New Year (2019)

New Year (2019)

Written and directed by Diana Gradinaru and Rory Waudby-Tolley ‘New Year’ is an 9-minute animated short set over two time periods. In 1999 a boy becomes obsessed with the Y2K bug; In the distant future a girl is learning to be a priest in a religion based upon the ‘artefacts’ left behind by the boy. Ravaged by millennia of climate breakdown, Britain is underwater. But Simon's ramblings and football stickers inspire a faith where the heat of the earth is respected and 90s Man United midfielder Nicky Butt is worshiped as a God. The Year 2000 was simultaneously the beginning of the future, and the end of world. www.newyearfilm.com Produced by Becky Perryman Executive produced by Phil Davies Starring Jason Forbes, Thea Gajic, Lorna Gayle and Javone Prince Animation and design by Diana Gradinaru, Rory WT, Ala Nunu Leszynska and Chiara Sgatti Sound and music by Skillbard Hymn by Paul Devlin Casting by Leanne Flinn Made with the support of BFI NETWORK