The Bigger Picture (film)

The Bigger Picture is a 2014 British animated short film directed by Daisy Jacobs.^[1] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards.^[2][3] It won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation at the 68th British Academy Film Awards.^[4]

The Bigger Picture
Film poster
Directed by	Daisy Jacobs
Written by	Jennifer Majka Daisy Jacobs
Produced by	Chris Hees
Starring	Anne Cunningham
Cinematography	Max Williams
Edited by	Vera Simmonds
Music by	Huw Bunford
Production company	National Film and Television School
Distributed by	Omeleto
Release date	21 May 2014 (2014-05-21) (Cannes)
Running time	8 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The film is about two sons who are ambivalent about taking care of their aging mother and was made by combining 2D painted art and life-size puppetry, animated in life-size sets.^[5]

Cast

• Anne Cunningham as Mother
• Christopher Nightingale as Nick
• Alisdair Simpson as Richard

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Recipients/Nominees	Result	Ref.
87th Academy Awards	Best Animated Short Film	Daisy Jacobs and Chris Hees	Nominated	[3]
68th British Academy Film Awards	Best British Short Animation	Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs and Jennifer Majka	Won	[6]
Annecy International Animated Film Festival	Best Graduation Film	Daisy Jacobs	Won	[7]
Cannes Film Festival	Cinefondation Award	Daisy Jacobs	Nominated	[8]
Edinburgh International Film Festival	Creative Innovation in a Short Film	Daisy Jacobs	Won	[9]
	Best New British Animation	Daisy Jacobs	Nominated
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival	Best International Short Film	Daisy Jacobs	Won	[10]
Hamptons International Film Festival	Golden Starfish Award	Daisy Jacobs	Nominated
Hiroshima International Animation Festival	Grand Prize	Daisy Jacobs	Won	[11]

References

1. "The Bigger Picture on Omeleto". Omeleto. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
2. "The Bigger Picture: Short Film - Animated - Nominees". Oscars 2015 Official website. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
3. "Oscars 2015: Nominations list". BBC News. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
4. "Bafta Film Awards 2015: Winners". BBC News. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
5. "Stop Motion Blog". Dragonframe. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
6. "2015 BAFTA". Bafta.org. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
7. "Annecy 2014". Annecy.org. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
8. "THE BIGGER PICTURE". Festival de Cannes 2015 (International Film Festival). Retrieved 15 June 2015.
9. "2014 Award". Edinburgh International Film Festival. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
10. "Friss Hús short film festival winners awarded in Budapest!".
11. "International Animation Festival". Hiroanim.org. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

External links

• The Bigger Picture on Vimeo
• The Bigger Picture at IMDb
• Homepage