2005

Rabbit

A dreamlike but dark story of lost innocence and the random justice of nature, told with curious images from a distant childhood. When an idol is found in the stomach of a rabbit, great riches follow. But for how long?

A modern mystery film of lost innocence, greed and nature. A dreamlike but dark story of lost innocence and the random justice of nature, told with curious images from a distant childhood. When an idol is found in the stomach of a rabbit, great riches follow. But for how long? A selection of 1950s educational stickers, discovered in a provincial junkshop 20 years ago, provide the ingredients for this adult fairytale. When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, its magical abilities lead to riches. But for how long? A selection of 1950s educational stickers, discovered in a provincial junkshop 20 years ago, provide the ingredients for this adult fairytale. Once they were new, delivering a simple message to those also young. Like us, however, they have grown older and now present a more complex meaning. Rabbit tells a tale of lost innocence, greed and the random justice of nature. When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, its magical abilities lead to riches. But for how long?
Credits

Director: Run Wrake Assistant Animators: Martin Morris, Barnaby Hewlett & Murray John Editor: Rich White Music: Howie B & Craig Richards Dubbing Editor: Craig Butters Dubbing Mixer: Cliff Jones

Awards

Winner Tiger Award for Short Film Rotterdam 2006 BAFTA nomination Best Animated Short 2006 Best Short Film, Best Film at the Cutting Edge, British Animation Awards 2006 Winner Onda Curtas award for short film, Lisbon Independent Film Festival 2006 Special Mention at Cartoons on the Bay, Positano 2006 Jury Distinction Annecy 2006 Special Merit, Cracow Film Festival 2006 Best Animation Vila do Conde Film Festival 2006 Best Animation, Soho Shorts Festival 2006 McLaren Award for Animation, Edinburgh Film Festival 2006 Best Animation Palm Springs Short Film Festival 2006 Special Jury Prize, Hiroshima Animation Festival 2006 Grand Prix Imago film festival Fundao 2006 Grand Prix Holland Animation Film Festival 2006 Golden Dove DOK Festival of Documentary and Animation, Leipzig 2006 Audience Award Best Animation San Francisco Independent Film Festival 2007 Yoram Gross Award for Best Animation Flickerfest Sydney 2007 Best Film 5-10 minutes Krok International Animation Festival 2007 Best Short Film St. Louis International Film Festival 2007

Background info

Run Wrake found an envelope in a secondhand shop in the 1980s that contained sheets of educational stickers illustrated by Geoffrey Higham and published by Philip & Tacey Limited in the 1950s. The image of the idol was the primary inspiration for Rabbit’s storyline.

Date

4th March 2015

Category

short film