CRAB DAY (2023)
11mins Adventure The National Film & Television School
As part of a fishing community’s annual ritual, a young boy must kill his first crab in order to become a man and gain his father’s approval.
WINNER - Best British Short Animation - BAFTA Film Awards 2024 WINNER - Best British Animation - London Animation Film Festival 2024
NOMINATED - Best British Animation At British Animation Awards 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2024
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Anibar Animation Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Drama Disff Film Festival
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f98a3b0b34cf5283f85ff73deb6102666e81d96185e187692b1b09e8a1cf783/MV5BOGE1NjQ5YmUtMTdkMC00ZTYwLTlhODMtNTEzNGU2MzBiYmE1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQ4MjczMDc3._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b93e03d576dfa4a919accdd7d168bf52ce4eb93da7e29988d3ffd7af35628a91/3.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a1060335e79b66aee62ddecccb194265638dd92537285bd51b2f82ed1da70a7/Screenshot-2023-06-17-at-17.06.22.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/002e9181c4b77621eef4f5b2aeb08be62fa9bf07b0c4bdb0db8bc38e93b54d0a/Grade_Crab_day_v13_20230218_ST_ProRes422HQ_Mas_Rec709_ST.00_01_09_16.Still001.png)
ANIMATOR & DIRECTOR: ROSS STRINGER
PRODUCER: BARTOSZ STANISLAWEK
WRITER: ALEKSANDRA SYKULYAK
EDITOR: DONYA MAGUIRE
COMPOSER: MATTEO TRONCHIN
SOUND DESIGN: SIMON PANAYI
FX EDITORS: SIIM SKEPAST, JEAN MARC-ECK
CINEMATOGRAPHY: TOM SIMINGTON
COLOURIST & DFX SUPERVISOR: AIDEN TOBIN