The Key

“An animation about western society hidden fears”

When the residents awake to find the key missing to the Town gate frustration soon sets in. Only this key is happy to be lost and keen to show some things should not be found.

Presented by Mewlab in collaboration with Watford Live , West Herts College, Watford Museum and the Town of Watford

A 2D animated & rotoscoped film made in collaboration with the people of the town of Watford.

With the aid of a drop in workshop residents in the town of Watford and surrounding areas, acted, drew and coloured in all the 5753 frames for the film.

Awards
Audience Award London International Animation Festival, London, UK
Jury Special Mention Scratch! Film Festival , Lecce, Italy
Arts Director Choice Award at Hrizantema Film Festival, Subotica, Serbia

Official Selection
2015 13th International Animated Film Festival “Tindirindis”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Puerto Rico International Film Festival, Puerto Rico
2015 KINOdiseea International Children`s Festival, Romania, Bucharest
2015 Insomnia Festival, Russia
2015 This Is England, Rouen, France
2015 FILE Anima+, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2015 The Children’s Film Society, Bangladesh, India
2015 Be There! Best Of The Festival, Corfu, Greece
2015 International Shortfilm Festival Landau – La.Meko, Landau, Germany
2015 Valle d’Itria Film Festival, Puglia, Italy
2015 Cinema Perpetuum Mobile International Short Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus
2014 London Short Film Festival, London, Uk
2014 Cinanima, Espinho, Portugal
2014 Animated Dreams, Tallin, Estonia
2014 Hrizantema Horror &The Fantasy Film Festival, Subotica, Serbia
2014 ReAnimania IAFF, Yerevan, Armenia
2014 Mosaic Film Experience USA
2014 Cinetekton Mexico
2014 Be There!, Corfu, Greece
2014 Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany
2014 London International Animation Festival, London, UK
2014 International Film Festival of Patmos, Greece
2014 The International Short Film Festival, Cyprus
2014 Watch Out Tetovo Film Festival, Tetovo, Macedonia
2014, RabbitFest, Perugia, Italy
2014 Scratch! Film Festival , Lecce, Italy
2014 5th Golden Kuker Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 Anifest, Athens, Greece
2014 Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne Australia

Panorama
2014 BAF Bradford Animation Festival, Bradford, UK
2014 Cinanima, Espihno, Portugal
2014 Animator, Poznan, Poland

Retrospective
2015 Be There! Corfu Animation Festival, Corfu, Greece
2014 10th Indie AniFest, Seoul, Korea

Special Talks & Presentations
2014 London International Animation Festival, London, UK
2014 Scratch! Film Festival , Lecce, Italy
2014 Watford Live! Watford, Uk

Completion/Premiere Date 17 March 2014