The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
In cinemas in UK I co-composed the score for:
https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/jekyll-hyde
Also on Sky Arts (Freeview) on 30 October at 9pm
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Premiere of this film at EIFF 2023 tonight!
Re-united with director Hope Dickson Leach (The Levelling) to score this film adaptation of the Scottish National Theatre’s original play, along with music from Hudson Mohawke.
THE DEBUTANTE_REVIEW MENTIONS SCORE
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_ Selected for Staff Picks celebration of 15 years
The Debutante_ Wins 2 Awards at Aspen ShortsFest
Courtesy photo
“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.”
A Language of Shapes- A nomination for Sound Design
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
The Debutante_AWARD AND FESTIVAL SELECTION
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:
- Grand Prix, the Golden Pegasus at the 15th International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR 2022, Poland
- Grand Prize, International Competition Short Film at Bucheon International Animation Festival 2022, South Korea
- Animated Short Jury Award at SXSW 2023, USA
- Melies D’Argent/Silver Melies Award for the Best European Fantastic Short Film at San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival 2022, Spain
- Lab Special Jury Prize at the 45th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France
- Bronze Jabberwocky prize, at Etiuda & Anima 2022, Poland
- Yarnspinner’s Favourite: Special Mention, at Animist Tallinn 2022, Estonia
- Prix Sauvage (Wild-Untamed Award) and the Prix de la Spontanéité (Spontaneity Award) at the Paris International Animation Film Festival 2023, France
- Shortlisted for the Animated Short Film Award at the 95th Academy Awards 2023
- Candidate for European Short Film at the European Film Awards 2023 (announcing December 2023)
The most recent festival selections and screenings are:
- Official Selection, Paris International Animation Film Festival, France, January 2023
- Official Selection, 16th British Shorts Film Festival, Germany, January 2023
- Official Selection for the Lab Competition, 45th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France, January-February 2023
- Selected for Animated Womxn Programme, Manipulate Festival, United Kingdom, February 2023
- Official Selection for Shorts 3, Animac, Spain, February 2023
- Official Selection for International Competition – Professional Short Films, Anima 2023, Brussels, February 2023
- Official Selection, Animated Shorts, South by Southwest Film and TV Festival, United States, March 2023
- Official Selection, International Competition, Tampere Film Festival, Finland, March 2023
- Official Selection, International Competition, TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES 2023, Austria, March 2023
- Official Selection, Cardiff Animation Festival, United Kingdom, March 2023
- Official Selection, REGARD – Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay, Canada, March-April 2023
- Official Selection, Kaboom Animation Festival, The Netherlands, March-April 2023
- Official Selection, 32nd Aspen Shortsfest, United States, April 2023
- Official Selection, International Competition, 30th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany, April 2023
- Official Selection, International Competition, 35th Filmfest Dresden, Germany, April 2023
- Official Selection, Grand Competition – Short Film, Animafest Zagreb, Croatia, June 2023
The Debutante Wins at SXSW 2023
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- wins at Clermont_Ferrand International Film Festival
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
The Debutante-interview about Oscar Shortlist & SXSW Selection
Nice to be name checked in this– thanks Lizzy.
Selected for SWSX in competition in the short animation category
The Debutante- on short list for 95th Oscars
The film is on the short list in the short film category. On the 24th January the nominations will be revealed.
Indie Wire predictions
The Debutante wins Silver Méliès at San Sebastian Horror Festival
For the hypnotic and attractive dynamism of its story, captured in countless animation techniques such as paintings, water colours, drawings, cuttings and rotoscoping.
