Director Kim Noce Producer Jayne Bevitt An “AIR Scheme” Short Film, founded by CHANNEL 4 and Produced by Sherbet Outline (Word Count: 19) A little fairytale of a child and her imaginary friends, recalled by an old woman drifting into bygone memories Synopsis (1) (Word Count: 44) An elderly woman recalls bygone memories: as a child she had three imaginary pets that she held with strings. She carried with her them all day and night, until one day she lost them. She looked for them everywhere to then find them unexpectedly. Synopsis (2) (Word Count: 122) This story is told by Betty, an elderly woman, embroidering on a quiet afternoon. When she was a child, during the Second World War, she had three invisible pets that she held with three strings. She knew they were invisible and the only way she could keep her imaginary friends close was to let never go of the strings. She carried them all day and night, until one night during an air raid she was forced to leave them behind, losing them. She looked for them everywhere. Time passed and Betty grew old with the sensation that something was always missing, until one day she realised that she has never lost them, because her imaginary friends had always been living inside her. Technical Information Original Title: “Forget Me Not” Format 16:9 FHA Colour Digibeta/Beta Sound Stereo TV Mix Duration 3 minutes and 10 second Language English (no subtitles) Genres/Category Animation/ Drama/ Fiction Production Year (14 July) 2006 Country of Production UK Main Credits Director/Animator Kim Noce Producer Jayne Bevitt Editor Napoleon Stratogiannakis Sound Designer Rainer Heesch Music Peter Gosling Sound Mixer Sion Tammes Script Andras Gerevich, Liana Dognini Director of Photography Mike Beresford Jones Leading Actors Child Macy Nyman/Ella MacRae Old woman Anna Wing/ Barbara Kingsland Technique • 2D Cut_Out, Collage of Archive photographs • Embroidery in Stop Motion • Live Action Programmes used After Effects, Flash, Photoshop Translation of Title German Vergißmeinnich French Ne M’Oubliez Pas Italian Nontiscordardimé Swedish Förgätmigej Danish Forglemmigej Dutch Vergeet-Mij-Nietje Romanian Nu-mă-uita Hungarian Nefelejcs Czech Pomněnka Bulgarian Hезабравка; (Nezabravka) Russian Hезабудка (Nezabudka) Slovak Nezábudka Polish Niezapominajka Spanish Nomeolvides Japanese ワスレナグサ (Wasurenagusa) Korean 물망초 Chinese 勿忘草 Director Statement (Word Count: 48) “Forget Me Not” was inspired by my childhood imaginary friends and by long conversations with my greataunt about her past. The film aim to represent the journey of rediscovery of one’s own beliefs through memories and what was thought to be lost might indeed is always inside you. Director Biography (1) (Word Count: 55) DOB 20/06/1973 Mendriso (CH) Nationality: Italian Kim graduated in Fine art and then with an MA in the “Animation Director Course” at the National Film and Television School. Currently Kim Noce and her partner Shaun Clark are working together creating the collective of MEWLAB at mewlab.wordpress.com/ Director Biography (2) (Word Count: 155) Kim graduated from the Academy of Art in Italy with a traditional background in drawing & painting; and she exhibited her work in several galleries across Europe, Moving to London, she worked as an animator on a number of various productions, and then she graduated with an MA in the “Animation Director Course” at the National Film and Television School. . Her graduation film “After” has been received very well by more than 30 festivals worldwide… receiving awards along the way, and just recently it has been selected for the Royal Television Society 2006 Award and by London Film Festival 2005 She also have been awarded the “Channel 4’s Animator in Residence Scheme” to create her latest short film “Forget me Not” Currently Kim Noce and her partner Shaun Clark are working together creating the collective of MEWLAB at mewlab.wordpress.com/ Director Awards (For the film “After”) (Word Count: 32) Official Selection London Film Festival UK 2006 Official Selection Royal Television Society UK 2006 Best Animation Sopot Film Poland Festival 2005 Wow Best Animation USA 2005 Anima Best Student Animation Argentina 2005 Director Filmography (Word Count: 64) “Forget Me Not” Cut_Out Collage of archive Picture and Embroidery 2006 “After” Sculpture, Painted clay, Paint on glass 2005 “MTV Idents” Sand on glass, Stop Motion puppet Flash, and 2D 2004 “Magpie” Traditional 3D model, 2D 2003 “In the Middle” Computer Cut-out animation 2003 “The room” Pixilation 2003 “The line” Sand on glass 2003 “The whole of Amaranth” Pixilation, 2D, computer Cut-out animation 2002 Dialogue list “Forget Me Not” (Old lady) I had three friends, only for myself (Old lady) I keep them on a thread…. (Old lady) …I have to hold it very tight,… (Old lady) …If I let go… (Old lady) …I will never find them again. (Child) Good morning my pets! (Mother) What are you up to now? (Child) It wasn’t me. (Child) It was the cat (Mother) Stop making things up! (Old lady) They said my pets only existed in my imagination. (Child) My Cat loves me. (Child) My dog will always defend me (Child) My bird will grow big and fly away with me (Old lady) Nobody can see them. (Child) They are mine (Mother) Let go! (Child) Noooo!!! (Mother) Come back! (Child) Where are you? (Old lady) Where are you? (Old lady) They never left me. (Old lady) They are here. Full Credit List Director Kim Noce Producer Jayne Bevitt Editor Napoleon Stratogiannakis Sound Designer Rainer Heesch Music Peter Gosling Sound Mixer Sion Tammes Script Andras Gerevich Liana Dognini Director of Photography Mike Beresford Jones Gaffer Fred Todd Location Marjut Rimmenen Art Director Kim Noce Actors Andrea Friedrich Barbara Kingsland Ella MacRae Max Russell Steve Sole Voice Artists Macy Nyman Ros Simmons Anna Wing Animation Kim Noce Shaun Clark Sharon Colman Jeroen Jaspaert Lisa Flather Robert Milne Ron MacRae Assistant Animation Adam Aiken Gemma Burditt Kaori Hamilton Ross McDowell Production Company Sherbet Funded by Channel 4 Archive Photography supplied by The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television Contact Details Film Distribution Contact details Jane Colling Sherbet 112-114 Great Portland Street London W1W 6PH UK  +44 (0) 20 7636 6435  +44 (0) 20 7436 3321  jane@sherbet.co.uk sherbet.co.uk Producer Contact Details Jayne Bevitt Sherbet 112-114 Great Portland Street London W1W 6PH UK  +44 (0) 20 7636 6435  +44 (0) 20 7436 3321 sherbet.co.uk Production Company Contact Details Sherbet 112-114 Great Portland Street London W1W 6PH UK  +44 (0) 20 7636 6435  +44 (0) 20 7436 3321  info@sherbet.co.uk sherbet.co.uk britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=5218CEEF1b32e14336gHn42139EC Cast: Mew Lab

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