Oliver Harrison
The Quay Brothers
27 July 2010
Institute Benjamenta, The Quay Brothers The brothers talk to Gary Thomas about their work, collaboration, Europe and the Baroque. Institute Benjamenta (1995), their first feature, is available now in a Dual Format ...
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Simon Pummell on Future Training
9 July 2010
Simon Pummell What is the Piet Zwart Institute? It’s the post-graduate institute of the Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University. It’s an English language institution, very international, all the courses are ...
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Sarah Cox on Tate Movie
4 July 2010
Tate Movie promotional video We talk to Sarah Cox about Tate Movie,  a collaboration with Aardman and Fallon, and first project of its kind – an animation film made by and ...
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The State of Things: Skillset’s Saint John Walker
27 June 2010
Saint John Walker, image courtesy of Saint John Walker Skillset is currently “building up the most comprehensive profile of working life in the UK’s creative industries”, gathering evidence to submit to ...
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Ronnie Close
23 June 2010
Night Time Room, Ronnie Close Ronnie Close talks to Gary Thomas about his project Night Time Room. The film is showing as part of the group exhibition Based on a True ...
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Oliver Harrison
Oliver Harrison

Oliver Harrison

APEngine talks to Oliver Harrison about his debut feature Badinage and the difficulties of making the leap from advertising to full-length film. Oliver Harrison’s first short, Amore Baciami, was the first kinetic typography film. Used by the Royal Mail in a Valentine’s commercial, it bagged him a Gold Lion at Cannes. From these auspicious beginnings Oliver has gone on to produce ads for the likes Nike, Toyota and Marie Claire, design the titles for the Oscar-winning Howard’s End and  and win a slew of awards for his short films (including two commissioned by Animate).

Badinage continues his preoccupation with the power of words, painting a portrait of a macabre fantasy world where art, music and free speech have been banned by a repressive regime and the only hope for the future are the poets who bring free words to the people like rays of light and colour. Badinage is set for release in 2010, check out an exclusive clip here on APEngine.

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