The Public Choice Programme offers you - the audience - the chance to select your favourite films from a fantastic range of animation films made over the past two years.

Three programmes containing a mix of animated shorts, music videos and commercials are screening at 27 venues across the UK. Venues and playdates

Programme 1

What Light (Through Yonder Window Breaks)
The sunlight cast through a bedroom window breaks free and takes on new shapes as it journeys around the room
Sarah Wickens | RCA | 4:15

The Moonbird
A dark fairytale about an orphan girl who must outwit a terrible sorceress with the help of a magical bird.
Greg & Myles McLeod | The Brothers McLeod | 15:00

The Girl with Stories in her Hair
In a brothel, young Odette has her hair combed in preparation for the next client, remembering and now doubting what her mother used to tell her. Phoebe Boswell | Central St Martins | 2:54

Touché
A cat gets more than he bargained for when he upsets a dog...Touché!
Trevor Hardy | Fool Hardy Films | 1:00

Aanaatt
Analog Futurism...
Max Hattler | 4:45

Rabbit Punch
Nothing happens where we live so we do special ops...
Kristian Andrews | RCA | 5:34

Speechless
A family sits down for a meal. They communicate using technology, but one of them is determined for a return to a traditional supper; good food and real conversation.
Daniel Greaves | Tandem Films | 7:40

Junk
A tale of an obsession with junk food that may prove hard to swallow.
Kirk Hendry | Th1ng | 6:10

Ad Break

Alko: Father & Son
Jonathan Hodgson | Sherbet | :30

Hershey's: Swing and Drive
Bobby Proctor | Aardman Animations | :30

Nokia: Lips vs. Mindreader
Tokyoplastic/Finkbom | Picasso Pictures | :30

Vesicare: Shopping
David Anderson | Glassworks | :30

Cadburys Creme Egg: Mousetrap
Chris Cairns | Partizan | :22

Audi Q5: Unboxed
Russell Brooke & Aaron Duffy | Passion Pictures | 1:00

Gravenhurst: Nightwatchman’s Blues           
A love story is told over 1300 hand block printed 7" vinyl sleeves.
Thomas Hicks | 3:30

Birdy Nam Nam: The Parachute Endings
An intergalactic adventure.
Steve Scott & Will Sweeney | Not To Scale | 3:30

Flogging Molly: Float
A tiny stick figure picks up every-day detritus as he journeys to the sea.
Karni + Saul | Rokkit | 3:30

This Way Up
Laying the dead to rest has never been so much trouble.
Smith & Foulkes | Nexus Productions | 8:37

Programme 2

My Blood Is My Tears
Fighting against "feeling unreal", against the inability to cry and express emotions, the urge to cut away 'the monster inside themselves'. 
Andy Glynne | Mosaic Films | 3:20

Damaged Goods
A tragic love story played out by porcelain figurines, exploring notions of forbidden love, material wealth and class divide using the traditions of value within ceramics.
Barnaby Barford | Nexus Productions | 9:24

The Black Dog’s Progress
A series of flipbooks tell the sad story of the Black Dog’s abandonment and corruption through acts of violence.  
Stephen Irwin | Animate Projects | 3:15

Tad’s Nest
A place where eels mature before being compelled to return to a location using only memories of sensations to guide them.
Petra Freeman | Rapid Eye Movies/Animate Projects | 4:48

Glover
Glover travels to the edge of the world after a mysterious map arrives which transforms his monochromatic existence.
Jo Lawrence | Picasso Pictures | 7:53

Ain’t Got Nobody
A man with no body but a whole lot of souls performs the song of his life accompanied by a band of shadowy characters.
12Foot6 | 5:09

Norwich To Sheringham
An old man, a bus nut and an annoying kid ramble and muck about on a bus ride going from Norwich to Sheringham.
Bail Engel | RCA | 6:18

TXT ISLAND
A parable on the destruction of the planet.
Chris Gavin | 3:30

Heartstrings
When falling in love means being tied together, what happens when you discover the length of the string?
Rhiannon Evans | International Film School, Wales | 2:51

Animal Kingdom: Chalk Stars
A man and a woman sit facing each other in a lighthouse…
Thomas Hicks | 6:50

Coldplay: Strawberry Swing
Chris Martin moonlights as a superhero and saves a damsel in distress.
Shynola | RSA Films | 3:30

