Jennywright100@gmail.com
Course Leader of BA Animation at Ravensbourne University London
Independent animation filmmaker based in London using 2D frame by frame animation. My work connects with people through storytelling and playful experimentation with simple lines and strokes.
My short film My Mother's Eyes won Best Animated Short at Tribeca Film Festival 2019 and was released on Channel 4’s Random Acts. In 2023 I partnered with MUJI EU to create their in-store and online Christmas Campaign. My work has also been funded by BFI Network, commissioned by Tate Kids and screened worldwide from Barbican Cinema at London International Animation Festival to New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival in Japan.
My most recent short film, Wait, was made on the Studio Support Programme at TAIS in Toronto, released with Girls in Film and won Best Micro Short at Cardiff Animation Festival 2024.
Curated a selection of films ‘Inspired by...’ for an After Hours screening to celebrate the release of my film Wait.
My Mother’s Eyes 2018
A selection of festivals & screenings:
South London Gallery ReCreative, August 2018 (UK)
London Short Film Festival, Jan 2019 (UK)
Irish Animation Awards, March 2019 (Ireland)
Tribeca Film Festival, April 2019 (New York)
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, May 2019 (Glasgow)
Hackney Shorts, June 2019 (UK)
Festival du Film d’animation de Savigny, June 2019 (Switzerland)
Random Acts Screening at Latitude Festival, July 2019 (UK)
La Guarimba, August 2019 (Italy)
Random Acts: ’Whatever Next?’ Screening, August 2019, Somerset House (UK)
Turku Animated Film Festival, August 2019 (Finland)
Underwire Film Festival, September 2019 (UK)
Aesthetica, November 2019 (UK)
Norwich Film Festival, November 2019 (UK)
LIAF, November 2019 (UK)
Awards:
Best Animated Short, Tribeca Film Festival 2019
Best Animated Film, Stockholm Independent Film Festival 2019
Nominations:
LSFF Random Acts Award for the Best Short Film under 5 minutes, Jan 2019
Best Animated Short, Norwich Film Festival 2019
Click to view:
Random Acts (Online premiere)
Brain Pickings (Article)
Girls in Film (Article)
British Council Film (Directory)
Tribeca Film Festival (Animated Shorts curated by Whoopi G)
Streaming on Glitch
Streaming on Discover Film
Featured on Created By Women
Featured on Random Acts
Blue Bottle 2020
Festivals & screenings:
Festival du Film d’animation de Savigny (Switzerland) June 2021
La Guarimba (Italy) August 2021
LFF For Free @ BFI Southbank (UK) October 2021
Independent FilmFest Osnabrück (Germany) October 2021
Bolton Film Festival (UK) October 2021
Norwich Film Festival (UK) November 2021
The Hague Global Film Festival (The Netherlands) November 2021
Underwire Festival (UK) March 2022
International Festival of Winter Cinema (Canada) Feb 2023
Nominations
Best Animation at Underwire 2022
Awarded funding by BFI Network
BFI LFF (UK Premiere)
Film London (Case Study)
Directors Notes (Online Premiere) directorsnotes.com/2022/05/13/jenny-wright-jake-cunningham-blue-bottle/
Warm Mountain 2021
Festivals & screenings:
Animafilm, Sept 2021 (Azerbaijan)
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Nov 2021 (Japan)
ReAnima, Nov 2021 (Norway)
Awards
Best Music Video at the Prague Film Awards 2022
Showcase on Skwigly
Explore your Feelings with Art with Tate Kids 2023
Festivals & screenings:
London International Animation Festival, December 2023 @ Barbican (UK)
Tate Kids Free Summer Films @ Starr Cinema 2024 (UK)
Wait 2023
Awards:
Best Micro Short at Cardiff Animation Festival 2023
Festivals & screenings:
Girls in Films's programme at Festival for Illustration and Graphics, March 23 (BULGARIA)
Fest Anca, June 23 (SLOVAKIA)
La Guarimba, August 23 (ITALY)
Turku Animated Film Festival, August 23 (FINLAND)
Uppsala, October 23 (SWEDEN)
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione, November 23 (ITALY)
Cardiff Animation Festival, April 2024 (WALES)
EXHIBITIONS
Sentio is to Feel @ Four Corners, 2022
Random Acts Award
Course Leader of BA Animation at Ravensbourne University London
Independent animation filmmaker based in London using 2D frame by frame animation. My work connects with people through storytelling and playful experimentation with simple lines and strokes.
