PEACE OF HEART
WRITTEN, DIRECTED & ANIMATED BY
PRODUCED BY
Misha McCullagh
LOGLINE
After remembering a family-woven island tale, young Ailsa ventures into a dreamlike world, in search of her absent father and a way to heal their hearts.
PEACE OF HEART is the story of Ailsa, a young girl who lives in a coastal village with her mum. After being asked to write a short story in school, Ailsa remembers an old island tale her mum used to tell whenever she asked about her dad.
Mum said he moved across the sea to an island far away, where he buried his heart and changed who he was. Ailsa’s imaginative interpretation of the story leads her to believe that her Dad also took a piece of their hearts with him and she is determined to get them back.
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Through a dreamlike sequence, Ailsa flies to the island, surrounded by seabirds. On the beach there, she finds a few familiar items belonging to her Dad. When she encounters a human-sized seagull version of him, Ailsa bravely faces the truth and in doing so finds the closure that makes their hearts whole again.
CAST
Introducing
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As Ailsa
Helena Creaney
CREW
Writer, Director, Animator
Producer
Consulting Producer
Director of Photography
Editor
Music by
Cello performed by
Sound Designer
Voice Over Recordist
Design Consultant
Production Designer & Set Maker
Set Makers
Puppet & Costume Maker
Model Maker
Animation Assistant
Additional Model Making
Stills Photographer
Poster Design
Trailer Editor​​​​
Ana Songel
Misha McCullagh
Paula Poveda-Urrutia
Andrew O'Connor
David Hunter
Mark Hendry
Juliette Lemoine
Heather Andrews
David McKeitch
Ryan Clachrie
Erin Frances Hamill
Lara Jones and Erika-Jane Martin
Andrea Casadevall Bover
Kirsteen Lyth
Angus Lamont
David Black
Kevin J Thomson
Lauryn McCorkell
Molly Neill
FOR BLAZING GRIFFIN
Production Manager
Production Assistant
Executive Producers
Serena Gardner
Alex Baker
Lauren Lamarr
Naysun Alae-Carew
Nic Crum
Post Manager
Visual Effects
DI Technician
Colourist & Online Editor
Facility Runners​​​
Rebecca Morrow
Alice Smith and Sam Goodwin
Sotiris Gennatos
Taryn Calverey
Fin Bain, Rachael Bulloch,
Louis Darnell, Rebecca Margey and
Sumaya Moustafa
FOR SHORT CIRCUIT
Executive Producers
Training & Inclusion Lead
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Executive Producer​​​
Gillian Berrie
Tiernan Kelly
Miriam Newman
Wilma Smith
Rachel Wilson
FOR SCREEN SCOTLAND
Sean Greenhorn​​​
WITH THANKS TO
Iria Pizania, Josephine Lohoar Self, William Cory, Scott Paterson, Graham Colvan, Lauren Docherty, Philip Jones, Victoria Watson, Sueann Rochester, Eleanor Stewart, Selina Wagner, Craig Anderson, Calum Philip,
Greg Peebles, Urban Office, Assumption Studios, Lesley Logan, Lauren O’Neill, Lissa Li and Prasaad Borkar.
Screen Scotland and BFI Network in association with Short Circuit present
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO
