Dad's Dead

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dad's Dead is a seven minute award winning film written and directed by Chris Shepherd, commissioned by animate!. Since its first transmission on Channel 4, in 2003, the film has achieved a cult status. Mixing animation with live action in a unique style, it deals with how memory works. Ian Hart plays the narrator, an urban storyteller who relives his youth in Liverpool.


Dad's Dead
Image:Dadsdead.jpeg
Directed by Chris Shepherd
Produced by Maria Manton
Written by Chris Shepherd
Starring Ian Hart, Chris Freeney, Dave Kent
Distributed by Slinky Pictures onedotzero
Release date(s) 2003
Language English

Contents

  • Winner of Best Short Film, British Independent Film Awards
  • Winner of The Quantel Animation Award at Rushes Soho Shorts Festival
  • Winner of The Metropolis Prize at L’Isola Del Cinema Festival in Rome, Italy
  • Winner of The Grand Prize at Cabbagetown Film & Video Festival, Toronto
  • Winner of The Encouragement Award at Fantoche International Animation Fest. Switzerland
  • Winner of Special Video Award at Split International Festival of New Film, Croatia
  • Winner of Best Independent Animation Award at FAN International Animation Festival, Norwich
  • Winner of Best Animation Award at Kino International Film Festival, Manchester
  • Winner of Best Professional Film Award at BAF! International Animation Festival, Bradford
  • Winner of Special Prize at DaKino Film Festival, Romania
  • Winner of Third Prize at Animadrid, IV International Animation Festival, Spain

  • Nominated for Best Animation Short, BAFTA Film Awards
  • Winner of Best Short Film at the British Animation Awards
  • Winner of Best film at Cutting Edge, British Animation Awards
  • Winner of Honourable Mention (Editing) at Carolina Film and Video Festival, USA
  • Winner of Best Film, Pitcher and Piano Awards, London
  • Winner of Honourable Mention at Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA
  • Winner of Honourable Mention at Bermuda International Film Festival, USA
  • Winner of Silver Remi Award at Worldfest Houston International Film Festival, USA
  • Honourable Mention at Los Angeles International Film Festival, USA

An animate! commission funded by Arts Council England and Channel 4.


 This short film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../d/a/d/Dad%27s_Dead_cea1.html"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.