Animator and illustrator whose film Beware of Trains led to a retrospective of her work in Austria in 2023
For more than 40 years Emma Calder forged a distinctive career as an independent animator and producer, working in short film, music video and children’s television. Madame Potatoe, her 1983 graduation project from the Royal College of Art, was an installation featuring a potato-print animated film, a cookbook, T-shirts and a lifesize motorised sculpture of the character eating crisps and watching itself on TV. Four decades on and Emma was still pushing boundaries, picking up the Cutting Edge award at the 2024 British Animation Awards for her short Beware of Trains (2022).
Emma, who has died aged 65 from cancer, was a slightly built but vocal figure in the British animation scene, never prepared to accept the increasing drought of funding for independent animation that was a feature of the early 21st century. When she founded...
For more than 40 years Emma Calder forged a distinctive career as an independent animator and producer, working in short film, music video and children’s television. Madame Potatoe, her 1983 graduation project from the Royal College of Art, was an installation featuring a potato-print animated film, a cookbook, T-shirts and a lifesize motorised sculpture of the character eating crisps and watching itself on TV. Four decades on and Emma was still pushing boundaries, picking up the Cutting Edge award at the 2024 British Animation Awards for her short Beware of Trains (2022).
Emma, who has died aged 65 from cancer, was a slightly built but vocal figure in the British animation scene, never prepared to accept the increasing drought of funding for independent animation that was a feature of the early 21st century. When she founded...
- 11/5/2024
- by Jez Stewart
- The Guardian - Film News
Ten projects received awards of up to £120,000 for production, and five projects took £10,000 to support development.
The British Film Institute (BFI) is investing £1.1m in 15 new animation projects, as part of the second iteration of the BFI Short Form Animation Fund.
For the latest iteration of the fund, the BFI has partnered with StoryFutures Academy, the National Centre for Immersive Storytelling, to support two immersive virtual or augmented reality projects out of the slate of 15.
The fund backs narrative short form projects, of up to 15 minutes in length.
Ten projects received awards of up to £120,000 for production, and an additional...
The British Film Institute (BFI) is investing £1.1m in 15 new animation projects, as part of the second iteration of the BFI Short Form Animation Fund.
For the latest iteration of the fund, the BFI has partnered with StoryFutures Academy, the National Centre for Immersive Storytelling, to support two immersive virtual or augmented reality projects out of the slate of 15.
The fund backs narrative short form projects, of up to 15 minutes in length.
Ten projects received awards of up to £120,000 for production, and an additional...
- 6/15/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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