Middle Watch
2022 | 12m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden |
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| Writer: | John Stevenson |
| Staring: |
| As World War Two draws to a close, a sailor aboard ship in the Indian Ocean must do his duty. Watch must be kept, the horizon scanned for enemy craft and the bubble trails of deadly torpedoes fired from stealthy submarines. Haunted and scarred by conflict and the loss of fellow shipmates, our sailor's task is the Middle Watch, or the graveyard watch, as old mariners call it. But, as he goes about his duties, in the small hours of the morning, his routine is shattered by an encounter that could tip the balance of his delicate state of mind. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 04, 2022 |
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| Director: | John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden |
| Writer: | John Stevenson |
| Genres: | War, Thriller |
| Keywords | trauma, war ship, war, animation |
| Production Companies | Soundsquare, Punk Film, Big Squid Ink |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $63,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2026 Entered: May 06, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Boris Hiestand | Starkey (voice) |
| Christopher Hill | Crewman (voice) |
| Joel Correia | Crewman (voice) |
| Jem Brookes | Crewman (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Dimana Bratanova | Production Manager, Background Designer, Compositing Artist, Concept Artist |
| Robert Strachan | Animation Director, Character Designer |
| John Stevenson | Writer, Storyboard Artist, Director |
| Aiesha Penwarden | Character Designer, Co-Director, Storyboard Artist, Art Direction |
| Isabelle Wroth | Editor, Compositing Artist |
| Pedro Bessa | Concept Artist |
| Clara Schildhauer | Concept Artist |
| Adina Mitroi | Background Designer, Concept Artist |
| Jasmine Cragg | Concept Artist |
| Jack Kingston | Background Designer, Concept Artist |
| Faye McGovern | Background Designer, Concept Artist |
| Daniel Converio | Concept Artist |
| Scarlett Coates | Production Assistant |
| Penelope Booth | Production Assistant |
| Daniel Storer | Background Designer, Compositing Artist |
| Charlotte Nash | Background Designer |
| Holly Bowie | Background Designer |
| Sena Miyazaki | Background Designer |
| Jay Mooney | Background Designer |
| Jasmine So | Background Designer |
| Krista-Maria Holopainen | Background Designer |
| Iva Borisova | Background Designer |
| Enrika Nesterovaite | Background Designer |
| Joanna Anastasiou | Background Designer |
| Edda Katrin Malmquist | Background Designer |
| Emilee Duffy | Background Designer |
| Sophie Winkworth | Background Designer, Compositing Artist |
| Callum Mayhew | Background Designer |
| Kieran Fielding-Jacobs | Technical Supervisor, Compositing Lead |
| Elisha Gash | Set Supervisor |
| Jacob Matthess | Senior Animator |
| Philip Adamson | Compositing Artist, 3D Animator |
| Viktoria Titeva | Animation |
| Thea Fallmyr Handeland | Animation |
| Laura Nania | Animation |
| Niko Mlynarčík | Animation |
| Auszamen Searles | Animation |
| Serin Saravanan | Animation |
| Natalia Evsyuchenya | Animation |
| Miles Jezuita | Animation |
| Karim Medjahed-Schwethelm | Animation |
| Vadim Merkulov | Animation |
| Ekaterina Eremina | Animation |
| Maryla Tatarovicz | Animation |
| Melek Hitch-Turkmen | Animation |
| Mathea Pedersen | Animation |
| Julia Cherepanova | Animation |
| Valeria Bogdanova | Animation |
| Maria Zubova | Animation |
| Marina Kuzmenko | Animation |
| Weiden Wong | Animation |
| Polina Minaeva | Compositing Lead |
| Anastasia Belugina | Compositing Lead |
| Scott McCann | Compositing Lead |
| William Traynor | Compositing Artist |
| Ailin Markeng Nordang | Compositing Artist |
| Lauren McDonald | Compositing Artist |
| Tahnye Littée | Compositing Artist |
| Cameron Shanks | Compositing Artist |
| Louis Falisi | Compositing Artist |
| Michael Parsons | Compositing Artist |
| Ester Justinussen | Compositing Artist |
| Yoomin Lee | Colorist |
| Pavel Rejholec | Sound Supervisor |
| Anna Žihlová | Foley Editor, Sound Designer |
| Ondřej Vomočil | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dominyka Adomaitytė | Foley Editor, Foley Artist |
| Jakub Sláma | Post Production Coordinator |
| Anna-Agáta Denzenová | Post Production Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Giles Healy | Producer |
| Camilla Kjaernet | Producer |
| Chris Morris | Executive Producer |
| Andy Joule | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Partridge | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Carr | Executive Producer |
| Ondřej Beránek | Executive Producer |
| Katharine Nicholls | Executive Producer |
| Derek Hayes | Executive Producer |
| John Stevenson | Executive Producer |
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Geronimo1967
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Based on a true report from a sailor in the Indian Ocean, this short animated feature quite cleverly illustrates the tasks facing a watchman onboard ship in the middle of the night during WWII. Whether it be Nazi U-boats or giant sea creatures, we get a sense of the peril and emotional isolation cau ... sed by the environment, and of the loneliness of this "graveyard" watch - as well as an indication as to the traumatic effects suffered by survivors who are continually reliving not just their memories of past events, but enduring the risks that it could happen again - to them, now. The animation is simple and effective with an solid score underpinning the story that is peppered by only the briefest "hello mate" degree of dialogue. It's all about solitude - physical and mental, this - and it works well.
Feb 12, 2023