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Affairs of the Art

Beryl’s back in Affairs of the Art, which showcases one family’s eccentric yet endearing obsessions with everything from drawing to screw threads and pet taxidermy.
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How many obsessions can one family have? In Joanna Quinn and Les Mills’ Affairs of the Art, we reconnect with Beryl, the working-class heroine who not only reveals her own obsession with drawing but exposes the addictions of her eccentric family, which include pickling, screw threads and pet taxidermy.

Arts Psychology and Psychiatry Visual Arts Children and Youth Families Women All subjects
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  • cast
    Menna Trussler
    Joanna Quinn
    Brendan Charleson
    Mali Ann Rees
  • animation
    Joanna Quinn
    James Nutting
  • additional animation
    Marci Rojas
    Mia Rose Goddard
    Eliot Cseh
    Gemma Roberts
    Arjan Wilschut
    Alex Thompson
    Yoana Georgieva
    Jordan Alexander Davies
    Becky Peel
  • clean-up
    Marci Rojas
    Eliot Cseh
    Hannah Jones
    Bryony Evans
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • assisting
    Marci Rojas
    Eliot Cseh
    Hannah Jones
    Bryony Evans
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • colour design
    Les Mills
  • tvp colour design
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • compositing
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • AfterEffects compositing
    Francine Bresling
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • additional after effects compositing
    Daniel Evans
    Eliot Cseh
    Lauren Orme
  • editor
    Mia Rose Goddard
  • video post-production
    Gelert
  • voice recording
    John Hardy Music
    Gorilla TV LTd.
    Bang Post Production Ltd.
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • foley artist
    Nicolas Gagnon
  • re-recording mixer
    Paul McFadden
    Bang Post Production Ltd.
  • technical advisor
    Éloi Champagne
  • technical coordination
    Luc Binette
    Randall Finnerty
  • marketing
    Geneviève Bérard
    Émilie Ryan
  • administration
    Rosalina Di Sario
    Dominique Forget
    Faisal Moula
  • producer
    Michael Fukushima
    Les Mills
  • writer
    Les Mills
  • director
    Joanna Quinn
Affairs of the Art
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