THE MAN WHO STOPPED

Short Film | 1 min 30 secs | Comedy, Animation

When wandering through a busy market town, a man suddenly stops, frozen to the spot.

What on earth has happened? Is he ill? Is he drunk? Is He Jesus? One little girl takes charge of the situation.

This 90-second comedy animation is a riddle, wrapped in a rhyming scheme, inside a market.

Starring ALEX WENT and ABIGAIL RICE

Directed by JOE REANEY

Written by JOE REANEY

Produced by JOE REANEY

Animated by VIKTOR URES and VITEZSLAV URES

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AWARD WINS: Best Microfilm, Top Shorts Online Film Festival, August 2017 | Best Film, DMOFF - Direct Monthly Online Film Festival, September 2017
Best Short Short, East Coast Film Festival 2017 | Animation of the Month, TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival, August 2017

FINALISTS: Best Animation (Runner Up), Feel the Reel Film Festival, June 2017 | Best Local Film (Runner Up), Making Waves Film Festival 2017
Best Comedy Film (Finalist), Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2017 | Best Short Film of the Year (Semi-Finalist), InShort Film Festival 2017
Super Short Film of the Year (Semi-Finalist), Best Short Fest 2018

SHORTLISTED: Best Comedy Short (Shortlisted), Lift-Off Comedy Lab, May 2020 | Best Microshort Film (Shortlisted), Indie Flicks International Film Festival 2017
Best Animated Short Film (Shortlisted), Winchester Short Film Festival 2017 | Best Animation (Shortlisted) and Best Short (Shortlisted), Leigh Film Festival 2017
Best UK Short (Shortlisted), Sunday Shorts, August 2017 | Best Short (Shortlisted), Short + Sweet 2018 | Best Comedy (Shortlisted), Hastings Film Fringe 2017
Best Micro Comedy Short Film (Shortlisted), Atlanta Comedy Film Festival 2018 | Best Short Film of the Year (Shortlisted), Exposure Short Film Festival 2018
Best Animation (Shortlisted) and Best Three-Minute Quickie (Shortlisted), Bolton Film Festival 2018 | Best Short Film (Shortlisted), HollyShorts Film Festival 2018
Best Short (Shortlisted), Manchester Animation Festival 2017 | Best Short (Shortlisted), RATMA Film 2017 | Best Film (Shortlisted), Lift-Off Genre Festival 2019