Curiosa

Overly curious Mary visits her boyfriend\'s flat for the first time, only to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied explanation, she climbs into his head.



Curiosa is a mixed media film, combining stop-motion puppet animation with pixelation (people wearing masks). The films awards include the Austin Film festival Jury Award for Best Animated Short, two Royal Television Society Awards (Best Postgraduate Animation, Best Sound), The Gaston Roch Award for Best Student Animation at Cinanima and the View Conference Special Achievement Award. The world premiere of Curiosa was held at Animafest Zagreb in 2022, followed by its British premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.



You can find some making of clips on instagram at @tessa_moult_milewska and @curiosa_animation



Directed by Tessa Moult-Milewska



Producer   Sychelle-Kristina Yanda

Writer   Tessa Moult-Milewska   Matthew Dickie 

Cinematographer   Rob O’Kelly

Production Designer   Sehar Kidwai

Lead Animator   Ollie Griffiths



Mary (Voice)   Lizzie Waterworth-Santo

Mary (Body)   Luna Tosin

James (Voice)   Dan Connolly

James (Body)   Malik Ibheis

Mary and James (Body stand-in)   Isabella Caley   Bhavesh Joshi



Editor   Giorgia Zarantonello

Composer   Caspar Leopard

Sound Designer   Alexander Hubner

Production Manager   Aaliyah Yaqub

Production Assistant   Gemma Wilks

Dialogue recordist   Diego Hernandez Espana Cadena

VFX Supervisor   Baptiste Audouin

CGI Artist   Marta Giacobbe

Colourist and Online editor   Esther Woodbridge



Lead Model Maker Aga Fraczak

Modek Makers   Charlie Allwright   Ellen Beaufoy   Emily Brook   Michelle C Cranwell   Jennifer Dingwall   Danielle Duncan-Rosembert   Callum Higgins   Olivia Savage   Jo Sperring   Tom Winfield   

Character design   Richard Smithson

Animation   Tessa Moult-Milewska   Fred Stanton   Ben Cullum

Art Assistants   Edoardo Parada   Marta Sieczak   Chelsea Pentecost   Elizabeth Earl   Marisa Kimiko Mito   Omar Kent   Sophie Birch   Agatha Roudaut   Tara Kelly   Martha Cruz   Henrike Knappe   Annabelle Liu   Isabella Walker



Compositing Artist(s)   ESCAPE STUDIOS:   Viola Bascombe   Miranda Kay   Jean-Pierre Pereira   Antonia Palmer   Rahul Karavadra   Koren Morgan   Hannah Sheppard   Ryan Ball   Jack Neale



Additional Photography   Lukáš Bistřický   Rui Jiang Ong

Floor runner   Annabelle Liu



Spark   Matt Glaz



National Film and Television School    2022







AWARDS: 

Austin Film Festival - Jury Award Best Animation Short

Royal Television Society Student Awards Best Postgraduate Animation, Best Sound Design

Festival Stop Motion Montreal - Best Emerging Talent Film,

Cinanima - Gaston Roch Award for Best Animation,

London International Animation Festival - Audience vote for Best of British Showcase,

This is England - Best Animation,

View conference - Special Achievement Award,

North East International Film Festival - Best Short Film - Animation,

Porto Femme - Best Student Animation,

Animacom Bilbao - Special Mention,

Florence Short Film Festival - Audience Award for Animation,

Uptilt Film Festival - Best Animation,

Student International Film Festival London - Best Animation

Brighton Animation Festival - Best Student Film

British Animation Film Festival - Best 3D Animation

Polish Film Festival Los Angeles - Hollywood Eagle 

Zlin Film Festival - Best Animated Student Film

Buffer Festival - Honorable Mention,

Short To the Point - Best Mini Short,

Paradise Short Film Festival - Best Animaton,

Zlin Film Festival - Best Animation

Craft Animafest - Strong Craft Basis Award

Animage Film Festival - Best Art Design

24: Prague Short Film Festival (with Karlovy Vary) - Audience Award



Official selections (chosen):

BFI London Film Festival - British Premiere,

Animafest Zagreb - World Premiere - Nomination;

Flickerfest - Nomination,

Cleveland international Film Festival - Nomination

Tokyo Anime Awards nominated for the “Short Animation Competition Award”,

River Run - Nomination

Anima Brussels - Nomination,

Athens Ohio fest - Nomination

Atlanta Film Festival- Nomination

Animator Film Festival - Nomination in  International Competition

ITFS stuttgart -  Nomination

Animation Dingle - Nomination,

Anifilm - Nomination

Brussels Short Film Festival - Nomination

Viborg Animation Festival - Nomination,

Stoptrik Animation Festival - Nomination,

Manchester Film Festival - Nomination,

Norwich Film Festival - Nomination