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Animocity started out as a site for Royal College of Art animation students to share their films, production stories and general thoughts. Now we're all long-graduated but we keep updating (irregularly)!
We are all freelance film-makers, so if you like what you see and would like to discuss commissioning work you can contact any of us by emailing lauriehi_AT_hotmail_DOT_com. Any comments about the work or the site are also welcome at the same address. We hope you enjoy your stay.
Director:
Laurie Hill
Just a note to say I’ve created an animation for Dickens and London - a major exhibition being held at the Museum of London and marking the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’s birth in 2012!
It’s called Dickens’s Dream and is displayed with Dickens’s own writing desk and chair! Its inspiration is the painting of the same name by Robert William Buss.
Dickens and London is the UK’s first major exhibition on the author for over 40 years and is on until June 2012 at the Museum of London.
Dickens and London
Museum Of London
9 December 2011 - 10 June 2012
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk
images courtesy of Museum Of London/Charles Dickens Museum
Director:
Laurie Hill
Thought it was worth a wee post to say I’ve been involved for the past couple of years creating visuals for 2ManyDjs ‘Under The Covers’ live shows that have toured all over the world.
I’ve also been involved with the ongoing and rather groovy Radio Soulwax project which launched back in July last year.
I made the Jack In The Box and Celestial Voyage Pt.1 hours and also have some bits and bobs in the Under The Covers tour compilations and Introversy.
Director:
Laurie Hill
My Life At 40 screened at DOK Leipzig, Germany
Special Program Animadok: My Life At 40
DOK Leipzig
54th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Germany
October 17 - 23, 2011
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened at Palo Alto International Film Festival, USA
Palo Alto International Film Festival
USA
Sept 29 - Oct 2
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened in The Best of Brest Festival programme at Tinklai International Short Film Festival, Lithuania
Tinklai International Short Film Festival
Vilnius
Lithuania
Sept 21 - Oct 8
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened at Cinéfil Festival, France
Cinéfil Festival
France
23 July - 8 August
La Roche de Glun 23-24 July
Valence 25 July
Andance 27-28 July
Les Roches de Condrieu 30 July
Sainte Colube 1-2 Aug
Lyon 4-6 August
Trevoux 8 August
Blurb as follows:
‘Born in 2007, Cinéfil Festival is a travelling festival taking place on a canal boat going through seven towns in the French region of Rhones Alpes. The screening lasts about an hour on the upper deck of the canal boat. The objective is to bring cultural propositions in cultural disinherited place. It’s why we made the choice of free and outdoors screening to get the largest public possible and to sensitive them to the short form.’
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened in this Best Of Tallgrass Film Festival Shorts programme in Kansas City
Tallgrass at CinemaKC
Kansas City
USA
June 25
Blurb is as follows:
‘CinemaKC Presents: The Best of the Tallgrass FIlm Festival Shorts & Kansas Filmmakers, in association with the Kansas Film Commission.
Join the Tallgrass Film Association for a special evening, when we join forces with CinemaKC to present a short film program of some of our favorite short films from past Tallgrass Film Festivals, including some of our top selections from Kansas filmmakers.’
Director:
Laurie Hill
Time a for a few catch up posts relating to events happening in 2011!
Photograph Of Jesus screened at the opening night of VOLXkino, Vienna, Austria
It screened with Buffalo 66.
VOLXkino
Open Air Kinos
St.Balbach Art Produktion
Vienna, Austria
May 26, 2011
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus is screening at Planete Doc Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland
May 6-15
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened at SIFF: Animation Fascination Festival, Seattle, USA
April 22-24
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Laurie Hill
My First Taste Of Death screened at REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
‘Goosebumps Galore’ programme! Scary!
March 26-27 and April 1-2
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus and My First Taste Of Death will be screening at 6th Annual Children’s Film Festival , Seattle, USA
Jan 28- Feb 6
Director:
Laurie Hill
A small extract of Photograph Of Jesus is screening as part of the Smile For London event which uses screens on London’s underground system to display groovy stuff for a week or two in January (Jan 17-28).
Info here:
http://www.smileforlondon.com/
Blurb says:
‘… We’re going to beat the January blues with our showcase of film, art and animation. The films will be displayed on digital platform screens across the stations below on weekday mornings and evenings during the rush hour commute.’
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened at Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic
Jan 19-23
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened at Antarctis - Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Antarctica
The festival was held at the Finnish Antarctic research station ABOA in Queen Maud Land Antarctica (location 73°03′S, 13°25′W)
Dec 24-31
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened at Multivision International Festival of Animation Arts, Russia
where it received a ‘Special mention for humour in documentary animation’!
Dec 3-12
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened at GrandOFF, Poland
Nov 22-29
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus screened at ETIUDA&ANIMA , Krakow, Poland
Nov 19-25
Director:
Laurie Hill
Gotta catch up again!
Photograph Of Jesus screened at Lone Star International Film Festival, USA
Nov 10-14
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus received an honorable mention from the Short Film Jury at AFI FEST 2010 - nice!
Apparently if I had been in LA I could have done a red carpet walk at the Black Swan gala. Instead I was at home in London and put the kettle on in celebration!
Write up of the 6 awards and 2 honorable mentions here:
http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2010/11/11/audience-awards/
Director:
Laurie Hill
I’m rather chuffed today! I’m happy to be writing up some rather splendid news - it was announced earlier on today that Photograph Of Jesus has been nominated for Best British Short Film at the thirteenth annual British Independent Film Awards.
(There are five contenders in the category and the winner is announced on Dec 5).
The full press release and info can be found here:
http://bifa.org.uk/news/mo%C3%ABt-british-independent-film-awards-announce-nominations-and-jury-13th-edition
Director:
Laurie Hill
Some great news - I’m happy to say that Photograph Of Jesus will screen at AFI FEST 2010, Los Angeles, USA
screening details are:
Sunday, November 7 in the Shorts One Program at 1:15pm - 2:45pm in the Mann 3 theater
Nov 4-11
Director:
Laurie Hill
Photograph Of Jesus will screen at
Brest European Short Film Festival, France
Nov 8-14
Director:
Laurie Hill
Hey - more content to offer - a new interview! This one’s with BeyondChron ‘San Francisco’s Alternative Online Daily’.
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=8519#more
This ties in with Photograph Of Jesus showing at NY-SF International Children’s Film Festival.
Director:
Laurie Hill
May be no point posting this now but I realised I missed out listing a pretty cool event that happened a while back - may as well pop it in now for historical interest!
Photograph Of Jesus screened at
Ars Electronica Animation Festival, Linz, Austria
September 3-9, 2009
http://www.aec.at/humannature/en/
http://www.aec.at/humannature/en/category/animation-festival