Festivals, submissions and exhibitions

Festivals of interest for ‘A Clayful Adventure’:

London Short Film Festival (London) submission deadline: 10th of August, 2025
Stop motion Our Fest (Argentina) submission deadline: Not announced
Stop Trik (Slovenia) submission deadline: 7th of July, 2025
Annecy (France) submission deadline: Not announced
Cannes (France) submission deadline: Not announced

I will start submitting my Unit 3 film, ‘A Clayful Adventure’ to festivals after our degree show in June. I also intend to record the music with The Guildhall Session orchestra in September, which will add even more atmosphere to the piece.

Unit 2, ‘Peel Great’ festival submissions.

Fine Lines Illustration and Animation Festival

I was delighted to get my Unit 2 film, ‘Peel Great’ selected for this Festival’ in May. This is the first time one of my directed films has been screened at a festival. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to be there in person, but I received pictures and a video of the event. It was amazing to hear the audiences reaction and laughter. It makes the whole stressful process of making a film feel worth it.

I was also lucky enough to have the Unit 1 LIAF film, ‘Why Not’, selected for ‘Fine Lines Illustration and Animation Festival’. I worked as an animator, story developer, character and background designer and helped make replacement pieces.

Brighton International Animation Festival Visit

I went to the Brighton International Animation Festival on the 6th of April and saw two screenings, ‘East Asian Panorama’ and ‘Queer as F++k’.

Central Saint Martins MA Character Animation was well represented, with a lot of last year’s graduates having their films screened. This gave me some confidence to believe that I could do this too and I also spoke to a lot of the alumni at the event.

I will definitely submit both ‘A Clayful Adventure’ and ‘Peel Great’ to BIAF 2026.

London Short Film Festival Visit

Screenshots of the screenings I went to. I particularly loved ‘Come on Let’s Play’, there was so many charming stopmotion films.

At a venue for The London Short Film Festival, 2025

Exhibition Inspiration

One day I would love to be able to have an exhibition of my work, spanning across Animation, ceramics, graphic design and illustration. Getting into an exhibition is very difficult, but there is a space called ‘Free The Gallery’ in Crystal Palace that runs pop-ups and markets. I have sold my ceramics there before but I will also reach out to inquire about exhibition space. I felt so inspired after seeing ‘The World of Tim Burton’ exhibition at The Design Museum, it was like stepping into a film set.