13th Parish Film Festival is proud to present nine award-winning ‘greatest hits’ from the British Animation Awards. Specially selected for 8 – 12-year-olds, the films showcase an amazing variety of animation techniques from European filmmakers, exploring stories with creativity and humour. All shorts have a ‘U’ Certificate.
Office Noise
Directors: M. Johansen, T.Søttrup, K. Madsen, L. Enemark / Denmark / 2009 / 4 mins
The last thing a busy chicken needs at work is an accident-prone elephant at the next desk.
Between Two Crumbs
Director: Sylvain Ollier / France / 2005 / 5 mins
Watch out, tiny dust mites! Your adventure to find food might get you squished!
What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks
Director: Sarah Wickens / UK / 2009 / 4.5 mins
Sunlight through a window is transformed into cheeky shapes and characters, creating havoc in the tidy room.
Akbar’s Cheetah
Director: Iain Gardner / UK / 1999 / 6 mins
The magical tale of a beautiful cheetah who did not want to be the Emperor’s pet all the time.
Nicolas and Guillemette
Director: Virginie Taravel / France / 2008 / 9.5 mins
One night in a shop full of Scooby strings, a little musician character comes to life; can he make himself a friend without getting a bit tangled up?
Inukshuk
Director: Camillelvis Thery / France / 2008 / 9 mins
On a hot, sunny day on an Island of ice, the polar bear and Inuk man peer together into the deep dark sea.
Rabbit Rabbit
Director: Daniel Greaves / UK / 2006 / 2 mins
With a jump and a hop and a leap, two rabbits become four and then eight and then more!
Lifeline
Director: Angela Steffen / Germany / 2009 / 6 mins
A little girl finds beauty in a leaf, but her father sees only decay. Can they find a way to be together?
Flatworld
Director: Daniel Greaves / UK / 1997 / 28 mins
For a man and his pet cat and fish, their boring if ordinary life explodes into the anarchy of competing TV channels and characters; he who holds the remote control rules!