The twelfth annual British Animation Film Festival was be held at The British Museum in the heart of London with an amazing selection of animated films.
The festival aims to highlight the best in British and International animated entertainment. This will be an incredible opportunity to see some of the brightest up and coming animators in the world and the work they are producing. This year's festival is an amazing selection of animation from around the world!
SHORT FILM SCREENING 1
When you hug people goodbye after a social event, there is always that moment when they squeeze you more forcefully than before. A polite way of letting you know they're about to withdraw...
HUGGING
1m | Adam Wells
A young prince brings a fruit as an offering to an old temple but comes face to face with the divinity he worships. Ashta is a tale of desire, spirituality, and the destruction of the natural world that
surrounds us.
ASHTA
5m | Ryan Bechara
In pursuit of their greed, a Hermit loses sight of the world around them.
HERMIT
2m | Sarah Benson
All the horrors we imagined for the future have come true. The end of our planet is near. While, the rich are able to live out their days with dignity, the poor must fight tooth and nail for the simplest of pleasures: even a breath of fresh air.
STILL HERE
6m | Guido Ekker
The battle of the bands, at last. Animated slapstick and anarchy as two bone-fide giants of music attempt to outdo each other with trickery, silliness and cake fights. With a specially made music track that takes from both bands to make something brand new. Why don't we do it in the road?
THE BEATLES VS. THE STONES
3m | Andrew Kelleher
DEAD HORSE
4m | Ruby Helen Taylor
A wolf on the hunt enters a familiar forest where all is not what it seems; an unknown beast encroaches on their territory and so the wolf becomes the prey.
WORMS - ASHNIKKO
3m | Raman Djafari
Ashnikko in a monstertruck and a squad of develish beasts ride towards the sunset to battle the angelic overlord robots.
Paralysed by the enormity of climate change and the sense of powerlessness it brings, a father experiences an existential crisis. Through this process, he discovers the concept of Interbeing - a philosophy that reconnects us with the natural world.
INTERBEING
4m | Ben Sinclair
The brief memoirs of a high-rise tower block, finding it's way in the big city.
THE SECRET DIARY OF A HIGHRISE
3m | Stephen James Ong
When a world-famous film star is accused of eating his female co-stars, his career goes down the drain. That wipes the smile off his face!
THE SMILE
15m | Erik van Schaaik
SWEETHEARTS
3m | Jessica West
A couple tries to survive lock-down together and slowly realise things aren't so perfect when confined to living with together in a small space.
SHORT FILM SCREENING 2
While camping in the British countryside, Josh stumbles into and desecrates a liminal space one May Day eve. Lured deeper into the woods, Josh is 'Fae-led’ and separated from Sarah, before being offered a stark choice - to become king for a year, the consort of a Fae Queen, or wither and perish alone.
BELTANE
5m | Helena Houghton
"I'm a dog who lives in the park under a bridge. Awooooooooo"
A DOG UNDER BRIDGE
13m | Tang Rehoo
This cinematic animated/shadow puppet film portrays a frightening world of myth, monsters and demons, telling stories of contemporary and historical colonialism, institutional racism, social injustice, social revolt and rebellion.
INSTITUTION
7m | Cole Morris
In a totalitarian society ruled by domination, violence and based on ignorance, the main character, Winston, breaks Party’s rules. He is arrested and tortured by O’Brien, whose role is to re-educate those who have committed a crime against Big Brother.
BONNES FEUILLES 1984
3m | Arthur Navet
The story of overly curious Mary, who visits her boyfriend's flat for the first time, just to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied an explanation, she climbs into his head.
CURIOSA
10m | Tessa Moult-Milewska
OFFERLAMM
6m | Tova Persson
A sheep writes a letter to his sister whilst being prepared for a ritual.
THE BRIDGE
4m | Bernardo dePaulo Romero
A short film about mental and animal health inspired by a real life-saving friendship
What's this noise? Who's that skater down the alley trying to land the same trick for the nth time? If you want to know better, have a look at the animated pages of the Skatebook, which reveal the thoughts, memories, hopes and fears of the expanding skateboarding scene in London
THE SKATEBOOK
5m | Sofia Negri
Inspired by the silent films of the 1920s, Meet Cute tells the story of a fateful day between two people waiting for the bus.
MEET CUTE
3m | Shawn Patrick Tilling
The British Animation Film Festival Lottie Reiniger List is for screenplays of outstanding quality. These projects are up for the title of Best Unproduced Screenplay.
THE LOTTIE LIST
AWARD NOMINEES & WINNERS
BEST 2D ANIMATION
BEST 3D ANIMATION
A DOG UNDER BRIDGE
BONNES FEUILLES 1984
DEAD HORSE
HERMIT
INTERBEING
OFFERLAMM
SWEETHEARTS
THE SECRET DIARY OF A HIGHRISE
ASHTA
BELTANE
CURIOSA
HUGGING
INSTITUTION
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
INSTITUTION
THE BEATLES VS. THE STONES
WORMS | ASHNIKKO
BEST STUDENT ANIMATION
A DOG UNDER BRIDGE
ASHTA
CURIOSA
OFFERLAMM
SWEETHEARTS
INSTITUTION
THE LOTTE REINIGER AWARD
FIVE ORCS | KEVIN RYAN
AN INNER TRUTH | TEMI DIAZ
BEAR SONG | PETER MICHAEL KERSHAW
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
BONDS, FUNDS AND TWO SMOKING TROWELS | ATHANASIA BATZIOU
ZAHEERA AND THE JINN | VICTORIA DOOK
THE BRIDGE
MEET CUTE
THE BEATLES VS. THE STONES
THE SKATEBOOK
THE SMILE
WORMS | ASHNIKKO
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