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2020 / Short / mixed

The Fire Next Time

United Kingdom

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Year2020
Format familyShort
Techniquemixed

Overview

NEW verified work (master ddad13c exact title absent). canonical FILM YEAR 2020 per British Council exact film https://filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org/projects/the-fire-next-time (8min, director Renaldho Pelle, producer Yanling Wang). NFTS Screening Room https://screeningroom.nfts.co.uk/category/videos/animation-2019 categorizes under Animation 2019 GRADUATION COHORT, NOT film release year. NFTS 2020-12-15 article https://nfts.co.uk/article/nfts-film-fire-next-time-only-uk-animated-short-selected-sundance-film-festival explicitly states director graduated in 2019, film premiered Annecy 2020 and Sundance selection 2021, 1:50 physical STOP MOTION miniature sets, paint-on-glass and projection. DIRECTOR FIRST PERSON https://www.rotoscopers.com/2021/01/31/sundance-animator-spotlight-interview-7-renaldho-pelle-the-fire-next-time/ explicitly confirms combination of physical stop-motion and hand-painted animation, two-year shoot. director's own work portfolio https://www.renaldhopelle.com/tfnt-layout states produced at NFTS and paint-on-glass + stop-motion sets. NFTS 2020 press release exact professional credit list: Laura Franchito (STOP MOTION animator), 7 named model makers Oliver Arnell Argles, Ellen Carnegie, Angus Choy, Alastair Fleming, Emma Hodgeson/Hodgson (source inconsistent), Thanos Kantzavelos, Harry Saxon. cinematographer Fabio Mota, production designer Nicola Sadori, editor Robin Whalley, writer Kerry Jade Kolbe (British Council page typo Kelly Jade Kolbe), sound Jose Pablo Ramirez, composer Marisa Cornford, producer Yanling Wang. 13 more named animation artists, VFX, compositors and production managers listed on NFTS press release. British Council Production Company field Renaldho Pelle while NFTS calls film produced at NFTS. distinguish creator-owned listing vs NFTS school production and avoid asserting BC production-company attribution automatically matches school credit. 2019 school cohort, 2020 film year, 2021 Sundance, NO separate 2019 work. NFTS official 30-second behind-the-scenes time lapse https://screeningroom.nfts.co.uk/detail/videos/animation/video/6224525420001/the-fire-next-time-%E2%80%93-nfts-graduation-animation-timelapse-%E2%80%93-sundance-selection?autoStart=true belongs to making_of_directory not a separate work. Do not claim end-roll exhaustive.

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Renaldho Pelle director direction
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