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The Bird & The Whale

Ireland, 2018, 7 minutes, Color, No dialogue


2019 Oxford FF; Best Animation Irish Animation Awards; Best Animation, Best Design & Art Direction 2018 Dublin Animation FF; Best Animated Film  Edmonton FF; Jury Award Los Angeles Animation FF; Best Character Based Short

Director:  Carol Freeman

Screenplay: Carol Freeman
Animation: Manuel Galiana, Santiago Lopez Jover, Kenneth Ladekjaer, Anne Lou Erambert, Alessandra Sorrentino, Ciara Nolan
Music: Chris McLoughlin
Production: Paper Panther

A young whale struggling to find his voice. After straying too far from his family to explore a shipwreck, he discovers it’s sole survivor, a caged songbird. Together they struggle to survive lost at sea.