VARMINTS - MARC CRASTE (2009)

Animator Marc Craste had already won a BAFTA for Jojo in the Stars in 2004 before he was nominated in 2009 for his unusual computer animation, Varmints, apparently based upon picture book characters created by both Craste and Helen Ward. A varmint is living in an idyllic world that is suddenly destroyed by the arrival of a grey, high rise city. He saves what he can and tries to reestablish something of his old world. But can he control what he creates and is he alone in his mission?