Duration:6 minutes 42 secs
In the presence of the director: Chi Thai
Illustration and animation: Simon Ratliff
Based on the book The Promise by Nicola Davies & Laura Carlin Commissioned by the BBC.
Synopsis: The Promise is an urban fairy tale that plays out on the mean streets of a mean city. A young thief tries to snatch an old woman’s bag, but she cannot have it without giving something in return.
Director: Chi Thai is an independent filmmaker who works across features, documentary, animation & immersive. She has been a Cannes Lions finalist three times and is a recipient of the British Film Institute Vision Award. Her ambition is to dismantle the conditions that marginalise stories & storytellers, creating films that tell of a greener and fairer world.
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