Tag: Aardman

Academics join forces with Aardman to tackle mental health crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Leading academics have partnered with Aardman to launch new mental health campaign What’s Up With Everyone? funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Young people struggling with mental health issues arising from challenges such as loneliness, perfectionism and competitiveness, will be supported by a series of new animated films and a companion website. What’s Up With Everyone? is led by Professor of Health Humanities Paul Crawford at the Institute of Mental Health, the University of Nottingham, and supported by the AHRC. This exciting project translates research into accessible content…

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Turtle Journey, an Aardman and Greenpeace collaboration, wins major animation award

Stuart Mitchell

In response to the recent announcement that Turtle Journey, an animated film created by Aardman in collaboration with Greenpeace, has won the Jury Award for a Commissioned Film at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Will McCallum, head of oceans at Greenpeace UK, said: “Many of us in the team here at Greenpeace grew up watching Aardman animations, so it was a bit of a dream come true to work with them. Seeing them convey the serious plight of our oceans in such a touching, personal story has brought more…

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Greenpeace, Aardman and Oscar winning actors collaborate on groundbreaking new animation highlighting global ocean crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Turtle Journey tells the heartbreaking story of a turtle family heading home through an ocean that is under increasing pressure from climate change, plastic pollution, oil drilling and overfishing. Characters in the film are voiced by Oscar winners Olivia Colman and Dame Helen Mirren, along with Game of Thrones’ Bella Ramsey, Stranger Things’ David Harbour, Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter, and comedian Ahir Shah. Louisa Casson, oceans campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: “Our oceans are in crisis, with six out of seven sea turtle species threatened with extinction. Aardman’s global popularity…

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Aardman animation shines light on mental health worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

The Academy Award®-winning studio that made Shaun the Sheep and Wallace and Gromit has created a film to underline how mental ill health is a global issue, affecting everyone, everywhere. The thought-provoking animation by Aardman is set inside a head-shaped printer’s tray filled with bits and bobs, such as little figures hugging, a coin jar, a spinning globe, and a person ready at the end of a phone line. As the narrator, Stephen Fry, talks about different aspects of the global scale of mental health, the camera zooms in on…

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Paypal join with C4, Aardman and 8 charities for a Turkey Dash

Stuart Mitchell

PayPal has joined forces with Aardman and Channel 4 for a unique Christmas campaign that will boost donations to eight of the UK’s most loved charities. Turkey Dash saw an elite field of CGI turkeys – one representing each charity – take part in a fun, animated race powered by online donations. The more donations a charity receives, the faster its turkey ran. The videos from the campaign have been revealed, including Scarlett Moffatt’s transformation into an Aardman character. Scarlett is seen helping the turkeys with their training regime, and…

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