Rory Waudby-Tolley

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.

In 1999 a boy becomes obsessed with the Y2K bug; In the distant future a girl is learning to be a priest in a religion based upon the ‘artefacts’ left behind by the boy. The Year 2000 was simultaneously the beginning of the future, and the end of world.

A mammoth is defrosted into an unrecognisable future.

A man lists the things he has.

Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in Texas, a swampy world home to a thriving and delicate ecosystem. But its future is threatened by the appearance of Giant Salvinia, an incredibly aggressive invasive plant from South America that is rapidly overwhelming the body of water. This animated short brings together the real people who are devoting their lives to overcoming his green monster before it’s too late. Because, as one fishing guide puts it, “the lake means everything.”

They've commissioned some art. But what's it all about? What kind of stuff do they like? Let's talk to them and find out!

Can a pressure washer put a bit of sparkle back into a long-in-the-tooth relationship like it would a weathered old patio? Listening in on a couple’s silly everyday conversations.