My short film My Mother's Eyes won Best Animated Short at Tribeca Film Festival 2019 and was released on Channel 4’s Random Acts. In 2023 I partnered with MUJI EU to create their in-store and online Christmas Campaign. My work has also been funded by BFI Network, commissioned by Tate Kids and screened worldwide from Barbican Cinema at London International Animation Festival to New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival in Japan.
My most recent short film, Wait, was made on the Studio Support Programme at TAIS in Toronto, released with Girls in Film and won Best Micro Short at Cardiff Animation Festival 2024.
Curated a selection of films ‘Inspired by...’ for an After Hours screening to celebrate the release of my film Wait.
My Mother’s Eyes 2018
A selection of festivals & screenings:
South London Gallery ReCreative, August 2018 (UK)
London Short Film Festival, Jan 2019 (UK)
Irish Animation Awards, March 2019 (Ireland)
Tribeca Film Festival, April 2019 (New York)
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, May 2019 (Glasgow)
Hackney Shorts, June 2019 (UK)
Festival du Film d’animation de Savigny, June 2019 (Switzerland)
Random Acts Screening at Latitude Festival, July 2019 (UK)
La Guarimba, August 2019 (Italy)
Random Acts: ’Whatever Next?’ Screening, August 2019, Somerset House (UK)
Turku Animated Film Festival, August 2019 (Finland)
Underwire Film Festival, September 2019 (UK)
Aesthetica, November 2019 (UK)
Norwich Film Festival, November 2019 (UK)
LIAF, November 2019 (UK)
Awards:
Best Animated Short, Tribeca Film Festival 2019
Best Animated Film, Stockholm Independent Film Festival 2019
Nominations:
LSFF Random Acts Award for the Best Short Film under 5 minutes, Jan 2019
Best Animated Short, Norwich Film Festival 2019
Click to view:
Random Acts (Online premiere)
Brain Pickings (Article)
Girls in Film (Article)
British Council Film (Directory)
Tribeca Film Festival (Animated Shorts curated by Whoopi G)
Streaming on Glitch
Streaming on Discover Film
Featured on Created By Women
Featured on Random Acts
Blue Bottle 2020
Festivals & screenings:
Festival du Film d’animation de Savigny (Switzerland) June 2021
La Guarimba (Italy) August 2021
LFF For Free @ BFI Southbank (UK) October 2021
Independent FilmFest Osnabrück (Germany) October 2021
Bolton Film Festival (UK) October 2021
Norwich Film Festival (UK) November 2021
The Hague Global Film Festival (The Netherlands) November 2021
Underwire Festival (UK) March 2022
International Festival of Winter Cinema (Canada) Feb 2023
Nominations
Best Animation at Underwire 2022
Awarded funding by BFI Network
BFI LFF (UK Premiere)
Film London (Case Study)
Directors Notes (Online Premiere) directorsnotes.com/2022/05/13/jenny-wright-jake-cunningham-blue-bottle/
Warm Mountain 2021
Festivals & screenings:
Animafilm, Sept 2021 (Azerbaijan)
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Nov 2021 (Japan)
ReAnima, Nov 2021 (Norway)
Awards
Best Music Video at the Prague Film Awards 2022
Showcase on Skwigly
Explore your Feelings with Art with Tate Kids 2023
Festivals & screenings:
London International Animation Festival, December 2023 @ Barbican (UK)
Tate Kids Free Summer Films @ Starr Cinema 2024 (UK)
Wait 2023
Awards:
Best Micro Short at Cardiff Animation Festival 2023
Festivals & screenings:
Girls in Films's programme at Festival for Illustration and Graphics, March 23 (BULGARIA)
Fest Anca, June 23 (SLOVAKIA)
La Guarimba, August 23 (ITALY)
Turku Animated Film Festival, August 23 (FINLAND)
Uppsala, October 23 (SWEDEN)
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione, November 23 (ITALY)
Cardiff Animation Festival, April 2024 (WALES)
EXHIBITIONS
Sentio is to Feel @ Four Corners, 2022
JUROR
Random Acts Award