# animate! › Films › The Old Fools by Ruth Lingford › format & distribution

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, hand-drawn animation, animated typography, live action and animation, ageing, death, parents, poetry film, filmmaker, animator

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**The Old Fools** a film by Ruth Lingford

2002, 5 min 37 sec

### master copy format

**format**
DigiBeta

**colour or black & white**
colour

### video distribution format

**video format**
DigiBeta

**screen aspect ratio**
16:9

**video standard**
PAL

**sound type**
stereo

### distributor

LUX
[info@lux.org.uk](mailto:info@lux.org.uk)
+44 (0)20 7503 3980
[www.lux.org.uk](http://www.lux.org.uk/)

**The Old Fools** film, stills and other materials © Ruth Lingford 2002