War Game

Three young men, Will, Lacey and Freddie, are involved in the historically true football game played between German and English troops in No Man's Land on Christmas Day 1914. The story is told from the perspective of the young men, who are caught up in events beyond their comprehension as they endure the harsh realities of the First World War. Their initial enthusiasm soon gives way to confusion and a far more sober view. As they crouch down in the trenches, their thoughts wander back home. On Christmas Day, an amazing encounter takes place between them and the enemy: on a strip of no man's land running between the front, these British soldiers meet the Germans for a football game. Beginning with a game in the fields of Suffolk, the men's journey is followed to the fields of Flanders and the realization of their dream to play for England.

Will, Lacey, Freddie, Mum, Dad, Annie, German Soldier, General, King George, Schuetze

Children's Choice Award, British Animation Awards, London, 2002.
First Prize, Children's Choice, Cinemagic Festival, Belfast, 2002.
Pulcinella Award, Cartoons on the Bay, International Festival and Conference of Television Animation, Rome, 2002.
Best Television Special, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, 2002.
Grand Prix, Animation, 10th Kinder Film Festival, Tokyo, 2002.
Alves Costa Prize (Journalists' Award), Cinanima (International Animated Film Festival), Portugal, 2002.
Golden Butterfly Prize for Best Short Film, 17th Isfahan International Children Film Festival, Iran, 2002.
Second Prize, Children's Audience Award, DiverCine 2002 (XI International Film Festival for Children and Youth), Montevideo, 2002.
Silver Gryphon, "First Screens" Section, Best Short Film, Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, 2002.
Bronze Prize, Third Tehran International Animation Festival, 2003