https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/446345
Hutch Demouilpied’s elegant, classical score immerses us even deeper into the atmosphere of the 1930s, accompanying Hobbs’ creative experiments and amplifying their expressive allure. While the dinner party the film depicts might have “failed,” The Debutante itself definitely satisfies our appetite for creative animation.
“The Debutante” directed by Elizabeth Hobbes (UK) — Winner
Ellen Jury Statement: “With a masterful, fluid use of ink, paint, collage and witty narration, this bold and humorous animated story unspools an act of rebellion, brilliantly challenging a class-based tradition. From a 1930s story by surrealist artist Lenora Carrington, a spirited woman persuades a hyena from the London Zoo to take her place at a party in her honor. The results are fun and startling.”
ANIMATION
“The Debutante” directed by Elizabeth Hobbs (UK) — Winner
Jury Statement: “This short embodies the highly charged political commentary and witty satire of its source material in its frenetic form, managing to be both uncomfortable and funny as it is incisive.”
I composed a score and sound design for this short animation with Director Samantha Moore and produced by Animate Productions.
https://animateprojects.org/a-language-of-shapes-is-now-online/
I have been nominated for an Award for ‘Best Sound’ at the Midlands Movie Awards
A list of all the awards and selections for this award winning film I scored (by Elizabeth Hobbs and Animate Productions)
The awards to date are:
The most recent festival selections and screenings are:
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000636/2023/1/
We won best animated short.
“In a unique and unapologetic blast of mixed media animation, this bold, bizarre fairy tale is at once hilarious and casually brutal. It affects deeply with a gestural approach to image and sound, and the layered artistry begs for multiple viewings.”
The Debutante has won the Lab Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Fantastique! https://t.co/DBlXjfBB2k
— Hutch Demouilpied (@H_Demouilpied) February 25, 2023
Nice to be name checked in this– thanks Lizzy.
Selected for SWSX in competition in the short animation category
The film is on the short list in the short film category. On the 24th January the nominations will be revealed.
Indie Wire predictions
For the hypnotic and attractive dynamism of its story, captured in countless animation techniques such as paintings, water colours, drawings, cuttings and rotoscoping.
The Debutante is screening at The 66th BFI London Film Festival
in the Shorts Programme: The Path of Most Resistance
Wednesday 5 October, 18:15
NFT1, BFI Southbank
