The Bigger Picture is a 2014 British animated short film directed by Daisy Jacobs. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation at the 68th British Academy Film Awards.
The film is about two sons who are ambivalent about taking care of their aging mother and was made by combining 2D painted art and life-size puppetry, animated in life-size sets.
Cast Anne Cunningham as Mother Christopher Nightingale as Nick Alisdair Simpson as Richard
Awards and nominations Award Category Recipients/Nominees Result Ref.87th Academy AwardsBest Animated Short FilmDaisy Jacobs and Chris Hees68th British Academy Film AwardsBest British Short AnimationChris Hees, Daisy Jacobs and Jennifer MajkaAnnecy International Animated Film FestivalBest Graduation FilmDaisy JacobsCannes Film FestivalCinefondation AwardDaisy JacobsEdinburgh International Film FestivalCreative Innovation in a Short FilmDaisy JacobsBest New British AnimationDaisy JacobsFriss Hús Budapest International Short Film FestivalBest International Short FilmDaisy JacobsHamptons International Film FestivalGolden Starfish AwardDaisy JacobsHiroshima International Animation FestivalGrand PrizeDaisy Jacobs
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