Imagination – Random Acts

A FIRST ACTS short animated film for Channel 4’s Random Acts strand, Imagination was directed by Jemima Hughes and animated by Astrid Goldsmith.

Astrid animating Imagination on her multiplane, with Dragonframe linked to a large screen for clear visibility for Jemima

A paper cut-out stop-motion animation where the protagonist visits an exhibition of Matisse-inspired paper cuts in her pink wheelchair and is transported from the reality of the dull grey world outside into the colourful world of her imagination.

Read all about Jemima’s unique and fascinating process, and her experience as a deaf and disabled filmmaker:  https://www.ica.art/bulletin/my-mind-i-can-go-anywhere

In Competition/Special Screenings:

Encounters, 2017

Palm Springs International Animation Festival, 2017

Cardiff International Film Festival, 2017

ICA Playback Festival, 2018

Together! Disability Film Festival, 2017

CineSister, 2017

Canterbury Anifest, 2017

Anima Syros, 2017

Clin d’Oeil, 2017