Empty Little People
Empty little people, with an insatiable thirst for tea... begin running out of tea, on All Hallows' Eve.
2 min - 2D animated short - 2021
Written and Directed by Josh O’Caoimh and Mikai Geronimo
Written and Directed by Josh O’Caoimh and Mikai Geronimo
Produced by Alan Holly
Character Designs and Art Direction by Josh O’Caoimh and Mikai Geronimo
Backgrounds by Josh O’Caoimh
Animation by Josh O’Caoimh, Mikai Geronimo, Alan Holly
Compositing by Jack O’Shea
Clean up by Deither Kirby Jay
Music composed and performed by Shane Holly
Sound design and mix by Paul Finan
Narration and Voices by Gina Moxley
Voice recording by Tony Kiernan
Studio production manager Carla Vulpiani
Executive Producer for RTÉ Eimear O’Mahony
Special thanks to Mary Coughlan, Tony Russell, Zia Bergin-Holly, Nathan Ó Cuilinn, Claire Lennon, Carina Clare, Rory Byrne, Ronan McMeel, Aisling Conroy
Empty Little People was commissioned by RTÉ
Nominated for Best Music - Irish Animation Awards 2023
SCREENINGS
2 0 2 3
Sept 6-10 - WFAF Varna - Varna, Bulgaria
Jun 2-4 - Framed - Groningen, The Netherlands
May 18-20 - Animatriks - Helsinki, Finland
Mar 24-2 Apr - Kaboom Animation Festival - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Feb 17-26 - Anima, The Brussels Animation Festival - Brussels, Belgium
2 0 2 2
Dec 4-11 - Zubroffka International Short Film Festival - Białystok & Podlachia, Poland
Nov 23-27 - Anilogue - Budapest, Hungary
Nov 11 - Cork Internation Film Festival - Cork, Ireland
Nov 3-12 - Belfast Film Festival - Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Oct 28-31 - LIVING CANVAS - Wilton Park, Dublin, Ireland
Oct 28-13 Nov - Edinburgh Short Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
Oct 21-30 - FILMETS Badalona Film Festival - Badalona, Spain
Oct 12-16 - OFFLINE - Birr, Offaly, Ireland
Oct 7-16 - Animest - Bucharest, Romania
Sept 30-9 Oct - Galway Cartoon Festival - Galway, Ireland
Sept 29-2 Oct - Animation Volda Festival - Volda, Norway
Sept 23-1 Oct - Galician Freaky Film Festival (GFFF) - Vigo, Galicia
Aug 16-19 - Animist Tallinn - Tallin, Finland
Aug 5-13 - Docu Kids section at the 21st DokuFest Film Festival - Prizren, Kosovo
2 0 2 1
Televised
Oct 31 - RTÉ One - Ireland
Oct 25 & 30 - RTÉ 2 - Ireland
