AWARDS Semi Finalist 2017 Student Academy Awards Shortlisted for 2017 BAFTA Student Film Awards Stop Motion Montreal 2017 - WINNER Emerging Talent Jury Award Bucheon International Animation Festival 2017 Canberra Short Film Festival 2017 - Honourable Mention Athens Animfest 2018 - 3rd Prize International Short Competition Chilemonos 2018 - 3rd prize International Short Competition Winner Best Short Film - RGU Film Festival 2018 Winner Best Student Short - RGU Film Festival 2018 Winner Best International Student Stop Motion - Florida Animation Festival 2018 Winner - Best Student Stop Motion - Brasil Stop Motion 2018 Screened at over 80 festivals worldwide. To find out more visit: https://natashatonkin.com/tete-a-tete One family's search for connection in a digital world. Director / Writer / Designer - Natasha Tonkin Animation - Natasha Tonkin Producer - Ragnheiður Erlingsdóttir Cinematographer - Donna Wade Editor - Fiona Brands VFX Supervisor / Colourist / Online Editor - David Sheldon Sound Designer - Sashko Potter Micevski Composer - Naomi McLean Production Manager - Daniella Rice
 

Tête à Tête

Tête à Tête is a short animated drama that explores themes of connection, isolation and female identity in the context of today’s digital world.

Tête à Tête premiered in competition at Annecy in 2017 and has since screened at over 70 festivals worldwide. It was awarded best emerging talent at Stop Motion Montreal, the jury prize at Bucheon International Animation Festival, Best International Student Stop Motion at Florida Animation Festival, Best Student and Short at RGU Film Festival and Third Prize overall International Shorts at Athens Animfest and Chilemonos.

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“What an immersive, emotionally honest film!”

Austin Film Festival

 

“Really pushed the bar…it’s not even just for emerging talent…just generally”

— Rachelle Lambden, Laika Studios

 

“The animation style is super unique… using black and white stop motion for the faces, hands and objects while their bodies and the setting are all in color and use life size models.”

— Harper Harris, GeekRex

“A deceptively simple, elegantly understated visual style, it can be easy to overlook the intricate and seamless meshing of drawn and stop motion that is playing out here. Hiding in plain view and utilised perfectly to demarcate the variety of physical and mental ‘spaces’ the film moves around in, it’s a wonderful example of this hybrid technique and all the more ambitious for being a student film.”

— Malcolm Turner - London International Animation Festival

Making of

Follow behind the scenes to discover the film’s journey, from its conception to the unique production processes involved.

 
Tête à Tête is a 8 minute animated drama that explores themes of connection, isolation and female identity in the context of today’s digital world. Visit www.teteatetefilm to discover more. Credits Direction - Natasha Tonkin Camera - Donna Wade, Yeshen Venema, Daniel Kutcher, Simona Susnea Edit - Fiona Brands Sound Design - Sashko Potter Micevski Music - Naomi McLean
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