PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
THE WINTER GHOST
Animation, children’s film/a seasonal special, 26 minutes
Hybrid technique: traditional 2D/cut-out.
Script and direction: Jaana Wahlforss
Production: Epidem ZOT, Finland
with Folimage, France
The film tells the story of 9-year-old Hendrick whose biggest dream is to own a pair of ice skates which would win him friends who would accept him. To make his dream come true he gets a job as a farmhand. On the farm he meets Annie, the daughter of the house, who is the same age as he is. However, the farmer accuses Hendrick of causing an incident that he is not guilty of and in doing so crushes his dreams. Annie, too, suspects Hendrick. He needs to find the real culprit.
“The Winter Ghost” is a story inspired by the paintings by the Netherlandish 1500-century painter Pieter Bruegel. It is an entertaining family and children’s film with an artistic twist; the film aims at arousing the viewer’s interest for the best works of art in the European culture. The graphics of the film is based on Bruegel’s paintings. Hendrick and Annie are living in “Bruegel’s world
THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND
Animated film, 26 minutes
Based on the medieval Bayeux tapestry
Technique: hybrid 2D/cut-out
Manuscript: Norman Hudis
Director: Les Orton
Production: Epidem ZOT and Steve Walsh Productions
The Bayeux tapestry is, almost like a comic strip, a long embroidered medieval account of how England was conquered by the Normans, culminating in the battle of Hastings in 1066. The animated film, based on the tapestry, is also a drama about the conflict between William the Conqueror, and Harold Godwinson, king of the Saxons, both being pretenders to the Crown of England.
CopyrightŠEpidem ZOT 2009
Epidem ZOT
Sepänkatu 15 B, 00150 Helsinki, Finland
Tel +358 9 6846612 Fax +358 9 6846614 E-mail: wahlforss at epidem.pp.fi
Copyright:Epidem ZOT 2007