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  • Overlap Show & Tell 'CLOSE ONE'
    Overlap Show & Tell 'CLOSE ONE'
    Fri, 17 May
    Nortons Digbeth
    Overlap Show & Tell 'CLOSE ONE'
    17 May 2024, 19:00 – 22:00
    Nortons Digbeth, 43-45 Meriden St, Birmingham B5 5LS, UK
    A night for animators & animation lovers to show work, share ideas and hang out.
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May 2023 'TopFlow'


We had an All-Star, Topflow, Flatpack Festival Special, and we were nearly at capacity with over 250 people in the room. Was Louis dressed as a shiny volcano? As a prawn? Was is 'Topflow'?


The film programme was rammed with inspiring work, with guests coming from Edinburgh, London and Poland! Congratulations to Amber Iles for winning a print from Will for her Topflow submission.


A LOT had happened since our special guests Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson were last at Overlap 3.5 years ago . We saw how Ainslie’s early tests turned into over a year animating outdoors for his BFI funded short, Shackle. Fresh from speaking at Pictoplasma, Will showed how obsessively deep he has got into Blender.


And if one Overlap wasn't enough, the following day we had a Q&A screening of Will and Ainslie feature documentary, A Cat Called Dom.



May 2023's Playlist:

Greg McLeod - Toplow?

Donovan Lenten - I Fucking Hate Sand

Leo Wright - No Man's Land

Occulta Dama - D is For Dissociate, Bodies Without Organs (+ live sound design by Louis)




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Photos by Jack Spicer Adams.



February 2023 'Smush'



It was nice to see loads of new inspirational faces, including a sensitive greyhound and a giant thumb that smushed my face. We also had pots of Play-Doh dotted around for people to smush to their will.


Sam Gainsborough came to talk through his incredible work. Sam is a mixed media director, repped by Blink Ink. His final NFTS film ‘Facing It’ won international awards, including Vimeo’s Best Of The Year. Sam recently guest directed on Channel 4’s ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’. Bringing his instantly recognisable claymation style to the series. “Urgh, claymation”


Thanks to everyone who got involved, Max Priddy for being on the buttons, and BFI Network & Lemar Barrett for their support.



February 2023's Playlist:

Sophia Kolk-Smith - Seawinkle


Sparks Brothers Mallet Scene


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Photos by Jack Spicer Adams. Additional Play-Doh gentleman photo by Tamsyn Preedy.



November 2022 'Who's That Girl?'


It feels great to be on a run of getting bigger with people coming from ever further to take part. It seemed like you all had fun, even if I couldn’t hear or see most of it from inside my easel.


We had FOUR headline guests filming a live She Drew That podcast. Katie Menzies (1/2 of Cabeza Patata), Eva Münnich, Angie Phillips (Arc Studio) and Hannah Lau-Walker talked about their work, experiences, and SDT’s 3 main focuses: Support, Development and Promotion of women in animation.


Starting as a monthly meet up, She Drew That runs initiatives that support, develop and promote women in animation. Workshops, interviews, mentoring, residencies & animation challenges. All designed to demystify the industry, build skills, and access jobs. Find out more at: shedrewthat.com


Thanks to Bigtooth Studios for filming and Robbie King for being on the buttons.



November 2022's Playlist

Waheeda Rahman-Mair - Lionsapien - Oliver Asadi x Afrirampo


Live Podcast hosted by Hannah Lau-Walker


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