Salvation Has No Name

Salvation Has No Name is a 2022 stop motion animated short, written and directed by Joseph Wallace.[1][2] Told through a dynamic mixture of color and black with a dramatic narrative and international all-female voice cast, it is a unique animated film which explores themes of xenophobia and the refugee crisis.

Salvation Has No Name
Directed byJoseph Wallace
Screenplay byJoseph Wallace
Produced byLoran Dunn
StarringItziar Ituño
Yasmine Al Masri
Music byKit Wilson
Production
companies
Delaval Film
Autour De Minuit
Animation People
Release date
  • 13 August 2022 (2022-08-13)
Running time
17 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
Czech Republic
LanguageEnglish

The film features the voices of Itziar Ituño (Netflix's Money Heist) and Yasmine Al Massri (ABC's Quantico).[3][4] The short is produced by Loran Dunn for Delaval Film[5] and Exec Produced by Maisie Williams and Lowri Roberts through their company RAPT[6] and co-produced by Autour de Minuit in France and Animation People in Czech Republic.[7][8] The film is funded by the BFI NETWORK,[9] France Televisions, the CNC and the Czech Film Commission.

Filmed at Aardman Animations studios in Bristol and Media City in Manchester, the film features an original score by Kit Wilson, sound design by David Kamp, with casting by Heather Basten.[10] In August 2022, the refugee organisation Choose Love was announced as the official charity partner of Salvation Has No Name with the intention to use the film as a tool to highlight the plight of refugees through their humanitarian work.[11]

Plot

A troupe of clowns gather to perform a story about a Priest and a refugee but as their misguided tale unfolds, the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to fray.

Cast
  • Itziar Ituño as Malabarista / Priest
  • Yasmine Al Massri as Woman
  • Anna Savva as Pierrot / Gossip
  • Katrina Kleve as Piccolo Clown / Tailor
  • Elisabetta Spaggiari as Ringmaster / Bookkeeper
  • Barbara Sotelsek as Grande Clown / Boucher

Reception

The project was the winner of the 2017 Visegrad Animation Forum pitching competition.[12] The film had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 13 August 2022 [13] and the North American premiere took place at Rhode Island Film Festival. The film has been since selected at numerous film festivals worldwide including Encounters Short Film Festival,[14] Uppsala International Short Film Festival,[15] Aesthetica Short Film Festival,[16] Cinanima,[17] London International Animation Festival[18] and Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival.[19]

Salvation Has No Name was nominated for the McLaren Award for Animation at the Edinburgh Film Festival, received the Special Mention for Best Independent Short Award at Stop Motion Montréal in September 2022 and won both the Grand Prix for Best Short Film and the Best Direction award at Animage in November of 2022.[20]

Specialized animation critic website Zippy Frames said: "This risqué film (but with the story's beats firmly rooted in solid narration) had a spellbinding, Gothic trailer and a subject matter of a disillusioned priest falling in love with a refugee. Both narrative framework (a Greek chorus comments on the actual story) and bold imagery join each other in a calculated play".[21]

In January 2023, it was announced the film was long-listed for the British Short Animation BAFTA 2023. [22]

References
  1. Skwigly (13 April 2019). "Joseph Wallace's 'Salvation Has No Name' Begins Production | Skwigly Animation Magazine". Skwigly. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. "About — Joseph Wallace". Josephwallace.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. Grater, Tom (20 May 2020). "Global Briefs: Shanghai Fest Delays; 'Money Heist' Star English Debut". Deadline.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. "Money Heist Actor Itziar Ituno To Make English Debut". Msn.com. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. "Salvation Has No Name". Delaval Film. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. Grater, Tom. "Maisie Williams' Rapt Boards UK Animation". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  7. "Autour de Minuit Line Up" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  8. Podhradský, Michal. "Animation people točí krátký film v koprodukci s Delaval Film a Aardman Animations". Animation People. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  9. "Postroom Slate and Update | BFI NETWORK". Network.bfi.org.uk. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  10. "Salvation Has No Name | STUDIOKAMP I Music & Sound Design". Studiokamp.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  11. Lang, Jamie (22 September 2022). "Joseph Wallace's 'Salvation Has No Name' Gets Trailer Ahead Of London Film Fest Screening". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  12. Milligan, Mercedes (4 May 2017). "Visegrad Animation Forum 2017 Winners Revealed". Animationmagazine.net. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  13. "Mclaren Animation 1". Edinburgh International Film Festival. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  14. "Salvation Has No Name". Encounters.
  15. Nikkhah Azad, Navid. "UPPSALA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS 2022 LINEUP". Deed News. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  16. "Aesthetica".
  17. "Cinanima".
  18. "LIAF".
  19. "Curta Cinema".
  20. Massy, Lovell. "Animege 2022 unveils winning shorts from its competition program". BOB FM. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  21. "Salvation Has No Name by Joseph Wallace". 29 April 2020.
  22. "2023 BAFTA Film Awards Longlists Unveiled". 6 January 2023.
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