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The Technical Hitch

Dir. Jon Dunleavy
Copyright 2006 Screen East & UK Film Council
6m11s
Production: Screen East & UK Film Council
Animation: Jon Dunleavy, Keith Wilson Singer, Pedro Tavares
Poetry: Luke Wright
Music & Sound Design: Tom Simmons & Phil Archer
Narrator: Robert Lindsay

The Technical Hitch is a satirical take on technological failures starring Tikuf, the atomic anomaly. With a stinging narration of rhyming couplets read by actor Robert Lindsay, The Technical Hitch reveals the secret menace of modern society; for in Tikuf's world, everything that can go wrong will go wrong.

Screenings, shortlists and awards include:

Winner (Best Character Voice Performance), British Animation Awards, London, UK (2008)
RiverRun International Film Festival, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA (2007)
54th Sydney Film Festival, Australia (2007)
23rd Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, Netherlands (2007)
Shortlisted (Maclaren Animation Award), Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK (2006)
Shortlisted, Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival, London, UK (2006)
FilmFest, Dresden, Germany (2006)
Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner, France (2006)
Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema De Catalunya, Spain (2006)
Interfilm Berlin 22nd International Short Film Festival, Germany (2006)
Encounters Short Film Festival Bristol, UK (2006)
26th Cambridge Film Festival, UK (2006)
Signals International Short Film Festival Colchester, UK (2006)

More information:

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