principal cast: Voice Cast: Jason Forbes, Thea Gajic, Lorna Gayle, Javone Prince
Animation: Ala Nunu Leszynska, Chiara Sgatti

Genre

Climate / Environment Woman Director Comedy Drama Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Diana Gradinaru, Rory Waudby-Tolley

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