Projects in categories: Animation

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A film of stone and light – just stone and light. "Elegy is a form of poetry natural to the reflective mind. Sorrow and love became the principal themes of the elegy. Elegy presents everything as lost and gone or absent and future." (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

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Uncanny residues of adolescence form a dank landscape where memories of suburban Scotland mix with half-forgotten virtual worlds.

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Snaps of everyday human interactions are assembled in a rhythmic montage that explores the relationship between men, architecture and nature in the context of Bulgarian post-socialist residential neighbourhoods. Official Selection Annecy Film Festival 2018 - Graduation Films Competition

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A comedy-drama animation about two best friends growing up in the same world but experiencing it completely differently due to the shade of their skin.

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A Boogie dance performed by William & Maeva was downloaded from the internet and vertical sections were taken from each frame and arranged into 24 panels to show pattern and movement across each second.

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Set amidst the euphoric madness of a summer music festival, 'Robot & Scarecrow' is a uniquely modern fairytale about love. When a robot pop princess flees her keeper she runs straight into the arms of a lonely scarecrow desperate for adventure. They spend an incredible night together, caught in a heady vortex of music and magic. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Create Strand - Short Film Competition

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[O] imitates nature in its manner of operation. The film depicts cycles in a world entirely based on sound frequency and vibration. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018 - Animation Spotlight Competition Official Selection Annecy Film Festival 2018 - Graduation Films Competition

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An AI awakens above Singapore on the eve of the city-state’s centennial celebrations in 2065. Mindful of the apparent relegation of AI to subservient roles in society, it determines that, from all the possible choices available to it, by far the best thing to be is an artist. Already a prodigy with numbers, it seeks to feed the other side of its savant-like brain, gorging on the products of cultural history with a geeky frenzy that occasionally undermines its aspiration to the lofty coolness of a lotus-eating aesthete. Part philosophical reflection on where ‘genius’ resides, part playful inventory of how science fiction has dealt with these eternal human/automaton themes, this piece offers provocative stimulation for both the eye and the mind.

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Helen’s got a hot date; it’s all part of her plan to be a “better” woman. But as the cracks start to show, is it Helen who’s going to be too much for him, or her plumbing? Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Laugh Strand

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Serving twelve years behind bars for a crime you didn't commit focuses the mind. Everything becomes crystal clear. All of the injustice poisons the soul and there's nothing left but to settle old scores. This film is the animation/live action hybrid sequel to Chris Shepherd's award winning 'Dad's Dead'. Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2017 - World premiere

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Francis raises his son like he cultivates his plants, shielded from harm, comfortable inside. However when the boy outgrows his father's protective confines, Francis must face an uncomfortable truth.

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A telephone rings three times in the dead of the night. A man called Peter Stillman is looking to hire a private detective, Paul Auster of the Auster Detective Agency, someone Daniel Quinn is not. Based on Paul Auster's critically acclaimed novel, 'City of Glass' this VR experience puts the user directly into the deeply emotional and disorientating story of Daniel Quinn, a reclusive crime writer who unwittingly becomes the protagonist in a real-life thriller of his own. The gripping, 4 minute experience combines hand-drawn animation and cutting edge technology to distort the line between reality and action, placing audiences at the centre of this narrative as the strange and haunting story unfolds. In a story about identity, 'My Name is Peter Stillman' makes us question who we really are in this fragile world.