スルー ザ ホーソーン Through The Hawthorn

Pia Borg, Gemma Burditt, Anna Benner

Anna Bennerはドイツ出身のアニメーション監督。ここ10年間はロンドンを拠点としている。彼女の作品には手作りとデジタルの要素が混じり合っている。最近、脚本、監督、制作を手がけた作品『Tis the season』は、サンタクロースとそのコスプレの趣味について描いた短編アニメ。『Jens &Anna』の一環で、アニメのコマーシャルも演出し、最近評判が良かったものにはケンタッキーのヘルスケアシステムのキャンペーンがある。nnPia Borgは、ロンドンを拠点とするアーティスト・映画制作者。Royal College of Artでアニメーションの修士課程を修了しており、最近では、ウェールズのオリエル・ディヴィス・ギャラリーで個展を開いている。彼女の作品『Crystal World』（2013）は、ロッテルダム映画祭でプレミア上映され、メルボルン映画祭で最優秀実験映画賞を受賞した。現在はエドワード・ローレンソンと共にアダムソン・コレクションに関するウェルカムトラスト・プロジェクトに取りくんでいる。nnGemma Burdittは短編映画、コマーシャル、ミュージックビデオおよびプロジェクションのアニメーション監督でありイラストレーターである。映画作りではアニメーション、ライブ、ドキュメンタリーの枠を超えた革新的なアプローチをとる。これはデヴァイズト・シアターで務めていた経験が強く影響している。彼女の作品は世界中で上映され、ジョン・ウェストのキャンペーンRowに対するカンヌ・コマーシャル・フェスティバルでの銀獅子賞をはじめ多くの賞を受賞している。

Anna Benner is an animation director from Germany who’s been living and working in London for the past 10 years. Her work often involves a combination of handmade and digital elements. Recently Anna has written, directed and produced “Tis the season”, an animated short about Santa Clause and his cosplay habit. She also directs animated commercials, as one part of Jens&Anna, the most recent a well-received campaign for Kentucky’s healthcare system.nnPia Borg is an artist and filmmaker based in London. She graduated with an MA in animation from the Royal College of Art, and recently had a solo exhibition of her work at the Oriel Davies Gallery in Wales. Her film Crystal World (2013) premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival and recently won the Best Experimental Film award at the Melbourne film festival. She is currently working on a Wellcome Trust project about the Adamson collection with Edward Lawrenson. Her films have been screened in various festivals including Cannes, Edinburgh, Anima Mundi, Hiroshima and Sao Paulo. She has participated in several exhibitions including shows at the Samstag Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery and Tokyo Metropolitan museum of Photography. She works as a Lecturer in film at the University of East London and as a guest lecturer at Camberwell and Kingston University.nnGemma Burditt is an animation director and illustrator of short films, commercials, music videos and projections. She has an innovative approach to film making often crossing techniques such as animation, live action and documentary and is still strongly influenced by her earlier career in devised theatre. Her films have been screened worldwide winning various awards including Silver Lion at Cannes commercial festival for her John West Campaign “Row.” Gemma has recently completed a co direction of the documentary “Urban Birds” about female cycle couriers working in London which premiered at the New York Bike festival in June and is currently on the BFF world circuit. She has also just completed a collaborative animation project which she co-directed: “Through the Hawthorn” funded by the Wellcome trust.Gemma has also recently created an Art Break Stint for MTV.