Aardman Animations Celebration
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A selection of short films in celebration of the internationally acclaimed studio Aardman Animations. Aard Man was the first animated short (25 seconds long) produced by the studio. Creature Comforts (1990 Animated Short Film winner) puts the voices and words of ordinary Brits into the mouths of zoo animals. Ident (1990) tells the story of a clay-man and his changing relationship with the world around him. Adam (1992 Animated Short Film nominee) takes an unusual look at the Biblical first man. The Wrong Trousers (1993 Animated Short Film winner) pits Wallace and Gromit against a conniving penguin. Humdrum (1993 Animated Short Film nominee) spotlights two bored silhouettes desperately looking for a way to... liven up their day. In Off Beat, a man takes the opportunity of a police holiday to attempt a crime. Robin Robin (2021 Animated Short nominee) tells of a bird raised by mice.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
Aard Man
1972 | 1 min | UK | Color | English
DIRECTED BY: Peter Lord, David Sproxton
Creature Comforts
1990 | 5 min. | UK | Color | English
DIRECTED BY: Nick Park
WITH: Julie Sedgewick
Ident
1990 | 5 min. | UK | Color | English
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Richard Starzak
WITH: Arthur Smith, Phil Nice
Adam
1992 | 6 min. | UK | Color | English
DIRECTED BY: Peter Lord
WITH: Nick Upton
The Wrong Trousers
1993 | 30 min. | UK | Color | English
DIRECTED BY: Nick Park
WRITTEN BY: Nick Park, Bob Baker, Brian Sibley
WITH: Peter Sallis
Humdrum
1999 | 7 min. | UK | Color | English
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Peter Peake
WITH: Moray Hunter, Jack Docherty
Off Beat
2006 | 3 min. | UK | Color | English
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Will Becher
WITH: Michael Buerk
Robin Robin
2021 | 32 min. | UK | Color | English
DIRECTED BY: Dan Ojari, Mikey Please WRITTEN BY: Dan Ojari, Mikey Please, Sam Morrison
WITH: Bronte Carmichael, Richard E. Grant, Gillian Anderson, Adeel Akhtar
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