6 new animate! commissions in 2003
There were 126 submissions to animate!’s latest commissioning round, 72 from London and 54 from rest-of-UK. Six projects have been chosen to share the annual production funding provided by Arts Council England and Channel 4 Television.
The artists in animate!’s new slate for 2003 are
Al + Al (London), Simon Faithfull (London), Tim Hope (London), Matt Hulse (Edinburgh), Samantha Moore (Shrewsbury) and Tim Webb (Broadstairs/London).
Their projects will be completed in summer 2004 and transmitted by Channel 4 in the autumn.
The selection team was:
- Helen Dewitt Head of Programme Unit, British Film Institute, and lecturer
- Alicia Miller Head of Education, Whitechapel Art Gallery
- Phil Mulloy animation maker including two animate! projects
- John Vanderpuije Creative Director of 25 Survivors collective, and journalist
- Gary Thomas Senior Officer Moving Image, Visual Arts, Arts Council England
- Ruth Fielding Lupus Films for Channel 4 Television
- Dick Arnall Scheme Producer, Finetake