Rabbit
- Studio
- animate!
- Distributor
- LUX, Run Wrake, Channel 4 Television Corporation
Synopsis
A selection of 1950s educational stickers, discovered in a provincial junk shop 20 years ago, provide the ingredients for this adult fairy tale.
Once, they were new, delivering a simple message to those also young. Like us, however, they have grown older and now present a more complex meaning.
Rabbit tells a tale of lost innocence, greed and the random justice of nature. When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, its magical abilities lead to riches, but for how long?
Once, they were new, delivering a simple message to those also young. Like us, however, they have grown older and now present a more complex meaning.
Rabbit tells a tale of lost innocence, greed and the random justice of nature. When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, its magical abilities lead to riches, but for how long?
Characters
Rabbit, Boy, Girl
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Run Wrake
Producing
- Producer
- Run Wrake
- Executive Producer
- Dick Arnall
Writing
- Writer
- Run Wrake
Animation
- Animator
- Run Wrake
- Assistant Animators
- Martin Morris, Barnaby Hewlett, Murray John
Music
- Music
- Howie B, Craig Richards
Editing
- Editor
- Rich White
Crew
- Original Illustrations
- Geoffrey Higham
- Dubbing Editor
- Craig Butters
- Dubbing Mixer
- Cliff Jones
- Primary Funding
- Arts Council England
Companies and other credits
- Primary Funding: Channel 4
Production notes
Mixed media, including "found" educational stickers and hand-drawn abstract animation, compiled in After Effects.
Envelope containing educational stickers published by Philip & Tacey Limited in the 1950s, found by Run Wrake in a secondhand shop in the 1980s. Philip & Tacey was still a successful supplier of teaching resources in 2005.
Original educational stickers illustrated by Geoffrey Higham.
The image of the idol was the primary inspiration for Rabbit's storyline.
Release date is that of first public screening at the London Film Festival.
Envelope containing educational stickers published by Philip & Tacey Limited in the 1950s, found by Run Wrake in a secondhand shop in the 1980s. Philip & Tacey was still a successful supplier of teaching resources in 2005.
Original educational stickers illustrated by Geoffrey Higham.
The image of the idol was the primary inspiration for Rabbit's storyline.
Release date is that of first public screening at the London Film Festival.
Awards
Special Distinction, Short Film, Annecy International Animation Festival, 2006.
Nominee, BAFTA Film Award, Best Short Animation, Run Wrake, 2006.
British Animation Award, Best Film at the Cutting Edge, 2006.
British Animation Award, Best Short Film at the Cutting Edge, 2006.
Nominee, British Animation Award, Best Short Film, 2006.
Tiger Award, Best Short Film, International Film Festival.
Special Award, Visual Accomplishment, Short Film Competition, Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, 2006
Nominee, BAFTA Film Award, Best Short Animation, Run Wrake, 2006.
British Animation Award, Best Film at the Cutting Edge, 2006.
British Animation Award, Best Short Film at the Cutting Edge, 2006.
Nominee, British Animation Award, Best Short Film, 2006.
Tiger Award, Best Short Film, International Film Festival.
Special Award, Visual Accomplishment, Short Film Competition, Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, 2006