Tom Fun Orchestra: Bottom of the River
The tale of some lonely bin bags who sing at the bottom of the river.
Alasdair + Jock | Trunk | 3:00

Dog Judo
Rexley and Roy are two dogs who try to do Judo. Invariably they fail.
12Foot6 | 1:00

Tail Gunner
A cute kitten is dreaming about something. What could it possibly be?
Tokyoplastic/Finkbom | Picasso Pictures | :36

Ad Break

CTCA Travel
Suzanne Deakin | Slinky Pictures | 1:00

Domestos: Germblaster
Uli Meyer | Uli Meyer Studios | :30

Comparethemarket.com: Jingle
Darren Walsh | Passion Pictures | :20

Coca Cola Olympics: Birdsnest Stadium
Eric Lerner & Thomas Hilland | Partizan | 1:00

Cadburys Creme Egg: Newton’s Cradle
Chris Cairns | Partizan | :12

Cadburys Creme Egg: Pedal Bin
Chris Cairns | Partizan | :12

Cadburys Creme Egg: Balloon
Chris Cairns | Partizan | :12

Dupont: Open Science
Gaelle Denis | Stink Ltd | :30

Sam's Hot Dogs
Sam sells hot dogs on a road in a forest. His hot dog van, his huge bear, and a bit of occasional company is all he needs.
David Lopez Retamero | RCA | 9:30

Programme 3

Train of Thought
In a world made entirely out of paper, the wistful drawings in a man's sketchbook are brought to life by the rhythm of a train journey.
Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas | The Arts Institute at Bournemouth | 3:57

Unicycle Film
Two unicyclists find each other in a dark forest and fall in love and when they join in embrace their Unicycles work together as a bicycle.
Thomas Hicks | 5:40

Fields of Vision
A boy is happy playing with his ball until his father brings home a new toy.
Rob Zywietz | 4:00

mi’au, myau
5 birds of different nationalities sit on a branch, each trying to outdo the other in it's own language.
Vida Vega | UCA Farnham | 1:00

Wolves
A howling wolf, an embarrassing incident and a missed opportunity. Love is made of courage.
Rafael Sommerhalder | RCA | 5:56

Codswallop
A subconscious drift through despair, frustration, joy and redemption. 
Greg & Myles McLeod | The Brothers McLeod | 3:39

Becoming Invisible
Violent nightmares, suicidal wishes and an inability to live in your own skin.
Andy Glynne | Mosaic Films | 4:00

Yellow Belly End
An enormous cliff top, blue sky, multiple deaths and a man keeping a meticulous note of it all. But his quiet, contained existence is threatened as he is drawn ever nearer to the cliff edge himself...
Philip Bacon | NFTS | 8:47

Little Face
Nathan’s job has nothing to do with dinosaurs. This makes Little Face sad.
Matthew Walker | Arthur Cox | 10:30

Ethav: Sleep
A surrealist vision focused on dreams and relationships.
Tibor Banoczki & Sarolta Szabo | Domestic Infelicity | 3:47

Midfield General: Teddy Bear
A lonely truck driver and a young kid are brought together through CB radios.
Ste McGregor | Skint | 6:09

Goodbye London
The bitter - sweetness of London life, with sketchy characters, drawn on dirty walls in dodgy areas.
Murray John | 4:00

Rex the Dog: Bubblicious
How to make your very own ‘Rex the Dog’ video.
Geoffroy de Crecy | Partizan | 3:15

The Astronomer's Sun
A young man visits an abandoned observatory to confront memories of his past and follow his father on a journey into the unknown.
Simon Cartwright & Jessica Cope | Duchy Parade Films | 5:21

Ad Break

Comcast: Anthem 60
Smith & Foulkes | Nexus Productions | 1:00

Bridgestone Tyres: Taters
Daniel Kleinman | Rattling Stick & Epoch NY/LA | 1:00

Coke Zero: Happy Kingdom
Pete Candeland | Passion Pictures | 1:00

National Debtline
Alan MacEachern | Ink Digital | :30

Nike: Cortez Brothers
Tokyoplastic/Finkbom | Picasso Pictures | :35

Simon’s Cat: TV Dinners
A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to gain it's owner's attention.
Simon Tofield | Tandem Films | 2:35