T E A C U P S
7min - 2D animated short - 2023
written & directed by Alec Green & Finbar Watson voiced by Hugo Weaving
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For almost half a century, Don Ritchie would approach people contemplating suicide at the edge of a cliff, just 100 feet from his home, his palms facing up.
Voiced by Hugo Weaving, Teacups explores Don's surreal interactions with years of suicidal individuals and his journey to reconcile the suicide of his best friend. The film asks, can a simple act of kindness save a life?
Written and directed by Alec Green & Finbar Watson Art direction & Animation Direction by Alan Holly Voiced by Hugo Weaving Backgrounds by Muireann Mills Animation by Mikai Geronimo, Deither Kirby Jay, Josh O’Caoimh, Rory Byrne, Alan Holly Colouring by Carla Vulpiani, Alan Holly Music by Stephen Roach & Luke Skaggs (Songs of Water) Sound design and mix Alex Francis Title Design by Josh O’Caoimh Executive Producers Max Ohman, Lenard Cassimatis, Geordan Bates Associate Producers Max King, Alex Mayo Produced by Alec Green, Finbar Watson, Alan Holly, Carla Vulpiani Production manager Carla Vupliani
A W A R D S
Social Recognition Award and Honorable mention for Best Irish Short Film and Best 2DDAFF Dublin Animation Film Festival, Ireland 2024
Audience Award and Youth Jury awardInteraction, Serbia 2024
Animation For All Award ASIFAC, ASIFA-South, Southeastern US 2024
Best DirectionChaniartoon Festival, Estonia 2024
2nd place in the Audience Appreciation Award CineGael Montreal, Canada 2024
Best Animation Fastnet Film Festival, Ireland 2024
The best DebutInternational Festival of Animated Films TOFUZI, Georgia 2023
CARISAL FOUNDATION AWARD Best Short Animation Film Expert JuryLinea D’Ombra Festival 2023
International “Bronze” AwardThessaloniki Animation Festival 2023
Honourable Mention (Best Animation Category)OFFLINE Film festival 2023
Best Animated DocumentaryFAFF Factual Animation Film festival 2023
Best in ShowSpark Animation Festival 2023
Best Animation FilmASIFA Hellas Yannis Vasileiadis AwardDrama International Short Film Festival 2023
Special Mention in the Local Jury AwardPalm Springs International ShortFest 2023
Yoram Gross Award for Best AnimationSydney Film Festival 2023
Best AnimationSt Kilda Film Festival 2023
Short Shorts Special MentionAspen Shortsfest 2023
Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation Short FilmFlickerfest 2023
S C R E E N I N G S
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Linea D’Ombra Festival - Salerno, Italy - Nov 11-18
Cinanima - Esphino, Portugal - Nov 13-19
Spark Animation Festival - Vancouver, Canada - Nov 9-12
TIAF Tibilisi 6th International Animation Festival - Tbilisi, Georgia - Nov 2-5
Kuandu International Animation Festival - Taipei, Tawain - Oct 22-28
Thessaloniki Animation Festival - Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece - Oct 20-24
FAFF (Factual Animation Film Festival) - London, England - Oct 14
OFFLINE - Birr, Ireland - Oct 11-15
Kaohsiung Film Festival 2023 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan - Oct 7-22
Heart of Gold International Film Festival - Gympie, Australia - Oct 6-8
Animest - Bucharest, Romania - Oct 6-8
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival - Baltimore, USA - Oct 5-8
ANIMAGE - Recife, Brazil - Oct 3-8
Festival Of Animation Berlin - Berlin, Germany - Sept 29-1 Oct
Drama International Short FIlm Festival - Drama, Greece - Sept 4-6
Anibar Animation Festival - Peja, Kosovo - Jul 17-23
Galway Film Fleadh - Galway, Ireland - Jul 16
Figari International Short Film Fest - Sardinia, Italy - Jun 26-2 Jul
Palm Springs ShortFest - Palmsprings, USA - Jun 20-26
Sydney Film Festival - Sydney, Australia - Jun 7-18
Animafest Zagreb - Zagreb, Croatia - Jun 5-10
FICG - Guadalajara, México - Jun 3-9
St Kilda’s Film Festival - Port Philip, Australia - Jun 1-12
Aspen Shortsfest - Aspen, USA - Apr 10-16
Flickerfest - Sydney, Australia - Jan 20-29
