Synopsis:
For Rene Fustercluck, life was bad, the Apocalypse was awful and then Gordon arrived. ‘After the End’ explores the possibility that the only thing worse than being the last man on earth, is being the second to last man on earth.
- Director:
- Sam Southward
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 11 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation, 3D Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producers:
- Michelangelo Fano, Hemant Sharda
- Animators:
- Estelle Dornic, Simone Giampaolo, Jacob Ovrick, Ze Alexandre, Samuel Baese, Timon Dowdeswell, Malaika Mack, Jez Pennington, Zainab Cher, Leonardo Sindliger
- Script writers:
- Samantha Collins, Sam Southward
- Music composer:
- Antonio Nardi
- Sound designer:
- Ben Hensor
- Editor:
- Neil Lenthall
- Production:
- NFTS – National Film and Television School
- Distribution:
- NFTS – National Film and Television School
- Genres:
- Drama, Tragicomedy, Sci-Fi, Experimental
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Political, Death, Relationships, Love, Humor, Poetic, Climate crisis, War, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival, London Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- Best Student Film at Encounters Film Festival
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