Encounters 2015

The Hill Farm

Mark BakerAnimationUnited Kingdom198918 min

Mark Baker's first film made as a student at the National Film and Television School is a sign of things to come, an engaging, beautifully realised and nuanced piece of work. It won a BAFTA, was Oscar®-nominated, received the Grand Prix at the Annecy Animation Festival and the praise of the Russian animator Yuri Norstein. The story takes place over three days and focuses on three groups of people (farmers, campers and hunters) and their use and abuse of the countryside. Farmers, hunters and tourists clash in this stunning cel animation using wax pencils. The film has no dialogue, and relies on animation, sound effects and music.

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