Reach

An animated short film about the struggle to reach out for help.

Writer/director Kayleigh Gibbons

Producer Jon Lawrence

Year complete 2021

Run time 8 mins

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Reach

Kayleigh Gibbons
Kayleigh is an Animator and award-winning short film Writer and Director from Bristol. She has a degree in Animation from Bristol UWE and has worked as a Senior Animator on various large-scale children’s TV shows. She has written and directed award-winning short films that have been screened at film festivals worldwide.

Jon Lawrence
Jon co-founded animation production company Studio Panda based in Bristol, UK. Studio Panda won the 2021 British Animation Film Festival award for the animated documentary “Eva Kor”, as well as the 2019 RTS award for Best Animation for “Mary Anning: The Girl Who Helped Discover Dinosaurs” made for the BBC.

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