The owner of a Burton upon Trent-based company has seen a film she produced whilst working in animation nominated for a BAFTA.
Tilley Bancroft runs Making Trails, which creates bespoke sculpture trails, but has a background in animation after having studied it at university and previously running her own video-making company.
She has produced animated documentary Visible Mending, which tells the role knitting plays in many peoples’ lives; helping them face adversity, calm anxiety and make social connections.
The almost nine-minute-long short – funded by the BFI Short Form Animation Fund – has been shortlisted in the Best British Short Animation category.
The film awards ceremony, hosted by actor David Tennant, will take place in London on Sunday, 18 February.
Tilley said: “It is amazing to see our animation shortlisted for a BAFTA.
“Animation is always a long process, and this kind of recognition validates all the work that has gone into the project.
“It also gives us a fantastic opportunity to showcase the art and the stories told in the film.”
Visible Mending features a group of knitted objects telling stories about how they have used knitting to mend themselves, even if the repair is temporary.
Those stories include a retired software engineer who re-learned knitting to recover fine motor skills after a stroke and a mother who knits to process anxiety about her injured son.
It took five years to make and was filmed in Birmingham using stop motion animation.
Tilley got involved through arts organisation MediaActive Projects, based in Shrewsbury.
The film has had great success on the festival circuit and has also been featured in The New York Times.
