Gabby keeps bothering her older sister Tam to play, so Tam tells a story about a monster that lives in the forest. Whatever you do, you can’t let it see your face. But then her phone rings, leaving the story unfinished—so Gabby goes off to find the creature herself.

The Thing Under the Tree explores that bittersweet stage of childhood when your older siblings or friends seem to have outgrown you, and no one wants to play the games they used to love. Through the poetic imagery of childhood make believe, it reveals the internal struggle between wanting to control and keep other people for ourselves, and accepting that things must change.

Royal College of Art Graduation Show JUN 2013
Canterbury Anifest UK 4-5 OCT 2013
Crystal Palace International Film Festival UK 2013     http://cpiff.co.uk 
Animateka Slovenia 2-8 DEC 2013 (student competition)
Animated Dreams Tallinn ESTONIA 27 NOV–1 DEC 2013
Ufanet Russia
7th BFI Future Film Festival London, UK 23 FEB 2014
Rencontres Audiovisuelles LILLE France 20-23 MAR 2014
Flatpack Film Festival Birmingham UK 30 MAR 2014
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival Minsk, Belarus 18-25 APR 2014
Animayo Las Palmas Gran Canaria SPAIN 5-10 MAY 2014

Finalist for the Adobe Design Achievement Awards