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BBC documentary about West Country animators. The first half covers CMBT, the studio behind The Trap Door and Stoppit and Tidyup (along with an unmade feature, tantalising concept art for which is shown). The second half covers Maya Brandt, an independent animator who had recently begun her career with a couple of shorts made for Channel 4; again, concept art for an apparently unfinished film is showcased in the documentary.
A project about coming up with an animation to promote having a creative curriculum. Created by the students of St Ambrose Barlow school.
One of several short films. Claymation that follows the misadventures of a mad anthropomorphic frog chef, often facing mishaps and disaster in his kitchen.
Experimental animation.
A cat was grabbed by a group of scientists for an experiment. Being unaware of its own interdimensional travel due to the experiment, it explored the surroundings out of its curious feline nature. Schrödinger’s Cat reinterpreted.
Cyberflake from Tokio Corporation - a short film that spoofs advertising. A strange head acts as the mascot for the synthetic cereal product.
The lonely raccoon tries to survive another day in the busy city. When he finally finds some food, his happiness doesn't last long.
This drawn animation portrays the growth cycle of plants and vegetables over a single season. It uses close-up shots throughout to convey detailed perspectives on the shapes and colours of the plants and seeds.
In this disconnected world there is a thin line between failure and success.
After a lifetime of feeling fat, a young man realises that maybe his issues with his body aren’t actually about his body at all. This short, biographical mini-documentary is a tiny story about the big problem of not opening up, the pressure we put ourselves under, and learning to be kind to ourselves.
Molding, stretching, squashing, bending, breaking, ripping, and tearing, a sculptor toils away attempting to shape raw material into the perfect form.
March 2018: I am in the Blue Mountains. March 2021: I am in lockdown in London.
INK is an animated short film about a young person on the spectrum and his inner thoughts on his current life. Created during lockdown this animation explores life being Disabled/Neurodivergent, Mental health and the beauty and importance of creativity.
The bittersweet story of an old lady and her solitude.
Inspired by Slavic mythology, Bogdanka is a tale of a young woman soon to be wed. In a world where choice is an illusion, she gets a chance to make a decision of her own.
The protagonist finds himself in a surreal daydream which becomes an introspective journey where he is haunted by the distorted perception of himself.
Living with a sick loved one can have benefits and problems. A self-reflection on the memories and the record collection of the director’s father.
The unique experiences of people living with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), the third most common form of dementia in the UK, a condition that can cause dream-like symptoms, a condition like no other.
Inspired by Láadan, the constructed ‘women’s language’, developed by Suzette Haden Elgin in her sci- fi trilogy ‘Native Tongue’ (1984-94).
A hypnotic series of lines made from embroidery thread soundtracked by an old-school modular synthesiser.
Flowing through the current with whispers of ancient – and recent past -unseen forces pull, hinder, stun and refract.
In a bleak dystopian world beauty abounds in the shapes and rhythms that are all around.
Baby is a tiny doll who lives in the perpetually dark Niteworld. The only light place left is the theme park Welcomeworld, the creation of Baby's long lost father. Baby travels to see him and wreaks havoc with the help of her special powers, a supply of jelly beans and her mysterious friends. Can she destroy the ultra-powerful, mega-rich 'nice-guy-in-a-sweater'? This film takes place in a dystopian world slightly different from our own, where houses are made out of candy, Michael Jackson is an ice-cream man, and Reality TV stars face consequences for their actions.
A story set in a 17th Century Town. It's about the relationship of two girls, Gwen and Elizabeth, and how their relationship develops as Gwen's secret is revealed.
A curious kid gets in too deep after entering a cereal box competition.
Doug - a couch-based, self taught 'electrical engineer' - passes on some of his painfully won knowledge regarding the mystery of electricity. This is the filmmaker's Royal College of Art first-year film.
The Divertimenti' is a unique and beautiful sequence of films where the viewer is taken on a journey into a 4-dimensional abstract and painterly world, where animated brush strokes dance and dart across levels of glass in perfect synchrony with the music. The Divertimenti is a sequence of six three minute films made in three intensive years of work with six different composers. The films were first seen on TV embedded in a BBC2 program called "Space, Time and Paint" in 1998, which included footage about the process used to make them. 'The Divertimenti' collected a total of six awards, including the Experimental Film Award at Ottawa.
As a city dweller ambles into nature and he's mesmerized by its shapeshifting forms and hidden melodies.
In this tale of Little Red Riding Hood doesn't let herself be eaten by the wolf.
An old teddy bear's status of 'favourite toy' is threatened by an adorable newcomer and finds himself conjuring a murderous plan to oust the new toy and preserve his title.
