UK ANIMATION 2018 2 SHORT ANIMATION CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 SHORT ANIMATION 6 FEATURE-LENGTH ANIMATION 38 VIRTUAL REALITY / IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE ANIMATION 42 ABOUT BRITISH COUNCIL 46 BRITISH COUNCIL AND FESTIVALS 48 BRITISH COUNCIL FILM GLOBAL PROJECTS 50 BRITISH COUNCIL AND SHORTS 53 ANIMATION IN THE UK 2018 54 INDEX OF FILMS 62 , Director: Jonathan Hodgson Jonathan , Director: Roughhouse All inclusive images remain the copyright of their respective owners and may Cover: Cover: not be reproduced without the expressed permission of the rights holders. 3 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the 2018 UK Animation Catalogue presented by the British Council. We’re proud to be championing new and upcoming UK films and filmmakers to programmers and audiences around the world. The catalogue includes details of selected recent UK animated shorts, features and VR, and flags up some productions due for release in 2018. You can also find information about some of the work we do and the partners we work with. The PDF version of this catalogue will be updated periodically throughout the year and you can download it at film.britishcouncil. org/british-films-directory/uk-filmcatalogues Film credits and information in this catalogue are drawn from our British Films Directory. The Directory is an information resource which includes an extensive selection of UK titles currently in production, as well as details of recently completed UK shorts and feature- length films. You can explore the British Films Directory, as well as further directories listing both UK filmmakers and international film festivals, at britishcouncil.org/film 4 , Director: Joseph Wallace , Director: Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me) - Sparks Me) Than Piaf (Said It Better Edith 5 SHORT ANIMATION , Directors: Karni and Saul Karni , Directors: Perfect World Perfect 6 SHORT ANIMATION Adelaide McCarthy and the Attraction Making of a Legend Synopsis Synopsis We join Adelaide McCarthy as he explains the Urges in the undergrowth, erupting fungal fantasies, wonders of how stop motion puppets are made. bursting botanicals; the dust and desires of a tiny alternative universe. Details Year: 2018 Imagining sensations of attraction and pleasure in Running Time: 4 mins insects, and the seduction methods of the plants Director: Dewi Evans and fungi that beckon. Producer: Dewi Evans Executive Producer: Dewi Evans Details Editor: Dewi Evans, luke Campion Year: 2017 Screenwriter: Dewi Evans Running Time: 4 mins 32 secs Director of Photography: Dewi Evans Director: Emily Scaife Production Designer: Dewi Evans Producer: Royal College of Art Sound: Joseph Andrew Sewell, Sean Elias Editor: Emily Scaife Music: George Dolan Sound: Emily Scaife Principal Cast: Neil James, Carys Carter Music: Ben Bell (Horus Records) Puppet Fabricator: Dewi Evans Animator: Emily Scaife Film Images: ©Emily Scaife Production Company Production Company Sales Agent A University of South Wales Royal College of Art Royal College of Art production Jane Colling Jane Colling Kensington Gore Kensington Gore Dewi Evans London London [email protected] SW7 2EU SW7 2EU www.ev2193.wixsite.com/ [email protected] [email protected] dewi-ev ansanimation www.rca.ac.uk www.rca.ac.uk SHORT ANIMATION 7 Avoiding Green Barbeque Synopsis Synopsis Channeling the medium of knitting through film, Barbeque is the visceral journey about coping with Avoiding Green explores this ancient craft as an post-traumatic stress disorder. The film visualises early form of digital construction. Combining archive feelings and experiences that might be too difficult footage, interviews and ‘depth camera’ animation it or painful to put into words, and illustrates the explores the symbolic role that knitting took in the circular process of coping. definition of gender stereotypes from the mid 20th Official Selection Annecy Film Festival 2018 - Century onward. Graduation Films Competition Details Details Year: 2017 Year: 2017 Running Time: 11 mins 50 secs Running Time: 5 mins 44 secs Director: Phil Coy Director: Jenny Jokela Executive Producer: Invisible Dust Producer: Royal College of Art Editor: Jenny Jokela Sound: Jenny Jokela Music: Sarah Playford Soundmix: Adam Woodhams Production Company Sales Agent Production Company Sales Agent Phil Coy Phil Coy Royal College of Art Royal College of Art [email protected] [email protected] Jane Colling Jane Colling Kensington Gore Kensington Gore London London SW7 2EU SW7 2EU [email protected] [email protected] www.rca.ac.uk www.rca.ac.uk 8 SHORT ANIMATION Battle of Blister Beetle Trouble Synopsis Synopsis “We are the body. We are under attack.” And so Drawn in red wax pencil and charcoal, following the the