Animation
Alex Crumbie: Artist, Writer, Filmmaker.
Poet, Writer, Artist, Illustrator, Alex Crumbie, Manchester, Director, Animation
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Animation

In 2021 Alex made his first short animation: Confessions of an English Ant-Eater.

 

The film is about Thomas, a boy who becomes addicted to eating ants, despite the warnings of his parents.

 

It premiered on BBC Four and was selected for the following festivals:

  • Hiroshima Animation Season, Japan, 2022, (Winner of the Arthur Binard Jury’s Pick Award)
  • Encounters, UK, 2022
  • British Shorts, Germany, 2022
  • Animatiba, Brazil, 2022
  • La Guarimba, Italy, 2023
  • Fest Anča, Slovakia, 2023
  • WE:NOW, Spain, 2024 (First Prize in the Cinema category)