Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind.
Homebird is a National Film and Television School graduation film created entirely in paint-on-cel technique.
Key Achievements:
Young Director Award 2022,
Oscar and BAFTA long lists,
screened at over 80 festivals,
recognised with over 20 awards and special mentions.
Directed and Animated by Ewa Smyk
Producer – Leah Bethany Jones
Writers – Ralph Mathers & Ewa Smyk
Cinematographer – Pep Bosch i Calvo
Editor – Amy Pettipher
Composer – Natalia Tsupryk
Sound Designer – Tatiana Borges Alvares Sanches
Production Designer – Iasonas Houssein
CG Artist – Valerie George
Colourist & Online Editor – Marco Valerio Caminiti
Production Manager – Beatriz Honorio
Voice Actors – Laura Greenwood, Brian Ward, Natalie Beran
Production Coordinator – Tian Boyce
Production Assistant – Catherine Lynn
Lead Cel Painters – Ollie Griffiths, Ciara Kerr, Haemin Ko, Jess Macadam, Harry Saxon, Thrish Sumanasekera, Solomon Triffitt
Cel Painters – Riffat Ahmed, Laura Carter, Carolina Cordero, Alemsah Firat, Annie Gordon, Lucy Hirst, Gagandeep Kalirai, Milda Kargaudaitė, Drishti Kosambia, Stephanie Marshall, Phoebe Morrison, Robin Richardson, Ross Stringer, Malaki Triffitt
Additional 2D Animation – Helena Bonastre & Kathryn Leviton
Animation Assistants – Bella Bernard, Annie Gordon, Nadya Iudina, Suzanne Matharan, Shan Ogilvie, Danie Quirke, Jade Tucker
Set Dressing – Miguel Joao, Samantha Langton
Titles – Marta Lissowska
Recording Engineers – Yin Lee, Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
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