The All Trilogy
Three short animated films addressing themes of conflict versus compassion.
All of Us - All of Our Shadows - All is Not Lost
While All of Us is about the harm caused by communal intolerance and prejudice, and All of
Our Shadows deals with urban young teenagers and their concerns, such as knife crime,
alienation and depression, which have become major factors in their day-to- day lives. All Is
Not Lost asks the age-old question: why is there so much hatred and aggression in our
world, and can empathy and kindness overcome it?
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All of Us
Winner of the New York Festivals Gold Medal Award, this 6- minute animated film is aimed
at young children depicting themes of friendship and courage in a dangerous world. The
education programme created for the film addresses the global rise in cultural and religious
intolerance. This film and the corresponding education programme we have created, has
already been disseminated to thousands of children in schools across the UK.
All of Us Festivals and Awards
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'All of Us is a beautiful piece of work that says more about current affairs with its voiceless animation, than even the most eloquently monologue ever could. We should all watch this movie and we should all take heed of its message'.
Darren Tilby, UK Film Review
All of Our Shadows
All of Our Shadows is a multiple award-winning 8-minute animated film following a day in
the life of a teenage boy as he faces his fears and concerns. Can he confide in his school
mates? Will they ignore him? will they mock him? will they help him?
The creation of All of Our Shadows is a culmination of a long period of workshops and focus groups in London schools, where discussions with children (aged 12-16) revealed their many anxieties about their daily lives.
The sessions highlighted the young people’s general reluctance to share their worries about a host of topics ranging from body image to knife crime.
We then created a storyboard depicting a day in the life of a boy who believes that he is the only one experiencing these anxieties, only to find that he is not alone.
The workshops involved drama improvisation whereby the children created their own scenarios and used their own voices to convey the story.
All the children’s voices in the film were recorded in such sessions.
All of Our Shadow school workshop
'All of Our Shadows is a beautifully told tale, with mesmerizing visuals and it carries an important message. That message is that if someone has problems, then they should talk to others about them. The film also explores themes of social isolation, self-confidence, friendship, knife crime and growing up. It also contains elements of horror, due to the menacing mist that follows the hero. It does end though with an uplifting note.'
Jason Knight, UK Film Review
All is Not Lost
The storyline of our third film, All is Not Lost, began to
emerge at the height of the pandemic when everyone was gripped by fear and foreboding.
The story continued to develop as the grim world events kept unfolding, such as the
terrifying war in Ukraine, and as the dire effects of climate change and environmental
destruction became increasingly evident.
All is Not Lost begins with a colossal cataclysm and massive destruction but as the story develops our characters explore themes of empathy and collaboration as they reassemble the fragments of life and try to overcome evil and chaos.
This 10-minute film has been gaining success and recognition in the 2024 international film festivals circuit and we are now working on expanding it into a TV series.
