Xyzoo Animation is an animation studio founded by director/

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Lindsay van Blerk in 1991. Situated in Cape Town, South Africa, the studio has produced five

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/ clay-animated films, three of which have won a number of awards. All were commissioned by

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-based Billy Budd Films. The studio has also produced more than 50 animated commercials using clay animation, mixed media stop-motion puppets, cel animation, flash and pixilation.

Films

*'' The Velveteen Rabbit'' (

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) 24 minutes. Based on the 1921 classic by

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. Narrated by Jennifer Shapiro. Clay animation. Cine Special Jury award, USA, 2004. Booklist Editor’s Choice, USA, 2005. Screened at

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, 2004. *'' The Chimes'' (

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) 24 minutes. Based on the original novella by Charles Dickens. Narrated by Derek Jacobi. Clay animation. Cine Special Jury award, USA, 2002. *''The First Christmas'' (

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) 24 minutes. Traditional Christmas Story narrated by Christopher Plummer. Clay animation. Andrew Carnegie Gold Medal, USA, 1999. *''

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'' (

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) 24 minutes. Based on a short story by Leo Tolstoy. Narrated by

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. Clay animation. Screened at

1996 and Stuttgart Trickfilm 1997. *''The Prodigal Son'' (

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) 8 minutes. An African-American spiritual poem by James Weldon Johnson narrated by Dorian Harewood. Clay animation.

External links

Official website
(previous website address was lost to cybersquatting) Mass media companies established in 1991 South African animation studios Companies based in Cape Town Mass media in Cape Town South African companies established in 1991 {{animation-studio-stub

Films

See also

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