Private Project

In Spate

In 2008, a nameless ill lingers in the body; Jane’s disease eludes diagnosis.

  • Sarah Skyrme
    Director, Dialogue
    Seeing the Patient
  • Jeremy Richard
    Screenplay, Animation
    Malheur
  • Wez Allard
    Original music
    Bob Bobbin & the Christmas Stocking
  • Ralph Smithson
    Bouzouki composition
  • Sarah Skyrme
    Key Cast
    "Jane, Moona"
  • Alan McCarthy
    Key Cast
    "The consultant"
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 33 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 26, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Prisma, Rome Independent Film Awards
    Rome
    Italy
    October 6, 2023
    Nominee
  • Busan New Wave Short Film Festival
    Busan
    Korea, Republic of
    November 3, 2023
    Finalist
  • Tietê International Film Awards
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    November 10, 2023
    Official Selection
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    January 19, 2024
    Honorable mention
  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 15, 2023
    Official Selection
Director Biography

Dr Sarah Skyrme is a social researcher with an interest in health, equity of provision, illness experience and marginalised identities.

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Director Statement

It has been a new experience to see my research depicted in and through the lives of our animated characters, rather than my usual output of academic reports and articles. I have needed to develop skills in weaving the story together using image, text and sound, and this has been an exciting process.