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The Moon Bird - Trailer

Details

A dark fairytale about an orphan girl who must outwit a terrible sorceress with the help of a magical lunar bird.

TECHNICAL DETAILS
Black and white, Non-dialogue, Cinemascope (and 16/9), Stereo, Running time 14 minutes 42 seconds, DigiBeta, Blu-ray, DVD. Completed January 2010.

VOICEOVER CAST

Teardrop – Ophelia Colver
Experimentia – Rachel Ferjani

CREW

SOUND DESIGN AND MUSIC .... Mark Dean and The Brothers McLeod
SOUND MIX AND PRODUCTION .... Paul Johnston at Rhythm Studios
ANIMATORS .... Hamish Baird, Tom Evans, Natalie Hinchley, Zoran Jankovic, Greg McLeod, Nick Wade, Joe Wood
STOP MOTION EFFECTS .... Chris Randall
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE .... Simon Flynn
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS .... Camilla Deakin, Jude Goldrei, Dan Lawson
WRITTEN, DESIGNED AND DIRECTED BY .... The Brothers McLeod
SPECIAL THANKS .... Richard Goleszowski
THANK YOU .... Lucy, Louise, Caroline, Simon, Malcolm, Jennie, Louis, Lyla, Lucy Fawcett, Sarah Jex, Amy Newbery, Laura Pepper, Lizz Lunney, Wal Werbel
FUNDING .... Made with the support of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund and the European Regional Development Fund through Screen WM. © UK Film Council and Screen WM 2010.

FILM BLOG
See the production blog.

AWARDS
Athens 2010 International Film and Video Festival - Animation Award - Second Prize
Stoke Your Fires, 2010 - Best Made in the Midlands Award

SHORTLISTED
British Animation Awards 2010 - shortlisted for Best Sound Design, and Public Choice Award
McLaren Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2010 - shortlisted

SCREENINGS
Animated Exeter, 2010
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, 2010
The Lighthouse, Wolverhampton
Stoke Your Fires, 2010
Flatpack Festival, 2010
Cartoons on the Bay, 2010
2010 Athens International Film and Video Festival
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, Korea, 2010
Zlin International Film Festival For Children & Youth, Czech Republic
Anima Mundi, 2010
Athens Video Art Festival, Greece
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2010
Larmer Tree Festival, 2010
Animation Block Party, New York, 2010