Private Project

Cuties

BFI Network Presents: A hand-drawn sequential telling of human history in all its horror and glory, culminating in our next evolutionary leap.
Cuties explores the elusive beauty in how we as a species continue forward in spite of our proclivity for destruction.

  • Theo W Scott
    Director
    ‘Doughbutt’ (2017) Channel 4 Broadcast 2019 ‘Sweetie Darling’ (2019) Random Acts C4 ‘LOOR; Leigh Woods’ (2020) Music video for Mercury Award winning artist. 
  • Theo W. Scott
    Writer
  • Jessica Loveland
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 5, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Annecy 2022 WTF Programme
    Annecy
    France
    June 14, 2022
  • British Shorts Summer Edition. Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    August 19, 2022
  • Sitges Film Festival
    Sitges
    Spain
    October 12, 2021
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Manchester Animation Festival
    Manchester
    United Kingdom
    November 15, 2021
    Official Selection
  • London Short Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    January 14, 2022
    Official Selection
  • New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival
    Hokkaidō
    Japan
    November 5, 2021
    Asian Premiere
    Official selection
  • London International Animation Festival
    london
    United Kingdom
    November 27, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE
    Montreal
    Canada
    August 27, 2021
  • Berlin British Shorts Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    August 18, 2021
    Official Selection
  • BitBang
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    Official Selection
  • Norwich Film Festival
    Norwich
    United Kingdom
    November 12, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Bolton International Film Festival
    Bolton
    United Kingdom
    September 29, 2021
    United Kingdom Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Leeds International Film Festival
    Leeds
    United Kingdom
  • Dublin International Film Festival
    Dublin
    Ireland
    February 23, 2022
    Official Selection
  • British Animation Awards

    United Kingdom
    March 10, 2022
    Official Selection
  • The British Short Film Awards 2022

    United Kingdom
    Finalist
  • Linea D'Ombra
    Salerno
    Italy
    November 25, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Cardiff Animation Festival
    Cardiff
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
  • North East International Film Festival
    Newcastle
    United Kingdom
    November 18, 2021
    Best Short Film & Best Short Animation
  • Court Metrange
    Rennes
    France
    September 28, 2022
  • Slash Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    Official Selection
  • Film Maudit2.0
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    January 19, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Deep Focus Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Adelaide Film Festival
    Adelaide
    Australia
  • REX Animation Film Festival
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    Official Selection
  • Sunderland Short Film Festival
    Sunderland
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
  • Les Utopiales Festival International de Science-Fiction
    Nantes
    France
    October 1, 2022
  • Lund Fantastic Film Festival
    Lund
    Sweden
    Official Selection
  • Les Utopiales Festival International de Science-Fiction
    Nantes
    France
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Theo W Scott

After Graduating in Fine Art Theo Scott’s short animation ‘DoughButt’ was commissioned and broadcast by Channel 4.
While continuing to work on short films Theo has exhibited internationally and published Cartoons in publications such as Britain’s best selling current affairs magazine “Private Eye.”
Theo’s most recent project involved harnessing Machine
Learning algorithms in order to create an experimental and
unprecedented 3D animation for a Mercury Award winning
musician (Gwil Sainsbury of Alt-J)

Cuties was commissioned by the BFI and film hub North as part of a program championing the early careers of ambitious filmmakers working in the visual arts.

Filmography:

‘Doughbutt’ (2017) Channel 4 Broadcast 2019
‘Sweetie Darling’ (2019) Random Acts C4
‘LOOR' Leigh Woods’ (2020) Music video for Mercury Award
winning artist.
'Cuties' (2021) BFI and Film hub North.

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