Bows & Arrows
A part of our award winning films
Bows & Arrows
a Split Second Films production of Stephen Irwin's dark drama/ horror animation
The Story
The Caretaker, an infirm elderly man, lies in a hospital bed whilst an evil robot wreaks mayhem in the city outside. His only companion is a superhero doll; a boyhood toy. To the old man’s surprise a collection of miniature theatre stages appear on the hospital floor on which we see moments from the caretaker’s past which reveal a disturbing link between The Caretaker, his superhero doll and the evil robot.
Cast & Crew
Writer/Director/Animator: Stephen Irwin, Producer: Margaret Milner, Original Score: Jonathan Sismey, Editor: Melanie MacDonald, Sound Designer: Fabrice Pougnard, Animation Supervisor: Justin Underhill, Story Supervisor: Rosamund Davies
Production Notes
Technical: Animation, digibeta, 6 mins
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The film was commissioned in 2006 as part of the Film London & UK Film Council’s London Pulse 2005 scheme. Included in UK Film Council Digital Generation 2006 line-up; ‘A SNAPSHOT OF OUTSTANDING SHORT FILMS FROM EMERGING UK FILMMAKERS”
Screenings
- Curzon CinemaLondon – May 2006 – Premiere
- OneDotZero (Extended Play) – June 2006
- Rushes Short Film Festival – July 2006
- Edinburgh International Film Festival – Aug 2006
- Fantastisk Film Festival Sweden – Sep 2006
- Milano Film Festival 2006 ***JURY SPECIAL MENTION ***
- Hull International Film Festival – Sep 2006
- Sitges Int’l Film Festival – Oct 2006
- Times BFI London Int’l Film Festival – Oct 2006
- Flanders Festival – Oct 2006
- Cardiff International Film Festival – Nov 2006
- Encounters Short Film Festival – Nov 2006
- I Castelli Animation Int’l Festival – Nov 2006
- Clermont Ferrand Film Festival – Jan 2007
- Worldwide Short Film Festival Canada – 2007
- Melbourne Int’l Animation Festival – Jun 2007
- London Int’l Animation Festival – Aug 2007
- Kultur Cine Club – July 2007
- Seoul Int’l Film Festival – September 2007
- Movieum Film Festival UK – June 2008