MY STUFFED GRANNY
SHORT FILM| STOP MOTION ANIMATION | 10 MIN 11 SEC | 2016
Directed & Co-Written by Effie Pappa
SYNOPSIS
Little Sofía loves her grumpy granny: even though she is always hungry and eats what little food they can buy. Her pension is the only thing keeping her and her father alive. To what extremes will they go to once granny is no more?
AWARDS
McLaren Award, BEST BRITISH ANIMATION, EDINBURGH INT. FILM FESTIVAL 2014
BEST INT. STUDENT AWARD
Montreal World film Festival. Canada
BEST INT. STUDENT AWARD
ANIMASYROS. Greece
BEST GREEK ANIMATION AWARD
BE THERE, CORFU INT. FILM FESTIVAL
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Festival Internacional de Cine Gastronómico Ciudad de La Laguna
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Watersprite Film Festival
BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM
London Independent Film Festival
JURY’S SPECIAL AWARD
Tokyo Anime Awards
BEST SHORT FLM (Lumen Award 2015)
Corto Creativo UDCI
BEST SHORT FILM
SCHLINGEL Int. Film Festival
BEST STUDENTS SHOWCASE
Hamptons International Film Festival
BEST SHORT FILM
Circolo del Cinema "Sogni - Antonio Ricci"
SPECIAL MENTION
Cyprus Int. Film Festival
"As for the character design, performance, camera work, lighting, voice, and music, there are so many good points to highlight here. This masterpiece, a full sense of love. Thanks to this animation, our heart feels warm . This masterpiece reminds the origin of our work as animators."
Tokyo Anime Awards,
Special Jury award
FILM FESTIVALS & NOMINATIONS
ANNECY International Animation Festival | Anima Mundi. Brasil July 2014 | FLICKERS, Rhode Island International Film Festival. USA August 2014 | Rhode Island International Horror Festival. USA | Kerry Int. Film Festival. Ireland | 3D Wire. October 2014 Spain | Bradford Int. Animation Film Festival. United Kingdom | Athens International Film Festival. Greece | Animage International Animation Film Festival. | LIAF, London Int. Animation Festival | St. Louis Fim Festival USA | Stop Motion Montreal Film Festival, Canada | StopTrik Film Festival. Poland | ETIUDA&ANIMA International Film Festival |Poland Poitiers Film Festival, France | BFI Showcase - Russia. November | Thessaloniki Shorts Film Festival (TISFF) Greece | San Francisco Greek Film Festival | Australia Greek Film Festival USA | Foyle Film Festival UK | Huatulco Food & Film Festival, Mexico | Cine Junior Film Festival. January 2014 France | Festival Ciné court animé, March 2015, France | Tricky Women Film Festival, Austria| Cleveland Int. Film Festival 2015 | ANIMFEST 2015, Greece | Brussels Short Film Festival 2015, Brussels | Offenburg Short Film Festival, Germany| Monstra Animation Int. Film Festival, Portugal | Short Shorts Film & Asia, Japan
Palm Springs 2015 | Madrid International Film Festival, Spain 2015 Hamptons International Film Festival, USA, 2015 SCHLINGEL, Int. Film Festival, Germany 2015 Raindance, UK 2015 | Greek Australian Short Film Festival, Australia 2015 Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2015 | London Independent Film Festival Athens Int. Festival (Ohio) | Plein la Bobine film Festival, FR Kaliber 35 | Anibar | Animage | MOV Festival | Expotoons International Animation Festival Thessaloniki Animation Festival| IN.S.A.N.E. animation film festival in Malmö Sweden Hellas Filmbox Berlin| International Short Film Festival of Cyprus| As Film Festival, Rome| Bristol Festival of Puppetry| Festival of Granada| Madrid International Film Festival| Coronado Island Film Festival| Rencontres Audiovisuelles LILLE
Last update: 04.09.15
BEHIND THE SCENES
CREDITS
Based on a story by Nina Kouletakis
Produced by Miranda Ballesteros
Voice Narration: Effie Pappa
Story adaptation by Effie Pappa, Miranda Ballesteros, Melissa Iqbal
Voice over written by Katerina Giannakou
Production Designer: Thomas Antony Lowthion
Director of Photography: Tristan Chenais
Editor: Sibila Estruch
Composer: David Pearce
Sound Editor: Marton Kristof
VFX Supervisor - Online Editor - Colourist: Ram K. Tripathi Samaveda
CG Supervisor: Daniel Neeson
National Film & TV School 2014
Model Makers
Sara Torkmorad
Isabelle Riley
Laurence Moore
Janene Whitehead
Freya Elliott
Claire Butler
Toots Butcher
Georgie Carson
Pallavi Dave
Lottie McDowell
Tatiana Mezzei
Rachael Ryan
Robert Birchall
Eleanore Cremonese
Lucy Ruth Hathaway
Milly Riley
Triona Rogers
Steven Nanson
Emmy Ivanova
Musicians
Flute: Alexander Thomas Clarinet: Helen Oughtibridge Violin: Joanna Ly
Viola: Charley Lake
Cello: Anna Kempton
Sound
Marton Kristof Sound Editor Re-recording Mixer
Louise Brown Foley Artist
Voices
Effie Pappa as Sophie
JoAnn Kaplan as Granny
Agis Pirlis as Father
PLATINUM SPONSORS FOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT 2013 Channel 4
KEY PARTNER SPONSORS 2013 British Broadcasting Corporation Film Distributors Association | ITV | Sky
KEY PARTNER FUNDERS 2013 Creative Skillset Film Skills Fund | Department for Culture, Media & Sport Higher Education Funding Council for England
PATRONS 2013 The Bertha Foundation|Dana & Albert R. Broccoli Foundation |David Elstein, Warburg Pincus |The David Lean Foundation Duncan Kenworthy OBE, Toledo Productions LTD Entente Distribution LTD | Foundation for the Sports & the Arts | The Leverhulme Trust | The Lew Grande Memorial Fund | Ingenious | Richard Dunn Memorial Fund | The VIP Charitable Trust | Youtube | Virgin Atlantic
SCHOLARSHIP DONORS Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Barchester Scholarship | Musicians’ Union | Sir John Terry Memorial Fund
THE NFTS SHOW 2014 is supported by YOUTUBE
SALES / DISTRIBUTION
Hemant Sharda | Distributor/Foreign Sales hsharda@nfts.co.uk | UK.: +44 (0)1494731457
Effie Pappa | Director | effiepappa@gmail.com +306987578604
Miranda Ballesteros | Producer | miranda.fballesteros@gmail.com UK.: +44 (0)7565419691