Are you interested in digital art? Animation? Ever lost yourself in something so enjoyable, it feels as if you transcended to a higher place? Join us at this WS LOCK DOWN LIVE session, to explore the wonderful world of Eiliad Bach Arall. A surrealist, animated short film about playing with food.

Eiliad Bach Arall was written by Nia Morris, at the start of lockdown, a self confessed noodle lover, the original idea was developed for theatre. After meeting animation producer AMMO Animation at an online event during the early days of the 2020 lockdown, the pair hatched a plan to collaborate and began to explore the idea of making it work as an animation.

Skip forward a few months, with theatres closed, and many arts projects on hold, thanks to support from the Arts Council of Wales, the project began. With a crack team assembled, the magical world of Eiliad Bach Arall began to come to life.

Connect with the writer and co-director, Nia Morris, the animation director Efa Blosse-Mason and the composer and sound designer R.Seiliog, to find out more about this exciting project. With a short animation demonstration, access to concept artwork and an opportunity to quiz the team about their contributions.

This is a Welsh medium event with live English translation will be available during the session. You will need access to zoom.us to take part.

This event is for animation fans and foodie obsessives.

The Panel:

Nia Morris - is a freelance theatre practitioner and director from Cardiff and has worked with companies such as National Theatre Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Theatr Iolo among others. After studying Performance Design and Practice at Central St Martin’s College of Art she continues to keep art and design as leading elements in her theatre work. This is Nia’s first time working with animation and she’s thoroughly enjoyed the freedom and possibilities it presents.

Efa Blosse-Mason is an animator and illustrator. She graduated from Bristol School of Animation and her graduation film 'Earthly Delights' won The Royal Television Society Award for best student animation film in 2019. Efa has worked on projects with AMMO Animation and Winding Snake Productions. She has also collaborated with creatives making music videos, poetry films and doing animation for theatre productions. Recently her Welsh language animated short, Cwch Deilen funded by Ffilm Cymru Wales Beacons program, was screened on BBC2 Wales and can be found on the BBC iPlayer until later in 2021.

R.Seiliog is Robin Edwards. He is a producer and sound artist based in Wales. Releasing his debut record on the Peski label in 2012, his prolific creative output spans from producing, remixing, live film scores, underwater sound art, sound installations and sculptures.

This event is being funded by the Arts Council of Wales and Winding Snake Productions. This event is produced by AMMO Animation.

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