Uki

A short stop frame animation following a lonely Inuit who struggles to survive after an oil tanker leaks oil off the coast of Alaska, killing all the wildlife in the area. A dark comedy about companionship, loneliness and pollution. Created and funded as part of the BBC and BFI's Animation 2018 scheme.

Credits:

Directed & Written - Ieuan Lewis & George Warren

Composer & Sound - Tom Angell

Mentors - The Brothers McLeod (Greg Mcleod & Myles Mcleod)

Production Support - Tom Langford

Colour Grade - Matt Day

Concept Illustration - Tom Stockwell

Concept Illustration - Sean O'Brien

Executive Producer for BBC - Emma Cahusac

Executive Producer for Wingspan Productions - Deborah Lee

Executive for the BFI - Gillian Scothern

BBC Animation Executive - Helen Brunsdon

Festival Selections + Awards:

Animation 2018 - Broadcast on BBC Four 

Animation 2018 - Screened at BFI Southbank - NFT1

Animation 2018 - BFI Future Film Festival screening and Q&A - NFT2

Animation 2018 - Shortlisted for a Broadcast Digital Award in the Best Short Form Format category.

Creative Conscience Gold Award Winner 2019

Animex Official Selection 2019

Anny Animation Nights New York Official Selection 2019

Sopot Film Festival Official Selection 2019

Cradle Mountain Film Festival Official Selection 2019

Stop Motion Our Fest Official Selection 2019

Beer Town Film Festival Burton Official Selection 2019 Animation category Winner.

DEEPWAVE Film Festival Official Selection 2019

SpudFILM Environmental Films Festival Official Selection 2019

Festival de Cine Independiente de Sogamoso Official Selection 2019

Animasyros International Animation Festival + Agora Official Selection 2019

Loft and Loaded Official Selection 2019

Cinema Talks Film Festival Graz Austria Official Selection 2019

Press:

It’s Nice That - itsnicethat.com/articles/ieuan-lewis-george-warren-uki-bbc-bfi-animation-051218

It’s Nice That - Top 25 Review of the year (Animation category)

Creative Review - creativereview.co.uk/moving-short-film-uki-tackles-the-environment-and-isolation/

Lecture In Progress - lectureinprogress.com/journal/from-university-project-to-a-premiere-at-the-bfi-the-making-of-short-film-uki

Good Moves - goodmoves.tv/day/2019-07-13

Huh Magazine - huhmagazine.co.uk/uki-a-bleak-but-enthralling-stop-motion-animation/

Cast: George & Ieuan, Ieuan Lewis, George Warren and Tom Angell

Tags: Pollution, Nature, Inuit, Animation, Conservation, Alaska, Shortfilm, Model Making, Craft Film, BFI, BBC, Stopmotion and Stopframe