Programme One in the British Animation Awards contains a selection of animated shorts, music videos and TV commercials. Cast your vote after the programme to help select this year’s winners.
Bare
Dir Helen Dallat/GB 2011/3 mins
International Film School, Wales
A bear moves to the woods but soon finds out that he doesn’t like the mess.
Matter Fisher
Dir David Prosser/GB 2011/8 mins
Royal College of Art
A perplexed fisherman becomes united with a fragment of estranged matter.
The Squirrel and the Penguin
Dirs Jens Blank, Anna Benner/GB 2011/5 mins
A quizzical exploration of the pitfalls we goyim face when talking about Jewish culture and the elephant in the room that is the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Tchaikovsky – An Elegy
Dir Barry JC Purves/GB RU 2011/13 mins
An interpretation of the composer Tchaikovsky’s life and work.
Slow Derek
Dir Daniel Ojari/GB 2011/8 mins
Royal College of Art
The tale of Derek, an office worker, as he struggles with the true speed of planet earth.
Get Well Soon: Zoe
Dir Kim Alexander/GB 2011/2 mins
A drunken injury while dressed as a chicken.
Gorillaz: Stylo
Dirs Pete Candeland, Jamie Hewlett/GB 2011/5 mins
With a guest appearance from Bruce Willis.
Big Scary: Mix Tape
Dir Alice Dupre/GB 2011/3 mins
A combined 2D and 3D animated promo for Melbourne duo Big Scary
TV on the Radio: Second Song
Dir Mikey Please/GB 2011/5 mins
A wanderer makes his way through a world in flux, between a state of chaos and a state of order, in the hope of finding some sort of balance.
Spin
Dir Max Hattler/GB FR 2011/4 mins
When conflict becomes a spectacle, the lines between destruction and entertainment get blurred.
Bertie Crisp
Dir Francesca Adams/GB 2011/6 mins
National Film and Television School
Based on memories of childhood holidays to Skegness, is an affectionate, but darkly humorous look at the people who live on caravan sites all year round.
Toyota: Auto Biography
Dir Julia Pott/GB 2011/1 min
Drew’s journey to adulthood with a few stops along the way.
Kia Soul: This or That
Dir Antoine Bardou-Jacquet/GB 2011/1 min
3 king-of-the-ghetto hamsters use the tracks lyrics of “You can get with this…or you can get with that” to compare the Kia Soul’s cool credentials against alternative models of transport.
Intel: The Chase
Dirs Smith & Foulkes/GB 2011/2 mins
A breakneck, 911 action chase scene – a showcase for the new processor’s amazing capacity.
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