An illustration that looks like paint. An orange sky and a purple ground with a figure in the centre. The figure has a purply-blue scarf that has been caught by the wind
Past Event
Film & Visual Arts

Oska Bright Film Festival 2024: Animation

Wed 13 Mar 2024

Our animation screening is back and better than ever with a huge range of styles and themes. Watch out for a paper cut-out that comes to life, bubble baths and miniature model wonderlands.

In this screening:

 

Rob D Punarinta

Shea Sandbach, UK • 1 minute 10 secs

Originally a comic strip, this animation develops the characters further with the opening sequence for a hypothetical TV series.

Cloud Boy: An Autistic Journey

Kieran Firth-Bernard, UK • 3 mins 40 secs

Cloud Boy journeys through his insecurities growing up. As college approaches, he decides to become more independent.

Paper

Reuben Gayle, UK • 1 minute 57 secs

A paper cut-out made by a child comes to life overnight. The cut-out takes the boy on an adventure to find his passion.

Dominic’s Tales

George Radojčič, Magdalena Hejzlarová, Czech Republic • 4 mins 21 secs

Dominic loses his beloved wife, sails the sea, goes through prison and escapes from the plots of his enemies.

Joie

Hing Ang, Veronica Wain, Australia • 6 mins 35 secs

Monsieur Noir’s classroom at Jacaranda High is far from his beloved homeland. He longs for just one fluent conversation.

Everyday

James Murphy, Ireland • 1 minute 59 secs

Monochrome video meditations of simple human movement against static objects.

Mr. Copycat | Mr Men 50th Anniversary Tribute

Kieran Firth-Bernard, UK • 9 mins 20 secs

Mr Copycat travels to Paris to meet new people and taste food, but nobody can understand his manner of copying people.

Sensory Chaos

Oliver Mariager, UK • 5 mins

Oliver navigates distruptive sensory stimuli and his own inner demon in his biggest challenge yet.

Unscarfed

Anita Bruneburg, Germany • 9 mins 2 secs

Three humans serve a giantess in a giant-ruled land. They try to hide their true feelings.

Soap Opera

Cameron Carr, UK • 1 minute 12 secs

Based on childhood memories of bubble baths and imagination, every frame is animated with grains of sand.

Willow’s Tale

Linda Malik, USA • 4 mins

A creative black cat lives a life indoors. Her daydreams take her around the world!

Butch

Adam Cox, UK • 3 mins 8 secs

A man with a secret - on the full moon, all is revealed...

Sugar

Cameron Carr, UK • 3 mins 48 secs

On Christmas Eve, two completely different neighbours want the same thing.

Concrete Sky

Cameron Carr, UK • 1 minute 36 secs

A man is shackled to his apartment, and he wishes to be free.

The Gift

Gemma Rigg, UK • 45 secs

A stop motion story about friendship, based on real events.

The Holiday Maker

Harry Mead, UK • 7 mins 4 secs

After she can’t afford to go on her dream holiday, Emily builds a miniature model wonderland of her desired destinations.