Hansel and Gretel

Shaun Clark, Magid El-Bushra
United Kingdom | 2019 | 5’40

Hansel and Gretel’s parents have fallen on hard times. One afternoon, the children decide to cheer themselves up by dancing. Their mother Gertrud is furious to discover them neglecting their work and she sends them out into the forest to find strawberries for supper, little realising that it is a dangerous place after dark.

Director: Shaun Clark & Magid El-Bushra
Animator: Shaun Clark
Voice Artist: Melvyn Ternan
Editing Consultant: Ariadna Fatjo-Vilas
Sound Designer: David Pringle
Distribution: Shaun Clark

Shaun Clark

Born in Beverley, United Kingdom, the independent filmmaker Shaun Clark has worked as a director and animator since 2005. His work has been BAFTA nominated and won prizes at Clermont Ferrand Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, Imagine Film Festival and the British Animation Awards. Shaun has held retrospective screenings of his films both in Greece and South Korea and has created films for the BBC, Discovery Times USA and Arts Council England. He currently resides in London where he works as a director at www.flickermill.com.