An observational exploration of routine, monotony, attention and distraction.
Will we continue to let events pass us by uncontested, or will we decide to break the cycle?
Year of Production: 2016
Running time: 4 minutes 17 seconds
Director: Ross Hogg
Executive Producers: Noel Goodwin & Stephen May
Sound design: Keith Duncan
Supported by: BFI Future Film in association with The Screen Arts Institute
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Awards:
WINNER: BAFTA, Best Scottish Animated Short, 2017.
WINNER: KLIK Award for Best Political Animated Short, KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival, 2017.
Press:
vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-life-cycles
shortoftheweek.com/2018/05/02/life-cycles/
Official Selection:
01/2017 - British Shorts Short Film Festival, Germany.
03/2017 - Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland (UK).
03/2017 - Holland Animation Film Festival, The Netherlands.
03/2017 - Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany.
03/2017 - Tampere Film Festival, Finland.
04/2017 - Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
04/2017 - Flatpack Film Festival, England (UK).
04/2017 - Filmfest Dresden, Germany.
04/2017 - Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium.
04/2017 - Animatricks Animation Festival, Finland.
05/2017 - Cardiff Independent Film Festival, Wales (UK).
05/2017 - Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, Germany.
06/2017 - Fest Anca International Animation Festival, Slovakia.
06/2017 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland (UK).
07/2017 - Anima Mundi, Brazil.
09/2017 - Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, UK.
09/2017 - Animanima International Animation Festival, Serbia.
09/2017 - 17th Lille International Short Film Festival, France.
09/2017 - Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada.
09/2017 - Quebec City Film Festival, Canada.
10/2017 - Warsaw Film Festival, Poland.
10/2017 - KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival, The Netherlands.
10/2017 - 3D Wire, Spain.
10/2017 - Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Canada.
11/2017 - Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK.
11/2017 - DOK Leipzig, Germany.
11/2017 - Manchester Animation Festival, UK.
12/2017 - London International Animation Festival, UK.
01/2018 - London Short Film Festival, UK.