{"id":40190,"date":"2020-09-25T06:01:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T06:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=40190"},"modified":"2023-09-21T16:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:32:05","slug":"daniel-gray-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/daniel-gray-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with ‘HIDE’ director Daniel Gray"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE 17\/04\/2023 – Daniel Gray’s HIDE<\/i> is now available to watch online in full (stream below)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having studied animation at the University of Wales in Newport, Daniel Gray’s graduation short <\/strong><\/em>t.o.m.<\/strong><\/a> (co-directed with Tom Brown, a creative partnership that would continue for over a decade as Holbrooks Films<\/a>) made an enormous impact during its festival run, scooping up awards at Annecy, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Fantoche, the British Animation Awards, the Royal Television Society Awards and the London International Animation Festival among others – as well as receiving a Cartoon d’Or nomination and an Honorable Mention at Sundance. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The duo achieved similar success with their 2015 short film <\/strong><\/em>teeth<\/strong><\/a> – an at-times nightmarish, yet strangely hypnotic, animated memoir of a man obsessed with constructing a ‘perfect’ set of replacement teeth from across the animal kingdom – which would go on to screen at over forty festivals as well as winning the FIPRESCI Prize at Annecy<\/a> and another pair of double-wins at the BAAs<\/a> and RTS Awards.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In the years since Holbrooks have parted ways – at least for the time being – with this week seeing the international premiere of Daniel’s solo short film outing <\/strong><\/em>HIDE<\/strong>, produced by La Cellule Productions<\/a>, CUB Animation<\/a> and the National Film Board of Canada<\/a>. Boasting the familiar, ethereal, painterly quality of Daniel’s prior work and breeding a similarly compelling sense of unease throughout, <\/strong><\/em>HIDE<\/strong> depicts a young boy who, while playing hide-and-seek, is unexpectedly confronted with visions of an increasingly-alienating future.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Presently based in Hungary where he works and lives with his family, Daniel took some time to catch up with Skwigly about his new project and the journey to get it made.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n