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Oscar® Nominee, Best Short Film (Animated), 2021

Affairs of the Art

2021 16 min
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Beryl’s back in Affairs of the Art, which showcases one family’s eccentric yet endearing obsessions with everything from drawing to screw threads and pet taxidermy.

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Affairs of the Art

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How many obsessions can one family have? In Joanna Quinn and Les Mills’ Affairs of the Art, we reconnect with Beryl, the working-class heroine who not only reveals her own obsession with drawing but exposes the addictions of her eccentric family, which include pickling, screw threads and pet taxidermy.

  • cast
    Menna Trussler
    Joanna Quinn
    Brendan Charleson
    Mali Ann Rees
  • animation
    Joanna Quinn
    James Nutting
  • additional animation
    Marci Rojas
    Mia Rose Goddard
    Eliot Cseh
    Gemma Roberts
    Arjan Wilschut
    Alex Thompson
    Yoana Georgieva
    Jordan Alexander Davies
    Becky Peel
  • clean-up
    Marci Rojas
    Eliot Cseh
    Hannah Jones
    Bryony Evans
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • assisting
    Marci Rojas
    Eliot Cseh
    Hannah Jones
    Bryony Evans
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • colour design
    Les Mills
  • tvp colour design
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • compositing
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • AfterEffects compositing
    Francine Bresling
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • additional after effects compositing
    Daniel Evans
    Eliot Cseh
    Lauren Orme
  • editor
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • video post-production
    Gelert
  • voice recording
    John Hardy Music
    Gorilla TV LTd.
    Bang Post Production Ltd.
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • foley artist
    Nicolas Gagnon
  • re-recording mixer
    Paul McFadden
    Bang Post Production Ltd.
  • technical advisor
    Éloi Champagne
  • technical coordination
    Luc Binette
    Randall Finnerty
  • marketing
    Geneviève Bérard
    Émilie Ryan
  • administration
    Rosalina Di Sario
    Dominique Forget
    Faisal Moula
  • producer
    Michael Fukushima
    Les Mills
  • writer
    Les Mills
  • director
    Joanna Quinn

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