Weeds aren't just weeds. They're like friends. During the first Covid-19 wave, plants and flowers are allowed to grow wild.
A short animated documentary that tells the story of Capel Celyn, a Welsh village drowned by The Liverpool Corporation to provide water for Liverpool.
Journey back through the mysterious mists of time on an adventure with three bungling druids, a mischievous squirrel and a psychedelic chicken as they try to restore the balance of nature after a bizarre astrological event threatens to change their world forever.
The film follows a teenage girl, Ellie, who is spending a summer day with her friends. However, it is revealed that these are just memories, and Ellie must confront the fear and pain she has from the loss of that time.
The story is from the perspective of a young woman, Molly, as she goes about her daily working routine, always wishing for the comfort and quiet of home.
As night descends on Hong Kong, a young girl prepares for bed, but the city does not sleep. Lights from outside illuminate her room, and as a riot breaks out in her neighborhood, the lights cast a emotional shadowplay that reflects the anger and anguish of protestors.
Will is starting to come to terms with his sexuality. When his friends start to put pressure on him to admit things that he’s not ready to share, he has to learn the hard way that true acceptance can come only from himself; no one else.
Curiosity gets the better of a fumbling witch-in-training and she finds herself in over her head with an out-of-control potion that she must fix before her master returns home.
Set in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Checkpoint follows eleven-year-old Leila, who wakes up before dawn every morning to try to get through the military checkpoint between her and her school on time.
An animated, mind thrilling adventure for all ages to enjoy. A personal story of life's joy, emotional thrills and darkness.
I found myself creating this little Nursery Rhyme, in to a Gothic Lyrical Experimental Animation at midnight, whilst on a break from my other Animated Project. It is just something that allowed me to develop my Experimental Animation making and to use previous Sketches and Archived Animation footage which I have never used before.
An endless train journey through the mysteries of time. Always moving, always changing, one thought leads to another...
A fisherman takes his boat out on the river. While he and his surroundings are in a constant flow, the viewer observes the passing of time, watching everything go through movement and change. In an ever-flowing cycle, things come to be, change, evolve, and pass on....
In a dystopian future, it’s one man’s job to check taps for leakage and wastage. But he is not permitted to fix the taps. Much as he might want to…
Landscapes gave way, a bird flew by.
Meet Pascal the Llama! They spend most of their time climbing high places, being fluffy, eating grass and- well- doing other llama things.
The story of a single parent and her only daughter, who after migrating to another country, is forced into creating a new sense of affection with her mother back home.
"Wake is the result of an experimental project. The resulting animation is a playful voyage through the vibrant dreamscapes of the imagination, imbued with spontaneity, nostalgia, and the love of light. Entirely hand-painted, it’s a celebration of the ever-transforming nature of our vision and the joy of creation."—Mark Boston
In a fabric society, a young figure diverges from rigid gender binaries to explore where their identity lies.
What happens when you are left alone with nothing to be remembered for? A man tries to keep his sanity in tact by writing a letter to get help, but keeps getting memories of his fears and what was lost, will he manage to get out alive or he is left to rot with what remains inside with him?
An intimate portrayal of grief after the loss of a friend.
Two women find each other time and time again, loving each other through all their life times. Made entirely during lockdown by student artists, this animated film is a collective piece of art, dedicated to one of the most famous lyrical fragments that remain from the lesbian poet Sappho: fragment 147.
Meeting an old friend in a coffee shop, we follow Nezumi's internal and external battle of emotions and feelings and how she get consumed by them as she’s being triggered by the words of her interlocutor.
If it comes out of an orifice or is meant to go into an orifice, it can be eaten.
The Equilibrists of the film are patient and surprising exemplars of the lessons to be learnt from scrutinizing the elementary principles of physics. Here familiar feats of balance and curious games combine with the didactic serving as a reminder of the patience, delicacy and balance essential for stability.
Never meet your heroes. An Elvis fan goes to new lengths to meet her idol, with unfortunate consequences.
"In Vivo" is an assemblage of found footage. Doing doesn't provide much in the way of conventional context as to how these varied sources interrelate or how they should be read. But in editing them together at all, he asserts a radical subjectivity, an authorial presence that is autobiographical even when the images themselves are clearly borrowed from another vault. Doing positions himself, and the histories through which he has lived, within a much vaster narrative, implied through the other-realm textures of analogue footage as much as the actual content of his archival excerpts.
Sensory is an animated short about sensory memories. It is about how your body remembers what your mind can’t, what your mind doesn’t want to, and in ways your mind can’t.