Dog (film)
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Dog is a BAFTA
-winning stop motion
animated short film written, directed and animated by Suzie Templeton
. The film was made at the Royal College of Art
in 2001.
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
-winning stop motion
Stop motion
Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
animated short film written, directed and animated by Suzie Templeton
Suzie Templeton
Suzie Templeton is a director, animator and writer of stop motion animation films. She is best known for her 2006 animated adaptation of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf....
. The film was made at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
in 2001.
Synopsis
A young boy longs for reassurance about how his mother died. To protect each other, he and his father hold their agony inside, where it festers.Awards
- McLaren Award for New British Animation: 2001 Edinburgh International Film FestivalEdinburgh International Film FestivalThe Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...
, Scotland - National Film Board of Canada Grand Prize (Student Competition Year): 2001 Ottawa International Animation FestivalOttawa International Animation Festival-History:In 1976, the Canadian Film Institute founded the biennial Ottawa International Animation Festival . First held August 10 to 15, 1976, the OIAF created a gathering place for North American animation professionals and enthusiasts to ponder the craft and business of animation...
, Canada - Cinewomen Award for Best Female Director: 2001 FAN International Short Film and Animation Festival, UK
- Best Animation: 2001 Royal Television SocietyRoyal Television SocietyThe Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
London Centre Student Television Awards, UK - BAFTA - Short Animation Film: 2002 British Academy of Film and Television ArtsBritish Academy of Film and Television ArtsThe British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
, UK - Paul Berry Award for Best Student Film: 2002 British Animation Awards, UK
- Best Experimental Animation: 2002 California SUN International Animation Festival, USA
- Best Animation: 2002 Royal Television SocietyRoyal Television SocietyThe Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
National Student Television Awards, UK - Best Animation: 2002 Brooklyn International Film Festival, USA
- Grand Prix: 2002 Dervio International Cartoons and Comics Festival, Italy
- Best Overall Film: 2002 Melbourne International Animation FestivalMelbourne International Animation FestivalThe Melbourne International Animation Festival or MIAF is an annual animation festival held in Melbourne. Supported by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, the Australian Film Commission and the Melbourne City Council, it is Australia's largest animation event. Over the course of the...
, Australia - Best Student Animation: 2002 Palm Springs International Festival of Short FilmsPalm Springs International Festival of Short FilmsThe Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films held annually in Palm Springs, California is the largest film festival for short films in the United States....
, USA - Special Mention: 2002 Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany
- Bronze Award: 2002 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA
- Hiroshima Prize: 2002 Hiroshima International Animation FestivalHiroshima International Animation FestivalThe International Animation Festival Hiroshima is a biannual animation festival hosted in Hiroshima, Japan.The festival was found in 1985 by Association International du Film d'Animation or ASIFA as International Animation Festival for the World Peace...
, Japan - Winner of Professional Category: 2002 D&ADD&ADDesign and Art Direction is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising...
/Campaign Screen New Directors Competition, England - Anyzone Award: 2002 Holland Animation Film Festival, The Netherlands
- Grand Prix - Narrative Film: 2002 Holland Animation Film Festival, The Netherlands
- Grand Prix: 2002 Siena International Short Film Festival, Italy
- Best Story: 2002 Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
- Best Animation: 2003 Tampere Film FestivalTampere Film FestivalThe Tampere Film Festival is a short film festival held every March in the Finnish town of Tampere. It is accredited by the film producers' society FIAPF, and together with the short film festivals in Oberhausen and Clermont-Ferrand, it is among the most important European short film festivals.The...
, Finland