body’s immune system is triggered into action. conflict between John and the bothersome beetles A raging battle has begun between pro and anti- that show up everywhere. Eventually John decides inflammatory forces in the swirling interior of a he needs to get rid of the pests, but it isn’t easy with blister. Battle of Blister was generated by human the medication he’s on. performers in an interactive film set. Details Details Year: 2017 Year: 2016 Running Time: 13 mins 29 secs Running Time: 5 mins 52 secs Director: Gabriel Böhmer Director: Genetic Moo Producer: Samantha Monk Producer: Abigail Addison Screenwriter: Gabriel Böhmer Editor: Genetic Moo Music: Ber Director of Photography: Opticalism Sound: Julia Schauerman Music: Genetic Moo Principal Cast: Marianne Grove, Jennifer Webster, Anna Woolhouse, Sidonie Carie-Green, Lucy Lungley, Annie Sutton, Gudrun Sigridur Haraldsdottir, Vicky Lee, Allyson Jones, Anna Arnsby, Harriet Parker- Beldeau, Katie Welsford, Chris Rutter, Evelyn Bennett, Jockel Liess, Da Collaborator: Dr Neil Dufton Production Company Production Company An Animate Projects Samantha Monk commission, supported by [email protected] the Wellcome Trust Animate Projects Abigail Addison 45 Empress Road Derby DE23 6TD [email protected] www.animateprojects.org SHORT ANIMATION 9 Bloomers Body World Synopsis Synopsis Bloomers captures the lively view of the sewing A fully grown new born woman is birthed into a room environment at Headen & Quarmby, a family hazy summer’s garden. A rose daemon emerges run, lingerie factory in Manchester. Created using a from the bushes, and as it takes her hand we follow combination of audio interviews, an original score our anonymous heroine on her hapless adventure. that incorporates sounds of the sewing room, and Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - animation printed onto fabric, it shares a glimpse of Cult Strand - World premiere working lives. Official Selection Annecy Film Festival 2018 - Details Graduation Films Competition Year: 2018 Running Time: 10 mins Details Director: Samantha Moore Year: 2017 Producer: Abigail Addison Running Time: 7 mins Music: Malin Bång Director: Kitty Faingold Collaborators: The workers at the Headen & Producer: Quarmby lingerie factory. Editor: Kitty Faingold Commissioners: Klangforum Wien Screenwriter: Kitty Faingold Sound: Amadeo Faingold, Max Mannone Music: Amadeo Faingold Animation: Kitty Faingold Production Company Sales Agent Production Company Sales Agent Animate Projects Animate Projects Royal College of Art Royal College of Art Abigail Addison Abigail Addison Jane Colling Jane Colling 45 Empress Road 45 Empress Road Kensington Gore Kensington Gore Derby Derby London London DE23 6TD DE23 6TD SW7 2EU SW7 2EU [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.animateprojects.or www.animateprojects.or www.rca.ac.uk www.rca.ac.uk 10 SHORT ANIMATION Brexicuted Chickens Synopsis Synopsis This satirical animation considers why Brexit The friend zone... We have all been there! Wondering is happening. A variety of British characters, if that glance from your crush meant something and interviewed the day after the UK voted to leave the if you will ever muster the courage to do something EU, speak about what motivated their decision. about it? Meet Adam and Emma with their cute, but unavoidable, problem. Brought to life through the Details illustrations of Meng-Chia Lai. Year: 2018 Running Time: 6 mins Details Director: Chris Shepherd Year: 2016 Producer: Nicolas Schmerkin Running Time: 4 mins 4 secs Associate Producer: Abigail Addison Director: George Wu Production Designer: Design: Simon Spilsbury Producer: Greet Kallikorm Sound: Andy Humphreys Executive Producer: Chris O’Reilly, Charlotte Bavasso Music: Carl Davis Editor: George Wu Principal Cast: Jean Boht, Steve Furst, Marie Screenwriter: George Wu Lawrence, Tom Hillenbrand, Carolina Valdes Production Designer: Meng-Chia Lai Animation: Chris Shepherd, Barry Evans, Lynne Sound: Brains and Hunch Pritchard, Martha Halliday, Hannah McNally, James Music: Athos Tsiopani Newport, Kate Anderson, Matt King, Charlie Nathan Principal Cast: Anne Harild Neville, Alan Warburton 2D Animators: Maki Yoshikuro, Andrew Clarke, Jamie Hobbs, Ivyy Chen, Krisi Zhupali Compositing: Aled Matthews Production Company Sales Agent Production Company Autour de Minuit Autour de Minuit Nexus Studios 21, rue Henry Monnier 21, rue Henry Monnier 25 Chart Street 75009 Paris 75009 Paris London France France N1 6FA [email protected] [email protected] +44 (0)20 7749 7500 blog.autourdeminuit.com blog.autourdeminuit.com [email protected] www.nexusstudios.com SHORT ANIMATION 11 Children of the Holocaust Construction Lines Synopsis Synopsis Animated accounts from six World War Two A short animated film about