Mr Madila (2015)

Grad film

Directed by Rory Waudby-Tolley

Synopsis
"Everything is mostly nothing. Look closely and you can see all the little bits and pieces, and all the gaps in-between." Mr Madila or The Colour of Nothing documents a series of conversations between the film-maker and a gifted spiritual healer, exploring the inner mind, the fabric of the universe, and the nature of reality itself, through the sacred art of animation. Oooooooh.
Director's Statement

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Festivals
RCA Debut Show 29 JUN 2015
Message To Man Saint Petersburg Russia 25 SEP - 3 OCT 2015 (RCA 30 years Retrospective)
LIAF London UK 4-13 DEC 2015 (British Showcase) BEST BRTISH FILM AUDIENCE VOTE
Eat Our Shorts London UK 11 DEC 2015 AUDIENCE VOTE WINNER
Premiers Plans Angers France 22-31 JAN 2015 FORMAT COURT AWARD WINNER
London Short Film Festival UK JAN 2016
Anima Brussels 2016 (special RCA programme) 
BAA British Animation Awards 2016 NOMINATED BEST STUDENT FILM POST-GRAD
Kyiv International Short Film Festival Ukraine 20-24 APR 2016
British Shorts Berlin Germany 21-25 JAN 2016 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
Fete de l’anim Lille France 25-27 MAR 2016
European Film Festival of Lille France 11-18 MAR 2016
LOCO London Comedy Film Festival UK  14-24 APR 2016
Cardiff Independent Film Festival UK  22-24 APR 2016
Pictoplasma Berlin Germany 28-30 APR  2016
Flatpack Film Festival Birmingham UK 19-24 APR 2016
Royal Television Society Student Awards London UK MAY 2016 WINNER  BEST STUDENT FILM POST-GRADUATE ANIMATION AWARD
International Filmfestival Emden-Nordeney Germany 1-8 JUN 2016
Palm Springs ShortFest USA 21-26 JUN 2016 BEST STUDENT ANIMATION
Linoleum Int. Contemporary Animation & Media-Art Fest Kyiv Ukraine 15-18 SEP 2016
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival Israel 9-16 JUN 2016
EIFF Edinburgh International Film Festival UK 15-26 JUN 2016 
S.I.C.A.F. Seoul KOREA 6-10 JUL 2016
Shortest Nights London UK midsummer events 2016
East End Film Festival London UK 23 JUN-3 JUL 2016
TAIS Animation Showcase Toronto Canada 30 JUL 2016
Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival Brazil 5-14 AUG 2016
Anibar Animation Festival Peja Kosova 15-21 AUG 2016
Northwest Animation Festival Portland Oregon USA 9-15 MAY 2016
Fantoche Baden Switzerland 6-11 SEP 2016

Awards
LIAF London UK 4-13 DEC 2015 (British Showcase) BEST BRTISH FILM AUDIENCE VOTE

Eat Our Shorts London UK 11 DEC 2015 AUDIENCE VOTE WINNER

Premiers Plans Angers France 22-31 JAN 2015 FORMAT COURT AWARD WINNER

BAA British Animation Awards 2016 NOMINATED BEST STUDENT FILM POST-GRAD

British Shorts Berlin Germany 21-25 JAN 2016 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERB

Royal Television Society Student Awards London UK MAY 2016 WINNER  BEST STUDENT FILM POST-GRADUATE ANIMATION AWARD

Palm Springs ShortFest USA 21-26 JUN 2016 BEST STUDENT ANIMATION