| Robin Robin | |
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| Directed by | Dan Ojari Mikey Please |
| Written by | Dan Ojari Mikey Please Sam Morrison |
| Produced by | Helen Argo Danny Gallagher |
| Starring | Bronte Carmichael Richard E. Grant Gillian Anderson Adeel Akhtar |
| Cinematography | Dave Alex Riddett |
| Edited by | Chris Morrell |
| Music by | Ben Please Beth Porter |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 32 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
Robin Robin is a 2021stop-motionanimatedmusical short film produced byAardman Animations, created and directed by Dan Ojari andMikey Please, and written by Ojari, Please, and Sam Morrison.
When a robin grows up raised by a family of mice,[1] her differences become more apparent every time they try to sneak into aWho-Man's house. Now, she sets off on a daring heist to steal a shiny star and to prove to her family, and a malicious cat, that she can be a really good mouse.
In November 2019,Aardman Animations andNetflix announced they would co-produce the half-hour stop-motion animated musical specialRobin Robin, directed by Dan Ojari and Mikey Please from a script written by Ojari, Please, and Sam Morrison and Sarah Cox producing the special.[2][3]
In December 2020, Bronte Carmichael,Richard E Grant,Gillian Anderson, andAdeel Akhtar were cast in the special.[3]
In November 2019, it was announced that filming would start in 2020 and unlike most Aardman stop-motion projects would use needle felting instead ofplasticine.[2]
In December 2020, The Bookshop Band was revealed as the composers with directors Dan Ojari and Mikey Please doing the lyrics for the songs.[3] The orchestra was composed by the Bristol Ensemble.
On 22 November 2019, the special was expected to be released in 2020. The special premiered on 27 November 2021 in Asia, and on the 24th in North America. On 17 June 2021, the official trailer was released confirming the release date.[4] The short was part of the world touring screeningThe Animation Showcase 2021.
It was nominated forBest Animated Short Film at the94th Academy Awards.[5][6][7] It was also nominated forAnimation at theBritish Academy Children's Awards 2022[8] and at the53rd NAACP Image Awards for Best Short-Form (Animated).[9]
In an interview with Variety, Micky quoted “We are currently working on more stories in the world of ‘Robin, Robin,’” Please tells Variety. “I think that’s all we’re allowed to say. But that would certainly be our hopes and dreams. We feel like there are loads more stories to tell in this world, so we’d love to do more.”
Ojari explains. “We would come in some days and be like: What about this idea? And we had a sort of slate on the wall with 10 different ideas in different stages of development.” Of those, three moved forward: a comicbook, “Deadrock,” yet to be published, a TV series pilot, called “Alan the Infinite,” whose trailer can be seen here, and “Robin Robin.” “It started out just as an idea of a bird raised by some mice — a Christmas thing with a few ingredients — and then we just worked it up, mostly in one evening, into a one pager. It was like a treatment at that point”.[10]
In March 2021, Aardman Animation made a licensing deal with bothMacMillan Children's Books and Aurora World for tie-in books and plush toys, respectively.
