Graduation film from the RCA (2014)
We are all born as wet as a banana, around 75% water. By the time we reach adulthood that amount goes down to 54% water. Gus bumps into Tiny Eyes at dusk, on the eve of his 25th birthday.
Sound and music by Jonny Wildey AKA Alphabets Heaven soundcloud.com/alphabetsheaven
Supported by the Nat Cohen Scholarship
Awards:
Bronze Jabberwocky Award (Etiudia & Anima)
Shortlisted Best Student Animation (London Short Film Festival)
Semi Finalist Adobe Achievement Awards 2014
Official Selection:
Animage Festival Pernambuco Brazil 16-28 SEP 2014
BFI London Film Festival UK 22 SEP-17 OCT 2014
Greenhorn Short Film Festival, London UK 16-18 NOV 2014
Etiuda & Anima Festival Poland 21-27 NOV 2014 Bronze Jabberwocky Award
Animated Dreams Tallinn Estonia 19-23 NOV 2014
Premiers Plans FRANCE 16-25 JAN 2015
LSFF London Short Film Festival UK 10 JAN 2015 Shortlisted Best Student Animation
Slamdance Film Festival Utah USA 23-29 JAN 2015
Anima Brussels Belgium 13-22 FEB 2015
Fête de l’anim Rencontres-Audiovisuelles Lille France 27-29 MAR 2015
Tricky Women Vienna Austria 11-15 MAR 2015
SXSW Austin Texas USA 13-22 MAR 2015
FlatPack Birmingham UK 19-29 MAR 2015
Kyiv International Short Film Festival Ukraine 28-29 MAR 2015
Animfest Athens Greece 26 MAR – 1 APR 2015
Go Short Festival Netherlands 8-12 APR 2015
Pictoplasma Berlin Germany 29 APR- 3 MAY 2015
Land of Kings London 3 MAY 2015
Northwest Animation Festival Portland 4-10 MAY 2015
Animafest Zagreb Croatia 9-14 JUNE 2015
Fest Anca Slovakia 24 – 28 JUNE 2015
Insomnia Festival Russia 17-20 JUNE 2015
Tate Modern Turbine Hall Festival 25 JULY 2015
Solyanka Gallery Moscow 22 JULY – 22 SEP
Animation Block Party New York 30 JULY 2015
Tel Aviv Festival Israel 5-8 AUG 2015
Anima Mundi Brazil 7 AUG 2015
WFAF Varna 9-13 SEP 2015
Festival Du Court Lille 18 SEP 2015
Animatou Geneva Switzerland 2-10 OCT 2015
KloosterKlino Nijmegen 10 OCT 2015
Uppsala Festival Sweden 19-27 OCT 2015
Direction, Script, Design and Animation by Sophie Koko Gate
Sound design and music by Johnny WIldey ( soundcloud.com/alphabetsheaven )
Animation Assistance by Rachel Sale, Rory Waudby-Tolley, Silvia Zubrivnic, Joshua Gonzales.
Voice Actors: Paul Williams, Keiran P Chantrey, Amelia Swan, Tomas Kemp
