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When the Glove Dies

HAND IN GLOVE, BODY AND SOUL… ALLEGRA LIVED LARGE.
2D & MULTIMEDIA ANIMATION  
13 MIN ART HOUSE FILM 

 

In this allegory of bodies and souls, death is portrayed as a hand leaving a glove.


CREW:
Co-Directors: 

Savyra Meyer-Lippold & Archie Collier Birch
  
Writer | Producer | Props | Rotoscoping | Animation | Editing: 
Savyra Meyer-Lippold
 

 

Storyboard | Layout | Creative Direction | Animation Supervision | Animation: 
Archie Collier Birch
 

 

Rotoscoping | Production Assistance | Catering | Casting Director | Script Consultant | Voice Director | Shoulder to Cry On: 
Althea Jarvis
 

 

Sound Design, Foley, Original Score, Final Mix: 
Charles Badenhorst
 

 

Cinematography: 
Mark Bleloch (drone)
Yolisa Qwabaza (studio shoot)

Behind the Scenes Photography and Filming:
Anouk Anansi (Hout Bay)
Erika van Breda (Cape Town)
  
VOICE ACTORS: (Trailer)

Allegra: (patient): Nicola Jackman
Dottie: (Allegra’s sister) Kate Normington
Khanyi: (death doula): Thoko Ntshinga
Charity (female gardener): Cassandra Mapanda
Blessing (male gardener): Thabo Bopape
Frances (Allegra’s mother): Nicola Jackman

 
PUPPETEERS: (Trailer)
Allegra: Roshina Ratnam, Savyra Meyer-Lippold (Understudy)

Dottie: (Allegra’s sister) Mandiseli Maseti
Khanyi: (Death doula): Siphokazi Mpofu
Blessing: (male gardener): Sipho Ngxola
Charity: (female gardener): Luyanda Nogodlwana
Frances: (Allegra’s mother): Althea Jarvis

 

Special Thanks: 

Natasje van Niekerk, The Storyteller Pod
Moby, Mobygratis.com
Dr Ronita Mahillal, The Hospice Foundation, Kenilworth
Charles Chisale 
All at Phakalane Retreat Centre, Hout Bay
Pete O’Donoghue, Upstanding Productions
Lynda Silk
Shaun Moleon, The Camera Shack, Pinelands
Dana Dragonetti
Warren Hardenberg
The Presidential Economic Support Programme
The National Film and Video Foundation
Carola Meyer
Stephan Lippold 

 


CREW:

CO-DIRECTORS:
Savyra Meyer-Lippold & Archie Collier Birch
  
Writer | Producer | Props | Rotoscoping | Animation | Editing: 
Savyra Meyer-Lippold
  
Storyboard | Layout | Creative Direction | Animation Supervision | Animation: 
Archie Collier Birch
 
Rotoscoping | Production Assistance | Catering | Casting Director | Script Consultant | Voice Director | Shoulder to Cry On: 
Althea Jarvis
  
Sound Design, Foley, Original Score, Final Mix: 
Charles Badenhorst
  
Cinematography: 
Mark Bleloch (drone)
Yolisa Qwabaza (studio shoot)

Behind the Scenes Photography and Filming:
Anouk Anansi (Hout Bay)
Erika van Breda (Cape Town)
  
VOICE ACTORS: (Trailer)

Allegra: (patient): Nicola Jackman
Dottie: (Allegra’s sister) Kate Normington
Khanyi: (death doula): Thoko Ntshinga
Charity (female gardener): Cassandra Mapanda
Blessing (male gardener): Thabo Bopape
Frances (Allegra’s mother): Nicola Jackman

 
PUPPETEERS: (Trailer)
Allegra: Roshina Ratnam, Savyra Meyer-Lippold (Understudy)

Dottie: (Allegra’s sister) Mandiseli Maseti
Khanyi: (Death doula): Siphokazi Mpofu
Blessing: (male gardener): Sipho Ngxola
Charity: (female gardener): Luyanda Nogodlwana
Frances: (Allegra’s mother): Althea Jarvis

 

SPECIAL THANKS: 

Natasje van Niekerk, The Storyteller Pod
Moby, Mobygratis.com
Dr Ronita Mahillal, The Hospice Foundation, Kenilworth
Charles Chisale 
All at Phakalane Retreat Centre, Hout Bay
Pete O’Donoghue, Upstanding Productions
Lynda Silk
Shaun Moleon, The Camera Shack, Pinelands
Dana Dragonetti
Warren Hardenberg
The Presidential Economic Support Programme
The National Film and Video Foundation
Carola Meyer
Stephan Lippold