Project Detail

The Fire Next Time

Synopsis

Rioting spreads as social inequality causes tempers in a struggling community to flare, but the oppressive environment takes on a life of its own as the shadows of the housing estate close in.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2021
BAFTA Film Awards 2021 - Nomination - Best British Short Animation

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
8 min
Director
Renaldho Pelle
Producer
Yanling Wang
Editor
Robin Whalley
Screenwriter
Kelly Jade Kolbe
Director of Photography
Fabio Mota
Production Designer
Nicola Sadori
Sound
Jose Pablo Ramirez
Composer
Marisa Cornford
Principal cast
Chekera Pelle, Romario Pelle, Caspian Pelle, Eric Kranja, Gavin Bourne, Stella Heath Keir
Colour Grading
Liz Glennard, Michael Pearce
2-D Animators
Renaldho Pelle, Tommy Robin, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Mohamed Fadera, Kirill Blumenkrants, Alex Apostolakis, Chen Tan, Sam Gainsborough, Hanna Chuieva, Martha Halliday, Piero Emili, Frank Burgess, Sam Gray, Laura Franchito
VFX Artists
Ysabel King, Liam Wedge

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