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The founders of Aardman, Britons David Sproxton and Peter Lord used to make short animated films in the late 1960s and early 1970s using clay and 16mm camera. Today, 40 years later, their studio is one of the leading world factories of animation. Seven of Aardmans works were nominated for Academy Award, with four winners. The basic qualities of their films are amazing narrative, parodied characters and impressive animation. The previous short edition of Animafest’s Grand Prix winner, The Pearce Sisters by Luis Cook, is a brainchild of this studio. The programme prepared for this edition covers almost 30 years of work in an eclectic combination of short films, commercials, short commissioned animations, music videos and serials. Aardman’s characters Wallace and Gromit achieved worldwide success, presented here in one of their most popular films, Wrong Trousers. A host of other animated characters were also generated by this studio: Morph, Purple and Brown, Angry Kid, Rex the Runt, Shaun the Sheep. Most of them will gather again at this year’s festival.
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