The Astronaut / Astronavtka

Kate Jessop (Animation GirlBand)
2017, USA, 02'50''

The first ever successful astronaut to reach Mars arrives in Pussy Willow for the press conference - but does it go to plan? From the web series Tales From Pussy Willow.

Prva astronavtka, ki ji uspe priti na Mars, se vrne v Mucino deželo, kjer ima tiskovno konferenco - ali bo vse šlo po načrtu? Iz spletne serije Zgodbe iz Mucine dežele.

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Language: English 
Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes 
Technique: Digital cut-out animation

Team

Starring: Kyle Ball, Hilary Derrett, Anna Maguire, Mikey O’Connor, Peyvand Sadeghian 
Script, animation, design, sound design: Kate Jessop 
Camera and sound: Jeremy Clancy

Kate Jessop

is the director of the BIAF Festival and a multi-award-winning writer/director whose work has been featured in hundreds of international exhibitions and distributed through platforms like Shorts International and Amazon Prime. She has represented the United Kingdom at the Best of Women in Film and TV competition and was selected to participate in the Berlinale Talent Lab with both her directing portfolio and a comedy series developed as part of the Project Lab. Her creative work spans narrative film, comedy, illustration, live visual content, music videos, and motion design. Jessop has participated in artistic residencies in Berlin, Istanbul, and Reykjavik. She has had retrospectives at the Gilbert Baker Film Festival in the USA and the Czech Anifilm. Her contributions to the field of queer animation have been documented in the pioneering book On LGBTQ2S Animation, published by Quickdraw in Canada in 2021. 

Find more: www.katejessop.co.uk