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I Hope You Like Croissants
We’ve made a new film. It’s called Croissant. It’s very silly. It stars Tom Reid (Gregory is a Dancer) and John-Henry Falle (The Story Beast). Here’s a teaser. Croissant Teaser from Dice Productions on Vimeo. The full short sketch will be released shortly. Follow us on Twitter @diceproductions in the meantime.
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Man In A Cat Wins Two More Awards
We’ve had a lovely surprise today as our short film All Consuming Love (Man in a Cat) has won two awards at The Moonrise Film Festival in Canada. It won Best International Short Film and the Audience Choice Best Animation. Thanks Moonrise! It’s particularly pleasing as Man in a Cat was our first commissioned film…
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New Showreels and a Revamp
After finishing DuckManBoy, and other projects we can’t chat about yet, we thought it was time to finally make a showreel. It’s also been about 5 years since starting production on Man In A Cat. Since then we’ve created stuff for Channel 4, Nickelodeon, BBC Comedy and Oxfam, and worked with some amazing people in…
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Skwigly Advent Calendar
We’ve had Ross Butter in the studio for the last few weeks animating on DuckManBoy. As he was leaving we collaborated on a heart (and lung) warming Christmassy GIF for Skwigly Magazine’s Advent Calendar. I think it was the first time I’ve ever jammed on the same scene with someone. It’s nice having a little idea…
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Gregory is a Dancer to screen at LOCO 2015
Fun news! Gregory is a Dancer will be screening at the BFI for LOCO London Comedy Film Festival 2015. The screening is at 16:10 on Saturday 24th January in NFT3 at The British Film Institute Southbank in Comedy Film Showcase One. LOCO is one of our favourite festivals. We won the inaugural short film prize with Man in…
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We’re doing a Q&A at University of Worcester
Louis and I will be doing a talk and panel at University of Worcester this Sunday 16th November. We’ll be showing some films, chatting and answering questions about animation and how we work as Dice Productions. Joining us will be friend and bearded wonder Steven Spencer of Nice Monster. The talk is 11am-1pm on Sunday…
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Introducing the cast of Duckmanboy
As you may or may not know, we’re making a new short film for Nickelodeon called Duckmanboy. And as with most short films, we need a cast. And now we can reveal it. Please be introduced to Rasmus Hardiker as Dwayne, John-Henry Falle as Sir Richard Battenburger, and Mike Wozniak as Neil (flanked by Louis…
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Come to the Dots & Loops animation night in Birmingham
Birmingham’s Flatpack Film Festival is returning to its roots by putting on a night of animation screenings this Wednesday 15 October from 7pm at The Oobleck, Custard Factory, Digbeth. The event will feature guest animators Peter Millard and Ben Cady. The night will also be attended by local animators Brothers McLeod, Nice Monster, Yamination, Second…
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We’re making a short for Nickelodeon
Louis and I are extremely pleased and excited to be able to say that we’ve been commissioned to make an animated comedy short for Nickelodeon! Nick took over 600 pitches from around the world for the Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program 2014 and we’re in the top 8, so we are very proud to be part of the tiny selection of international…