# animate! › Films › Winter Trees by Sarah Downes

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/wintertrees/

Discovery terms: 1990s animation, collage animation, live action and animation, fertility, nature, regeneration, poetry film, filmmaker

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Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed.

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**Winter Trees** a film by Sarah Downes

1993, 6 min 51 sec

![Winter Trees, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/wintertrees01.jpg)

### a film by Sarah Downes

### animate! synopsis

Sylvia Plath and the essence of the feminine. Fertility and regeneration in a dazzling multi-media landscape. Beauty with edges.

### key credits

**director**
Sarah Downes

**narrator**
Gina McKee

**performer**
Sharon Quigley

**lighting camera**
Ken Dodds

**animator**
Sarah Downes

**music**
Louise Forshaw

**Winter Trees** film, stills and other materials © Sarah Downes 1993