Toyhood

A mockumentary offering an honest insight into the working relationship between toys and their children, including interviews with a dismembered teddy bear, a costume party parrot and a dead pan piñata. Made loosely in response to the ongoing conversation about immigration, Toyhood is a lighthearted celebration of our neighbours, using unscripted interviews with immigrants to paint a playful, heartfelt picture of friendship, love and loss.

I directed and animated this short film which is edited together from unscripted interviews I led with immigrants in Bristol, UK.
Toyhood was supported by Creative Industries Trafford and The Cosgrove Hall Archives. It was also selected for pitching at ANIMARKT in 2019 where I took part in script consultations with Ana Bielak and a 3-day character animation workshop with animator Juan Soto (Missing Link, My Life as a Courgette). 
Film Festivals:
Official Selection Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Online - Ukraine 2020
Official Selection Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2020, Scotland
Official Selection GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation 2020, Online - Canada
Official Selection ICONA 2020, Online - Greece
Official Selection Fest Anča 2021 - Slovakia
Official Selection Cinemagic “On the Pulse” 2021

Press:
Snippets Magazine: Animation by Zoë Hutber

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