Animation Bursaries 2007
In 2007 the Film and Video workshop awarded bursaries to three filmmakers to assist them making their films. Each filmmaker worked in our studio space at Holloway Road for several months producing their film. The Film and Video workshop provided equipment and technical support. (See the films)
Sarah Wickens produced the film 'Elephant in my Room' - an elegaic 3 minute-animation about her grandmother who dies and comes back as an elephant, and how the members of her family deal with this situation. The film was seen on BBC Film Network and Sarah is now a student at the prestigious Royal College of the Art.
Emma Curtis has produced a film called "The Reason I Collect" - an amazing stop-motion sonic and visual insight into the work of Paul who is a hoarder, artist and collector of stuff! Told through Paul's monologue and animated through the use of collected items and text on screen; we discover what Paul collects and why he wouldn’t change or part with his collections for the world. 'The Collector' will get it's world premiere at the 2008 London International Animation Festival in September.
Sarah Dixon's film is 'Moondig'. Hand-drawn and shot on Super8, this poem-film is set in a snowy moonlit field where two people dig throughout the night to bury the heavy burden they have brought to this empty place. Sarah's film will also have it's world premiere at the 2008 LIAF in the British panorama session.
For information about these films and our bursary schemes please email nag@filmworkshop.com