Curiosa
Overly curious Mary visits her boyfriend's flat for the first time, only to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied explanation, she climbs into his head. Curiosa is a mixed media film, combining stop-motion puppet animation with pixelation (people wearing masks). The films awards include the Austin Film festival Jury Award for Best Animated Short, two Royal Television Society Awards (Best Postgraduate Animation, Best Sound), The Gaston Roch Award for Best Student Animation at Cinanima and the View Conference Special Achievement Award. The world premiere of Curiosa was held at Animafest Zagreb in 2022, followed by its British premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. You can find some making of clips on instagram at @tessa_moult_milewska and @curiosa_animation Directed by Tessa Moult-Milewska Producer Sychelle-Kristina Yanda Writer Tessa Moult-Milewska Matthew Dickie Cinematographer Rob O’Kelly Production Designer Sehar Kidwai Lead Animator Ollie Griffiths Mary (Voice) Lizzie Waterworth-Santo Mary (Body) Luna Tosin James (Voice) Dan Connolly James (Body) Malik Ibheis Mary and James (Body stand-in) Isabella Caley Bhavesh Joshi Editor Giorgia Zarantonello Composer Caspar Leopard Sound Designer Alexander Hubner Production Manager Aaliyah Yaqub Production Assistant Gemma Wilks Dialogue recordist Diego Hernandez Espana Cadena VFX Supervisor Baptiste Audouin CGI Artist Marta Giacobbe Colourist and Online editor Esther Woodbridge Lead Model Maker Aga Fraczak Modek Makers Charlie Allwright Ellen Beaufoy Emily Brook Michelle C Cranwell Jennifer Dingwall Danielle Duncan-Rosembert Callum Higgins Olivia Savage Jo Sperring Tom Winfield Character design Richard Smithson Animation Tessa Moult-Milewska Fred Stanton Ben Cullum Art Assistants Edoardo Parada Marta Sieczak Chelsea Pentecost Elizabeth Earl Marisa Kimiko Mito Omar Kent Sophie Birch Agatha Roudaut Tara Kelly Martha Cruz Henrike Knappe Annabelle Liu Isabella Walker Compositing Artist(s) ESCAPE STUDIOS: Viola Bascombe Miranda Kay Jean-Pierre Pereira Antonia Palmer Rahul Karavadra Koren Morgan Hannah Sheppard Ryan Ball Jack Neale Additional Photography Lukáš Bistřický Rui Jiang Ong Floor runner Annabelle Liu Spark Matt Glaz National Film and Television School 2022 AWARDS: Austin Film Festival - Jury Award Best Animation Short Royal Television Society Student Awards Best Postgraduate Animation, Best Sound Design Festival Stop Motion Montreal - Best Emerging Talent Film, Cinanima - Gaston Roch Award for Best Animation, London International Animation Festival - Audience vote for Best of British Showcase, This is England - Best Animation, View conference - Special Achievement Award, North East International Film Festival - Best Short Film - Animation, Porto Femme - Best Student Animation, Animacom Bilbao - Special Mention, Florence Short Film Festival - Audience Award for Animation, Uptilt Film Festival - Best Animation, Student International Film Festival London - Best Animation Brighton Animation Festival - Best Student Film British Animation Film Festival - Best 3D Animation Polish Film Festival Los Angeles - Hollywood Eagle Zlin Film Festival - Best Animated Student Film Buffer Festival - Honorable Mention, Short To the Point - Best Mini Short, Paradise Short Film Festival - Best Animaton, Zlin Film Festival - Best Animation Craft Animafest - Strong Craft Basis Award Animage Film Festival - Best Art Design 24: Prague Short Film Festival (with Karlovy Vary) - Audience Award Official selections (chosen): BFI London Film Festival - British Premiere, Animafest Zagreb - World Premiere - Nomination; Flickerfest - Nomination, Cleveland international Film Festival - Nomination Tokyo Anime Awards nominated for the “Short Animation Competition Award”, River Run - Nomination Anima Brussels - Nomination, Athens Ohio fest - Nomination Atlanta Film Festival- Nomination Animator Film Festival - Nomination in International Competition ITFS stuttgart - Nomination Animation Dingle - Nomination, Anifilm - Nomination Brussels Short Film Festival - Nomination Viborg Animation Festival - Nomination, Stoptrik Animation Festival - Nomination, Manchester Film Festival - Nomination, Norwich Film Festival - Nomination
