Empty Little People

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Empty little people, with an insatiable thirst for tea... begin running out of tea, on All Hallows' Eve.

2 min - 2D animated short - 2021

Written and Directed by Josh O’Caoimh and Mikai Geronimo

Written and Directed by Josh O’Caoimh and Mikai Geronimo

Produced by Alan Holly

Character Designs and Art Direction by Josh O’Caoimh and Mikai Geronimo

Backgrounds by Josh O’Caoimh

Animation by Josh O’Caoimh, Mikai Geronimo, Alan Holly

Compositing by Jack O’Shea

Clean up by Deither Kirby Jay

Music composed and performed by Shane Holly

Sound design and mix by Paul Finan

Narration and Voices by Gina Moxley

Voice recording by Tony Kiernan

Studio production manager Carla Vulpiani

Executive Producer for RTÉ Eimear O’Mahony

Special thanks to Mary Coughlan, Tony Russell, Zia Bergin-Holly, Nathan Ó Cuilinn, Claire Lennon, Carina Clare, Rory Byrne, Ronan McMeel, Aisling Conroy

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Empty Little People was commissioned by RTÉ

Nominated for Best Music - Irish Animation Awards 2023

SCREENINGS


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Sept 6-10 - WFAF Varna - Varna, Bulgaria

Jun 2-4 - Framed - Groningen, The Netherlands

May 18-20 - Animatriks - Helsinki, Finland

Mar 24-2 Apr - Kaboom Animation Festival - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Feb 17-26 - Anima, The Brussels Animation Festival - Brussels, Belgium


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Dec 4-11 - Zubroffka International Short Film Festival - Białystok & Podlachia, Poland

Nov 23-27 - Anilogue - Budapest, Hungary

Nov 11 - Cork Internation Film Festival - Cork, Ireland

Nov 3-12 - Belfast Film Festival - Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Oct 28-31 - LIVING CANVAS - Wilton Park, Dublin, Ireland

Oct 28-13 Nov - Edinburgh Short Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

Oct 21-30 - FILMETS Badalona Film Festival - Badalona, Spain

Oct 12-16 - OFFLINE - Birr, Offaly, Ireland

Oct 7-16 - Animest - Bucharest, Romania

Sept 30-9 Oct - Galway Cartoon Festival - Galway, Ireland

Sept 29-2 Oct - Animation Volda Festival - Volda, Norway

Sept 23-1 Oct - Galician Freaky Film Festival (GFFF) - Vigo, Galicia

Aug 16-19 - Animist Tallinn - Tallin, Finland

Aug 5-13 - Docu Kids section at the 21st DokuFest Film Festival - Prizren, Kosovo


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Televised

Oct 31 - RTÉ One - Ireland

Oct 25 & 30 - RTÉ 2 - Ireland

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