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Female Figures at LIAF 2017
On Wednesday 6 December, I will be hosting a screening and discussion event at the Barbican for London International Animation Festival 2017. I have selected a collection of shorts that feature complex and compelling female characters, their dreams, frustrations, and dark desires. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion about on screen representation,…
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Jury duty at Leeds IFF
I am pleased to have been invited to be part of the Animation Jury at Leeds International Film Festival, and to assist with selecting the winner of their World Animation Award alongside animators Alice Dunseath and Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara. Across Leeds IFF’s three World Animation Competition programmes there are thirty animated shorts, half of which…
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Astounding Animation at This Way Up
British Council Film is presenting a series of short films programmes at the This Way Up film exhibitors’ conference on Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 November in Hull. Sharing the shorts in the wonderful Vintage Mobile Cinema. I have been assisting with the programming for this event, and have curated a selection of exceptional British animations that…
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Pitching at Regiofund in Poland
On Friday 6 October I will be pitching a long-form film, currently in development, at the International Co-Production Forum Regiofund in Katowice, Poland. This will be a great opportunity to meet producers, funders, broadcasters, and distributors from across Europe. The project that I will be presenting is The Deathless Woman by artist Roz Mortimer, which tells the story…
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Professor Yuichi Ito Talk
On Friday 29 September I will be in conversation with Japanese animator, Professor Yuichi Ito in a special screening and discussion event hosted by the Japan Foundation, London at the Curzon Soho. Professor Ito is an animation director and creator of numerous commercials, music videos and popular TV shows, including the long running NHK TV show…
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Silent Signal in South Korea
Silent Signal will be in exhibition at Artience Daejeon 17 in Daejeon, South Korea from 15 to 24 September. The project has been selected by British Council Korea, who have invited project collaborators Vicky Isley from artist duo boredomresearch and scientist Dr Bentley Crudgington to speak about their experience of being part of the project and to…
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Johnno’s Dead – upcoming screenings
I’ll be heading to the excellent Encounters Festival in Bristol later this month, where Johnno’s Dead will be screening in competition and as part of a retrospective of Chris Shepherd’s films. The retrospective also includes our most recent collaboration, Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) amongst a host of hilarious and inventive shorts. Johnno’s Dead will then appear in London…
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Watch Yours Faithfully on Vimeo on Demand
Following its appearance at a brilliant sold out show at The Little Theatre in Leicester, the new 5 minute animation that I produced, Yours Faithfully Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) is now available to rent on Vimeo on Demand. The film is based on playwright Joe Orton’s Edna Welthorpe letters and is directed by award-winning filmmaker Chris Shepherd,…
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Yours Faithfully
On Sunday 16 July Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) premiered at Latitude Festival in a special tribute to legendary playwright Joe Orton, with readings by Orton’s sister Leonie Orton, filmmaker Chris Shepherd, Dr Emma Parker from the University of Leicester and comedians John-Luke Roberts and Robin Ince. The film will next be screened at The Little Theatre…
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Winners at VAF Trebon
It’s great to be able to share the winners that were selected by the short film jury that I participated in this week: Salvation Has No Name by Director Joseph Wallace and Producer Loran Dunn from Delaval Film in the UK. The jury were very excited about the potential for this epic animated folktale about xenophobia and…
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Silent Signal on Labocine
I was recently interviewed by Alexis Gambis, Executive Director of Imagine Science Films about the Silent Signal project. Imagine Science Films have been very supportive of the project showing films in their New York and Abu Dhabi festivals, as well as continuing to take them to other satellite programmes internationally, and to present them on Labocine.…
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Participating in VAF Trebon 2017
In May I will be heading to Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF) Trebon, the industry section of animation festival Anifilm in the Czech Republic. I have been invited to join the Jury of the Pitching Competition for Short Films in Development, alongside several other notable European producers, programmers and commissioning editors. I am very much looking forward to seeing…
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Johnno’s Dead selected for Annecy
I’m pleased to be able to report that Johnno’s Dead has been selected for the Short Film Competition at the renowned Annecy Festival, where it will screen in June. To date Johnno’s Dead has had 12 festival screenings and been in competition at Stuttgart, Tampere, Clermont-Ferrand, and London International Animation Festival where it won Best…
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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market
Next month I will be presenting a new animation project at Clermont-Ferrand’s European Short Film Co-production Forum. I was lucky to be selected as one of 15 projects from across Europe that will have the chance to pitch to industry professionals. For the past year artist Elizabeth Hobbs and I have been developing, I’m OK,…
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Sight & Sound’s Best Indie Animation of 2016
A great to start 2017, as two projects that I have been immersed in for some time were selected for Sight & Sound’s best indie animation round-up. BFI National Archive Animation Curator Jez Stewart chose award-winning short Johnno’s Dead by Chris Shepherd as one of his five gems from 2016, and Animate Projects’ Silent Signal art &…
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Johnno’s Dead wins at the London International Animation Festival
I am so delighted to be able to announce that today Johnno’s Dead walked away with the Best British Film Award at the London International Animation Festival 2016. The Festival Jury gave some lovely comments, saying that the film was “powerful and unsettling” and “quintessentially British, quintessentially Chris Shepherd”. It has been a good few days for…
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Underwire Festival 2016
In just three weeks time Underwire returns to the capital with a host of excellent films by female filmmakers. With short films, features, industry sessions, networking and discussion events there’s a lot to choose from, so here are my 5 top tips for the 5 days of Underwire: Debuts – Sunday 4 December at…
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Animation sensations at Ottawa
Last month, I flew to Canada for the 40th anniversary of the Ottawa International Animation Festival with artist Lizzy Hobbs, whose beautiful hand crafted film G-AAAH about British pilot Amy Johnson was selected for the International Competition. Although I didn’t see every one of the 200+ films screened at the festival, I managed…
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Ethel & Ernest in the digital age
I have recently been working with production company Lupus Films on producing a website for their hand-drawn animated feature, Ethel & Ernest that is in cinemas across the UK from 28 October. The film brings to life the graphic novel of the same name, by British author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, that tells the story of his…
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Johnno’s Dead going live
I’m delighted to share that Johnno’s Dead is coming to life after more than a year and a half of production. It will will be broadcast on ARTE on Wednesday 12 October and will have its premiere screening at the Opening Night Gala of the London International Animation Festival on Friday 2 December. I worked closely…
