A GIRL NEEDS A BIKE
2017
Animated Documentary (Short)
Directed and Produced by Letitia Lamb and Vivien Mason (full cast and crew listed below).
Clara discovers that learning to ride takes courage, crashes and a whole village.
Awards + Festivals
26th FLICKERFEST (Official Selection, Sydney, Australia) January 10, 2017
BRISBANE BIKE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Brisbane, Australia) February 3, 2017 *WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD*
12th ATHENS ANIMFEST (Official Selection, Athens, Greece) March 16, 2017
15th FILMED BY BIKE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Portland, USA) May 7, 2017
2nd PANAMA CANAL INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Panamá) August 17, 2017
8th ANNUAL CHAGRIN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (Competiton, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA) October 4, 2017
10th HEART OF GOLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Gympie, Queensland, Australia) October 5, 2017
BEST INDEPENDENTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Karlsruhe, Germany)
26th HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA)
GREAT MESSAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Pune, India)
9th JANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH (Official Selection, Beruit, Lebannon)
14th KINOFILM FESTIVAL (Official selection, Manchester, UK)
"LAMETTA KARLSRUHE" (Screening, Karlsruhe, Germany)
FOUR SEASONS FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, London, United Kingdom)
SYNOPSIS:
In rural villages in Ghana, Clara faces the challenges of teaching as her students discover the happiness of having wheels. This whimsical animated documentary shows how bicycling brings joy to a new teacher and independence to her students.
KEY CAST:
Narrator - Clara Mathews
KEY CREW:
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Abi Binning
MENTOR PRODUCER: Sharon Connolly
ANIMATION MENTOR: Tony Thorne
Animation - Vivien Mason Animation - Ben Stephenson
Additional Animation - Nickolay Tilcheff
Background Design - Paul Peart-Smith
Composer - Nick Storr
Sound Mix - Michael Gissing
Sound Recordist - Clara Mathews
Sound Editor - Mike Gissing, Digital City Studios
Additional Rigging - Scott Baxter
This project was assisted through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts
Behind the scenes
Warp Magazine, March 2017
Featured article from Wide Angle Tasmania:
http://www.wideangle.org.au/step_up_film_initiative_2015_2016
