Bathtime in Clerkenwell

• 2003
• 0 Hrs 3 Mins
• Other, Animation

In a black and white, two-dimensional animated world, it's morning and time for a sleeping man to wake. A cuckoo clock sends a series of birds to fly toward his head to chirp and wake him; he grabs each and tosses them back. They are relentless, and eventually manage to get him into a bathtub with the shower head spraying. Images of mechanical assembly lines appear by the tub while, outside, bobbies keep watch. The metamorphoses continue, heads fly, anarchy takes hold. The entire time, the soundtrack is a fast-paced, repetitive, wordless ditty of vocalese. Suddenly, we realize where we are. Awards: 1. Jury Award for the Best Animation at Sundance Online Film Festival 2004. 2. Prize "for the perfection of music and fantastic Imaginary" at Ottawa animated film festival 2004. 3. Grand Jury Award for the best animated short at Florida Film Festival 2003. 4. The Best of Show Award from ASIFA-East 2003. 5. Grand Prize from ASIFA-West. 6. Prize for the best film in "applied animation" category at KROK -2003 (Russia-Ukraine). 7. Diploma from IX Russian Festival of Animated Films. 8. Best Animation at Boston Underground Film Festival. 9. Third Prize at Film Fest New Heaven. Official selection: 115 festivals around the world, including: Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Newport International Film Festival, Resfest , Sacramento film and music festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Hampton International Film Festival, Northampton Independent Film festival, New York Expo, Wiesbaden Film Festival, Cartoombria Film Festival (Italy), Black Nights international Film Festival (Estonia, Tallin), Tel Aviv Festival for comics and animation, Anima Mundi (Brazil), Aspen Shortfest, Zagreb Animafest.