SYNOPSIS

"Like Me, Only Better" is a laconic comedy about Neuroses, Catholicism and Prozac. A man called Clive tries to become a better person and to overcome his various Obsessive Compulsive disorders. The film establishes a link between his Catholic upbringing, his childhood imagination and his adult phobias and compulsions. I treat a serious subject with sympathy and humour to try to make a film that is both pertinent and entertaining. A hand-drawn animation in pencil, it moves between the inner and outer worlds of the main character Clive. 'Like Me, Only Better' is also my graduation film from the MA Animation Course at the Royal College of Art in London.

OTHER SELECT FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

• Official Selection, 2007 Int'l Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
• Official Selection, 2008 Stuttgart Internationales Trickfilm Festival
• Official Selection, 2008 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
• Official Selection, 2008 Animafest Zagreb
• Official Selection, 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY

Originally from North Yorkshire I spent a few years at Oxford studying Classics, drawing cartoons, painting and designing theatre sets. I then moved to London to earn a living. But I ended up making experimental films.

These films were mainly live-action and partly inspired by my interest in early cinema. The most successful, The Commuter, was shown at around fifty international film festivals and special screenings.

Since 2005 I have concentrated on animation. My studies at the Royal College of Art and my sideline as a Flash animator led me towards more traditional animation and my graduation film is almost entirely hand-drawn on paper. Since 2008 I have had a work space with the animation company Skaramoosh London.

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SHOWTIMES

PLAYS IN THE ANIMANIA SHORT FILMS PROGRAMME #1 (VIEW DETAILS)

FRI. 5/15 at 6:00PM
Matinée Movie Lounge

FRI. 5/22 at 4:00PM
Matinée Movie Lounge

CAST AND CREW

Production: Royal College of Arts Animation Department
Screenwriter: Martin Pickles
Producer: Royal College of Arts Animation Department
Animators: Martin Pickles, Tony Fish
Music: Tanera Dawkins
Cast: Robin Ince, Neil Edmond, Karola Gajda

SOURCES

Print Source: Martin Pickles
gmfilm@hotmail.com