Rice Ball - Short Film, 2023
Producers: Samantha Locock, Harry Shaw & Sophie Neophytou
Director: Kristina Pringle
Executive Producer: Caragh Davison
Mentored by Michaela Coel
Lily - Jaeden Paige Boadilla
Femi - Cordell Munyawiri
Logline: Told through animation, a young Taiwanese schoolkid is afraid to bring her lunch to school out of the fear of being ridiculed for being different.
Created as part of the BFI x BMW Filmmaking Challenge.
Festival Recognition:
World Premiere: BFI London Film Festival 2023
Winner: Best Animation - Novella Film Festival 2023
Official Selection: New York International Children’s Festival 2024
Official Selection: Norwich Film Festival 2024 (BAFTA/BIFA-qualifying)
Official Selection: Cambridge Film Festival 2024 (BAFTA/BIFA-qualifying)
Official Selection: London Short Film Festival 2025 (BAFTA/BIFA-qualifying)
Official Selection: Tumbleweeds Film Festival 2025
Animation Director: Esther Cheung
Lead Animator: Inari Sirola
Animators: Romane Wach, Liang Hsin-Huang
Cleanup: Mafer López
Compositors: Inari Sirola, Romane Wach
Character Designer: Genice Chan
Background Designer: Liang Hsin-Huang
Casting by LANE Casting
Casting Director: Hannah Ashby Ward
Casting Associate: Priyanka Patel
Casting Assistant: Oscar Ward
Chaperones: Julie Boadilla, Noel Boadilla & Siboniso Caroline Munyawiri
Title Sequence: Romane Wach
End Credit Design: Liang Hsin-Huang
Storyboard Artist: Hannah Robinson
Initial Concept Artists: Ann Chang, Elizabeth Lai
Graphic Designer: Soyoung Park
Sound Designer: Ana Roman
Sound Engineers: Jay Jay Musika, Max Palmer
Music Composition: David Yang