Squirrel & Penguin

is an animated short commissioned by the Jewsih Film Festival London and the Pears trust and directed by myself and Anna Benner.

How can we talk about a culture that is not our own? This animated film lightheartedly explores the pitfalls we goyim face when talking about Jewish culture and the elephant in the room that is the Israel Palestine conflict.

The squirrel and the pentuin will premiere on November the 6th @ the Jewish Film Festival London. - I'll add trailer and more pics / designs / behind the scenes soon, so watch this space!

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15.06 - 19.06, Linoleum Festival, Russia

13.05 - 19.05, Athens International Film Festival, USA

08.05 - 13.05 ITFS, Germany

26.04 - 01.05 Anifest, Czech Republic

30.03 - 01.04 ECU Film Festival, France

06.11 UK Jewish Film festival, UK

direction & design /// Jens & Anna
script /// Jens Blank & Anna Benner
Cast /// Rhashan Stone, Monique Squeri
Producer /// Anna Benner

///Executive Producers///
Lise Mc Quillin
Stephen Francis
Judy Ironside
Michael Etherton

///Animation///
Sergei Shabarov
Mathieu Vidal
Nadine Janke
Florence Ciuccoli
Joan Baz,
Zsuzsa Kohan
Amil Metcalfe
Gaëlle Lebegue

///Modeling///
James Hardingham
Amil Metcalfe
Sergei Shabarov

///Rigging///
Amil Metcalfe
Henry Chung
Dan Lavi

Sound Design /// Jay Price
Music /// Paul Lambert

///Voice Recording///
Robert Ford
Jussi Honka

Character Design /// Jens Blank

This film has been funded by The Pears trust at UK jewish Film Festival Short Film Fund.