Ana Songel
Directing
Biography
Ana Songel is an award-winning stop-motion director and animator based in Glasgow, Scotland. Two years ago Ana was selected by the micro-budget film scheme "Little Pictures" run by GMAC Film and Screen Scotland to make her first commissioned stop motion I MISS HUGS, which has recently screened in BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying film festivals. She is currently building her portfolio as a freelance animator and developing her next stop motion film called BEATLESS, through the Screen Scotland-funded scheme Sharp Shorts. Her work explores big feelings told through animated metaphors inspired by her own experiences, surroundings, and nature. She also loves creating fun colorful stop-motion content for local and international brands and helps them convey their unique message through bespoke animations!
Known For
A superstitious widow looks at the stars every night in the hope of understanding her late husband's last words to her. Meanwhile a homeless man discovers some interesting items discarded in a bin.
Look Up
How much can you trust your childhood memories? Director Sam Firth investigates, sweeping her parents into the experiment and on a journey into the past.
The Wolf Suit
White smoke will explore the confused nature of teenage love and the struggle to understand the difference between real attachment and obsession, getting the audience hooked into the protagonist´s destructive and unpredictable relationship.
White Smoke
In September 1954 in Gorbals, Glasgow, rumours had spread among the school children of a terrible, 7 foot tall vampire with iron teeth. Rumour had it that this vampire had kidnapped and murdered two young boys and feasted on their corpses. Despite the adults and the police trying to calm the hysteria, the children decided that action had to be taken to bring this terrible ‘Gorbals Vampire’ to justice.
A Gorbal's Story
The story of a single parent and her only daughter, who after migrating to another country, is forced into creating a new sense of affection with her mother back home.
I Miss Hugs
After remembering a family-woven island tale, young Ailsa ventures into a dreamlike world, in search of her absent father and a way to heal their hearts.