''The Bigger Picture'' is a 2014 British

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directed by Daisy Jacobs. It was nominated for the

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at the

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. It won the

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for Best Short Animation at the

68th British Academy Film Awards The 68th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 8 February 2015 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2014. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Televisi ...

. The film is about two sons who are ambivalent about taking care of their aging mother and was made by combining 2D painted art and life-size puppetry, animated in life-size sets.

Cast

* Anne Cunningham as Mother * Christopher Nightingale as Nick * Alisdair Simpson as Richard

Awards and nominations

References

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