Curiosa

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! Overly curious Mary visits her boyfriend’s flat for the first time, only to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied explanation, she climbs into his head.

Curiosa is a mixed media film, combining stop-motion puppet animation with pixelation (people wearing masks). The films awards include the Austin Film festival Jury Award for Best Animated Short, two Royal Television Society Awards (Best Postgraduate Animation, Best Sound), The Gaston Roch Award for Best Student Animation at Cinanima and the View Conference Special Achievement Award. The world premiere of Curiosa was held at Animafest Zagreb in 2022, followed by its British premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.

You can find some making of clips on instagram at @tessa_moult_milewska and @curiosa_animation

Directed by Tessa Moult-Milewska

Producer   Sychelle-Kristina Yanda
Writer   Tessa Moult-Milewska   Matthew Dickie 
Cinematographer   Rob O’Kelly
Production Designer   Sehar Kidwai
Lead Animator   Ollie Griffiths

Mary (Voice)   Lizzie Waterworth-Santo
Mary (Body)   Luna Tosin
James (Voice)   Dan Connolly
James (Body)   Malik Ibheis
Mary and James (Body stand-in)   Isabella Caley   Bhavesh Joshi

Editor   Giorgia Zarantonello
Composer   Caspar Leopard
Sound Designer   Alexander Hubner
Production Manager   Aaliyah Yaqub
Production Assistant   Gemma Wilks
Dialogue recordist   Diego Hernandez Espana Cadena
VFX Supervisor   Baptiste Audouin
CGI Artist   Marta Giacobbe
Colourist and Online editor   Esther Woodbridge

Lead Model Maker Aga Fraczak
Modek Makers   Charlie Allwright   Ellen Beaufoy   Emily Brook   Michelle C Cranwell   Jennifer Dingwall   Danielle Duncan-Rosembert   Callum Higgins   Olivia Savage   Jo Sperring   Tom Winfield   
Character design   Richard Smithson
Animation   Tessa Moult-Milewska   Fred Stanton   Ben Cullum
Art Assistants   Edoardo Parada   Marta Sieczak   Chelsea Pentecost   Elizabeth Earl   Marisa Kimiko Mito   Omar Kent   Sophie Birch   Agatha Roudaut   Tara Kelly   Martha Cruz   Henrike Knappe   Annabelle Liu   Isabella Walker

Compositing Artist(s)   ESCAPE STUDIOS:   Viola Bascombe   Miranda Kay   Jean-Pierre Pereira   Antonia Palmer   Rahul Karavadra   Koren Morgan   Hannah Sheppard   Ryan Ball   Jack Neale

Additional Photography   Lukáš Bistřický   Rui Jiang Ong
Floor runner   Annabelle Liu

Spark   Matt Glaz

National Film and Television School    2022

AWARDS: 
Austin Film Festival – Jury Award Best Animation Short
Royal Television Society Student Awards Best Postgraduate Animation, Best Sound Design
Festival Stop Motion Montreal – Best Emerging Talent Film,
Cinanima – Gaston Roch Award for Best Animation,
London International Animation Festival – Audience vote for Best of British Showcase,
This is England – Best Animation,
View conference – Special Achievement Award,
North East International Film Festival – Best Short Film – Animation,
Porto Femme – Best Student Animation,
Animacom Bilbao – Special Mention,
Florence Short Film Festival – Audience Award for Animation,
Uptilt Film Festival – Best Animation,
Student International Film Festival London – Best Animation
Brighton Animation Festival – Best Student Film
British Animation Film Festival – Best 3D Animation
Polish Film Festival Los Angeles – Hollywood Eagle 
Zlin Film Festival – Best Animated Student Film
Buffer Festival – Honorable Mention,
Short To the Point – Best Mini Short,
Paradise Short Film Festival – Best Animaton,
Zlin Film Festival – Best Animation
Craft Animafest – Strong Craft Basis Award
Animage Film Festival – Best Art Design
24: Prague Short Film Festival (with Karlovy Vary) – Audience Award

Official selections (chosen):
BFI London Film Festival – British Premiere,
Animafest Zagreb – World Premiere – Nomination;
Flickerfest – Nomination,
Cleveland international Film Festival – Nomination
Tokyo Anime Awards nominated for the “Short Animation Competition Award”,
River Run – Nomination
Anima Brussels – Nomination,
Athens Ohio fest – Nomination
Atlanta Film Festival- Nomination
Animator Film Festival – Nomination in  International Competition
ITFS stuttgart –  Nomination
Animation Dingle – Nomination,
Anifilm – Nomination
Brussels Short Film Festival – Nomination
Viborg Animation Festival – Nomination,
Stoptrik Animation Festival – Nomination,
Manchester Film Festival – Nomination,
Norwich Film Festival – Nomination