Nigel (2020)

A short film based on the true story of Nigel, the lonely gannet of Mana Island who hopelessly fell in love with a concrete statue. His tragic tale of idealisation and delusion shows us a reflection of our own misconceptions in love. MA Graduation film from Royal College of Art, London.

Released Feb. 17, 2020 9 min None+

Genres: Animation, Drama, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, tmdb.surreal, tmdb.birds, tmdb.short-film, imdb.camera-shot-of-an-eye, imdb.falling-in-love-with-a-statue, imdb.statue + 56 more, imdb.gluing-up-a-broken-statue, imdb.anthropomorphic-bird, imdb.fish, imdb.outcast, imdb.broken-statue, imdb.storm, imdb.european-animation, imdb.name-in-title, imdb.hiding-behind-a-rock, imdb.audio-recording, imdb.bird-as-protagonist, imdb.british-animation, imdb.flock-of-birds, imdb.gluing-up-a-statue, imdb.anthropomorphic-fish, imdb.building-a-nest, imdb.f-rated, imdb.bird-nest, imdb.character-name-as-title, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.gannet-as-protagonist, imdb.dead-fish, imdb.title-written-by-female, imdb.rainstorm, imdb.camera-shot-of-feet, imdb.bechdel-test-failed, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.secretly-observing, imdb.male-name-in-title, imdb.walrus, imdb.2d-animation, imdb.name-as-title, imdb.no-dialogue, imdb.written-by-director, imdb.bird-statue, imdb.gannet-statue, imdb.statue-vandalized, imdb.anthropomorphic-walrus, imdb.camera-shot-of-mouth, imdb.close-up-of-mouth, imdb.black-and-white-sequence, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.male-name-as-title, imdb.close-up-of-open-mouth, imdb.sitting-in-the-rain, imdb.gannet, imdb.thunder-storm, imdb.painting-a-statue, imdb.character-s-point-of-view-camera-shot, imdb.bird, imdb.close-up-of-an-eye, imdb.covering-one-s-eyes, imdb.anthropomorphic-gannet, imdb.for-grown-ups-animation, imdb.social-outcast, imdb.island