Miss Todd
"Miss Todd" is a short, stop-motion, musical animation about the first woman in the world to build and design an airplane. The film was made at the National Film and Television School in England and is inspired by a real person.
Synopsis:
It's 1909, and the whole world is waking to the possibilities of flight. Miss Todd dreams of flying, but she's got more than gravity holding her down. This is the story of her determination, her perseverance, and her passion.
Synopsis:
It's 1909, and the whole world is waking to the possibilities of flight. Miss Todd dreams of flying, but she's got more than gravity holding her down. This is the story of her determination, her perseverance, and her passion.
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In 2013, 'Miss Todd' won a gold medal at the Student Academy Awards in the Foreign Film Category. It is the first animated film to ever win in this category in the 40 years of the awards. It went on to win several other major awards, including a Royal Television Society Award and an Annie Award Nomination.
The team that created 'Miss Todd' was comprised of students of the National Film and Television School, led by director and animator Kristina Yee. The film was created using the technique of stop-motion animation. Nearly all effects were done in-camera. |
Watch the film below to learn more about how we made 'Miss Todd!'
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AWARDS
STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD WINNER, Foreign Film Category (Gold Medal) Best International Student Film, Blackrock Animation Festival 2013 Nomination for Best Student Film, ANNIE AWARDS 2014 Best Film, Edinburgh Film Festival Screen Academy Awards, 2014 Best Postgraduate Production, Learning on Screen Awards 2014 First Prize Silver Screen Short Film Inspiration Contest, 2014 Best Graduate Animation, ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY AWARD, 2014 Lunafest Winner 2014 Best Animation, Southampton Film Festival, 2014 Best Achievement in Art, Southampton Film Festival, 2014 Best Animation, This is England Rouen Short Film Festival 2014 Best Animation, Wild Rose Independent Film Festival 2014 Best Music in a Short Film, Wild Rose Independent Film Festival 2014 2 Distinctive Achievement Awards (International Film and Musical Production), Wild Rose Independent Film Festival 2014 Best Animation, Ojai Film Festival 2014 |
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Annecy, 2013 Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, 2013 Best of the Fest: Audience Favorite Animation Screening Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, 2013 Traverse City Film Festival, 2013 Anima Mundi, 2013 Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2013 LA Shorts Fest, 2013 Raindance Film Festival, 2013 Nominated: Best Animated Short Hamptons International Film Festival, 2013 Warsaw International Film Festival, 2013 Vermont International Film Festival, 2013 Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, 2013 Heartlands Film Festival, 2013 St. John's International Women's Film Festival, 2013 Austin Film Festival, 2013 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, 2013 Bradford Animation Festival, 2013 Leeds International Film Festival, 2013 Northern Lights Film Festival, 2013 St. Louis International Film Festival, 2013 Leeds International Film Festival, 2013 Puchon International Student Animation Festival, 2013 Poitiers International Film School Festival, 2013 British Shorts in Berlin, 2014 San Diego Film Society Award-Winning Shorts Night, 2014 Athena Film Festival 2014 Beloit International Film Festival 2014 Anima Brussels 2014 Boomtown Film Festival 2014 MECAL Barcelona 2014 Tricky Women Animation Festival 2014 San Francisco International Women's Film Festival 2014 Denver Film Festival - Women's Voices 2014 Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival 2014 Stuttgart International Animation Festival 2014 Sarasota Film Festival/Through Women's Eyes Film Festival 2014 Kansas City Film Festival Nashville Film Festival 2014 Guanajuato Film Festival 2014 Shanghai Film Festival 2014 Lunafest 2014 This is England Rouen Short Film Festival 2014 Southampton Film Festival 2014 Wild Rose Independent Film Festival 2014 WeWorld Intervita Film Festival, Milan 2014 Ojai Film Festival 2014 Bay Area Int'l Children's Film Festival 2015 |