WOOD CHILD AWARDED ROOFTOP FILMMAKER GRANT

BIG thanks to Rooftop Films who awarded Wood Child and Hidden Forest Mother one of their filmmaker grants.

"The Kayla Thomas Filmmaker grant, in commemoration of our dear friend and teammate, will be rewarded every year to one or more Rooftop Films alumni filmmakers to help them to complete a short or feature film that communicates the power of hope, collaboration and togetherness to make positive change. As we were creating this grant we knew we wanted to help new films get made, and particularly to support films that we thought would make Kayla happy."

Full list of awards in this Variety article. 

They gave The Obvious Child a grant a few years back, helping get the film finished and out there. Now they've done it again with Wood Child. Great bunch!

WCHFM @ Melbourne International Film Festival

Full article at Broadsheet.com

VIENNA SHORTS (28.5-2.6)

Wood Child and Hidden Forest Mother screens in the Animation Avantgarde Competition (The Little Things... programme) on 1 June.

Watch here: VIENNA SHORTS

SPECIAL SCREENING: WOOD CHILD & QUAY BROTHERS @ IFFR

Wood Child and Hidden Forest Mother is playing in a special program alongside the new Quay Brothers film at IFFR 2020.

Hunting Scenes presents 3 films that investigate the concept of 'the hunt', including The Doll's Breath by the Quays, Reconstitution d'une scène de chasse by Patricia Allio, and WCHFM by me.

25 & 28 Jan - LantarenVenster 6, Otto Reuchlinweg 996, Rotterdam.

** SUNDANCE SCREENINGS **

Wood Child & Hidden Forest Mother is playing in the Animation Spotlight program at the following times:

- Friday, January 24th 7:00 PM Redstone Cinema 2 Park City Theaters
- Saturday, January 25th 12:45 PM Broadway Centre Cinema 3 Salt Lake City
- Monday, January 27th 11:45 PM Park Avenue Theatre Park City Theaters
- Friday, January 31st 5:30 PM Egyptian Theatre Park City Theaters

NEW FILM AT SUNDANCE 2020!

My new film Wood Child & Hidden Forest Mother will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, 23 Jan - 2 Feb 2020.

Full list of times and venues coming soon. In the meantime here's the trailer...




74 short films will screen at the Festival from 27 countries and chosen from 10,397 submissions – 4,992 from the U.S. and 5,405 international.
Visit sundance.org for details of all the selected films.

coming soon...

WIP - WCHFM

THE BLACK DOG @ THE BFI

The Black Dog's Progress returns to the big screen for one night only at the BFI.
British Animation Meets the 21st Century.
23 April at 18.10
Curated by Jez Stewart
Details and tickets HEERREEE

IN DEVELOPMENT

I've been writing a feature recently - my first live action screenplay. It's being developed with the support of Creative England and the BFI.
They've set me up with a great script editor, and I'm a couple of drafts in.
Here are some exciting behind-the-scenes photos, documenting the writing process...

network.bfi.org.uk
creativeengland.co.uk

HONG KONG SUNDANCE SCREENINGS

more info here