For almost half a century, Don Ritchie would approach people contemplating suicide at the edge of a cliff near his home, his palms facing up. Voiced by Hugo Weaving, Teacups is a poignant animation about his life, his surreal interactions with hundreds of suicidal individuals and his journey to reconcile the suicide of his best friend. This animation, brought to life by the Oscar-Shortlisted studio ‘and maps and plans’ asks, can a simple act of kindness save a life?
🎭 CAST Hugo Weaving 📝 WRITTEN & DIRECTED by Alec Green & Finbar Watson 🎨 ART DIRECTOR & ANIMATION DIRECTOR Alan Holly 🖼 BACKGROUNDS Muireann Mills 🖌 ANIMATION Mikai Geronimo, Josh O'Caoimh, Deither Kirby Jay, Rory Byrne, Alan Holly 🌶️ EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Max Ohman, Lenard Cassimatis, Geordan Bates 🥊 PRODUCERS Alec Green, Finbar Watson, Carla Vulpiani, Alan Holly 🧊 ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Max King, Alex Mayo 🌪️ CREATIVE PRODUCER Finnegan McGrath 🎹 MUSIC by Songs of Water 💿️ SOUND DESIGN, SOUND EDITING & SOUND MIXING Alex Francis 💼 PRODUCTION COUNSEL Nick Cole 🗓️ PRODUCTION MANAGER Carla Vulpiani 💻 DIGITAL CREATIVE Michael Orfanos SPECIAL THANKS TO The Don Ritchie Family
AWARDS
Honourable Mention (Best Animation Category) - OFFLINE Film festival 2023
Best Animated Documentary - FAFF Factual Animation Film festival 2023
Best in Show (Oscar-Qualifying) - Spark Animation Festival 2023
Best Animation Film - ASIFA Hellas Yannis Vasileiadis Award - Drama International Short Film Festival 2023
Special Mention in the Local Jury Award - Palm Springs International ShortFest 2023
Yoram Gross Award for Best Animation (Oscar-Qualifying) - Sydney Film Festival 2023
Best Animation - St Kilda Film Festival 2023
Short Shorts Special Mention - Aspen Shortsfest 2023
Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation Short Film - Flickerfest 2023
SCREENINGS
Cinanima - Esphino, Portugal - Nov 13-19
Spark Animation Festival - Vancouver, Canada - Nov 9-12
TIAF Tibilisi 6th International Animation Festival - Tbilisi, Georgia - Nov 2-5
Kuandu International Animation Festival - Taipei, Tawain - Oct 22-28
FAFF (Factual Animation Film Festival) - London, England - Oct 14
OFFLINE - Birr, Ireland - Oct 11-15
Kaohsiung Film Festival 2023 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan - Oct 7-22
Heart of Gold International Film Festival - Gympie, Australia - Oct 6-8
Animest - Bucharest, Romania - Oct 6-8
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival - Baltimore, USA - Oct 5-8
ANIMAGE - Recife, Brazil - Oct 3-8
Festival Of Animation Berlin - Berlin, Germany - Sept 29-1 Oct
Drama International Short FIlm Festival - Drama, Greece - Sept 4-6
Anibar Animation Festival - Peja, Kosovo - Jul 17-23
Galway Film Fleadh - Galway, Ireland - Jul 16
Figari International Short Film Fest - Sardinia, Italy - Jun 26-2 Jul
Palm Springs ShortFest - Palmsprings, USA - Jun 20-26
Sydney Film Festival - Sydney, Australia - Jun 7-18
Animafest Zagreb - Zagreb, Croatia - Jun 5-10
FICG - Guadalajara, México - Jun 3-9
St Kilda’s Film Festival - Port Philip, Australia - Jun 1-12
Aspen Shortsfest - Aspen, USA - Apr 10-16
Flickerfest - Sydney, Australia - Jan 20-29