The Rooster, The Crocodile and the Night Sky to screen at Cartoons on the Bay
The Irish animated short THE ROOSTER, THE CROCODILE AND THE NIGHT SKY has been officially selected to screen at the ‘Cartoons on the Bay' film festival this week.Written and directed by Padraig Fagan, the short will screen as part of the International Showcase at the Italian animation festival which takes place in Rapallo April 2nd - 5th.
The Rooster, the Crocodile and the Night Sky is a tale of passion, loss, surreal comedy and explosive violence. It is animated in a cut-out style combining a variety of elements such as cardboard, tinfoil, paint on glass animation and super-8 film footage to create a dreamy, hand-made aesthetic.
The film was produced by Barry O'Donoghue for Barley Films as part of the Frameworks short film scheme funded by the Irish Film Board, RTÉ and the Arts Council. Barley Films have previously produced the award winning shorts Agriculture Report and The Red Ball and the studio is currently developing its first animated feature film Little Caribou.