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Dark gothic puppet animation based on a section of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy, Titus Groan.
Also Directed by Joan Ashworth
Christmas idents from mid-90s directed by Joan Ashworth for the BBC. Transmitted in separate parts, but released on YouTube as a whole. Won a BAFTA.
Swimming through a meadow collecting mushrooms, a girl meets her wildness in the form of a hare. Bang! They are shot. They tumble into the earth. The girl wrestles with her wildness to subdue him and to pay for her mushrooms.
Although Mermaids have been traditional symbols of fertility and a sexuality so powerful as to be a danger to shipping, details of their reproductive processes have been scarce. The film reveals the cycle of laying, fertilising and hatching as well as the previously secret role of storm-wrecked sailors.
A short experimental film about the sensations of pregnancy. Mainly scratched directly onto 35mm. Screened at Hamburg Short Film Festival, Bradford Animation Festival. Also screened throughout England as part of Vox Pop Puella, a touring show about the seven ages of women.
