Blogging the BAAs: Best student film 2010

The shortlist for the 2010 British Animation Award for Best Student Film was revealed a short while ago. This being the era of web 2.0 most of the films are viewable online in some form or another, albeit not necessarily in their entirety.

Complete films:

Xiao Xi (Steff Lee - Norwich School of Art & Design)

An Eye For An Eye (Valeria Fonseca – London College of Communication)

Black Grapes of The Chest (Yui Hamagashira – University for the Creative Arts, Farnham)

mi’au, myau (Vida Vega – University for the Creative Arts, Farnham)

A Dog for Every Balcony (Vida Vega – University for the Creative Arts, Farnham)

Hikikomori (Jonathan Harris - Kingston University)

Any Excuse (Alice Dupré - Kingston University)

Tilbury Town (Murun Thornton - University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone)


Excerpts:

Rabbit Punch (Kristian Andrews - Royal College of Art)

Norwich To Sheringham (Bali Engel - Royal College of Art)

Sam's Hot Dogs (David Lopez Retamero - Royal College of Art)

What Light (Through Yonder Window Breaks) (Sarah Wickens - Royal College of Art)

Wolves (Rafael Sommerhalder - Royal College of Art)

Fly On The Window (Nikita Diakur - Royal College of Art)

Paradis (Adrian Maganza - Arts Institute at Bournemouth)

Train of Thought (Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas - Arts Institute at Bournemouth)

Heartstrings (Rhiannon Evans - International Film School, Wales)

Yellow Belly End (Philip Bacon - National Films & Television School)

Stand Up (Joe Pierce - National Films & Television School)


Not online (as far as I can tell):

The Girl with Stories in her Hair (Phoebe Boswell - Central St Martins)

Broccoli Soup (Silvia Bartoli - Central St Martins)

Three's A Crowd (Stephen O'Connor - University of Westminster)

Night Train (Angel Yanakiev - University of Westminster)

You're Growing On Me (Gervais Merryweather, Yousif Al-Khalifa & Daniel Permutt - University of Westminster)

Elephants (Sally Pearce - National Films & Television School; discussed in this blog post)

The Worst Ending Ever (Paulina Gruszka - Kingston University)