A young director, who won the Rising Star Award at the Colchester Film Festival just a few months ago, was last night pipped for an Oscar at the world's most glamorous film awards ceremony.
Young Director Daisy Jacobs and producer Chris Hees were nominated in the Animated Short Film category for their movie 'The Bigger Picture'.
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Just over a year ago Daisy, had just finished the film after 12 months of hard work and submitted her film to the Colchester Film Festival in October 2014.
Daisy had already won a Bafta for Best Animated Short but last night fell short of winning an award at Hollywood's most exclusive event.
The Bigger Picture has been a big hit on the festival circuit this year, receiving many screenings and accolades including at Cannes where it won the Cinefoundation Award.
Daisy said: "It's been a really great year. We've taken it to loads of festivals. It's been amazing to see how people react, we've been getting lots of really good feedback.
"Chris went to the screening at Colchester and said the reaction there was really great.
"Bafta have been very supportive and I am very grateful for all they have done for me."
Daisy studied illustration at Central St Martins in London and only studied animation in her last year there as an extra option.
She had a vision of turning the kind of art she liked doing into animated films, starting with The Bigger Picture, the making of which took up the second year of her time at the NFTS.
Most first-time animations are small-scale efforts, but Daisy was thinking bigger.
She added: "I wanted to have a go at painting on a large scale at film school. When I started working with the crew, we each worked out our own parts.
"The set was half a real room and half flat, so it presented issues with how we filmed. We got through it together through trial and error."
The themes behind The Bigger Picture were inspired by Daisy's own experience, as she explains:
"The story is loosely based on my family because my gran had Parkinson's and was very ill and in a wheelchair for the last two years of her life.
"So I wanted to look at a family and the problems there are with dealing with an elderly relative."
Find out more about The Bigger Picture at www.thebiggerpicture film.com/ and about how you can be a part of the Kickstarter campaign for Daisy's new film at www.kickstarter.com/projects/ 635231029/life-size-animated-film Submissions are now open for the Colchester Film Festival at http://colchesterfilmfestival.com/ submissions/
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