The Shirley Temple by Daniela Sherer


The boundaries between childhood and adulthood become blurry for a kid at his mother’s cocktail party. In this experimental-narrative short, characters, symbols and abstractions interchange to examine the relationships between children and adults, escapism and sexuality.

Selected festivals & Awards:

– Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film – Best Student Film Winner, April 2014
– Premiers Plans Film Festival, Angers, France – Grad Prix Winner – Best European Student film, Jan 2014
– Animateka – Best student film winner, December 2014
– Animafest Zagreb – Special Mention, June 2014
– Tricky Women 2014: Jury’s special mention, March 2014

– OTTAWA 2014 – Official Selection, September
– ANNECY 2014 – Official Selection, student film competition, 9-14, 2014
– ZAGREB 2014 – Official Selection student film competition, 3-8 June 2014
– BAA Student film finalist, March 2014
– HAFF 2014 – Official Selection, 19-23 March 2014
– Filmfest Dresden 2014, 15-20 April 2014
– Stuttgart Trickfilm Festival 2014 – Official Selection. – April 2014
– Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival – Jan 2014
– Anima Festival Brussels – Official Selection (Best of shorts 4 programme) – Feb-Mar 2014
– LIAF, London, Oct 2013 (British showcase)
– Expotoons, Oct 2013
– Canterbury Anifest – Oct 2013
– Bradford Animation Festival – Nov 2013

A short trailer for my RCA graduation film. It’s an abstract-narrative short about childhood and adulthood, escapism and sexuality.

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