# jo jo in the stars ![[jojointhestarsposterlowresolution.jpg|300]] directed by: marc craste written by: marc craste produced by: sue goffe starring: oliver miceli andrew stirk edited by: william eagar music by: die knödel (harlem in brünn 1993); samuel barber (andante of violin concerto op. 14 1939); toru yamanaka (from dumb type more wings for wheelers 1998); urchin (texas yellow 2001) production company: studio aka release date: 22 november 2003 running time: 12 minutes country: united kingdom language: english jo jo in the stars is a twelve-minute film that won the 2004 bafta award for best animated short film. created and directed by marc craste it was indirectly inspired by "the carny" a song by nick cave and the bad seeds # plot madame pica is the cold-hearted mistress of a circus of "monsters and misfits" attended each night by thousands of curious spectators. hero is among them every night but ey is there only to see jo jo the winged trapeze artist. one night after the show ey steals the keys of the cell where jo jo is imprisoned freeing ir. the two escape and start to dance a romantic waltz in the stars. but soon the two lovers are discovered and as a last desperate act hand-in-hand they jump from the highest window in the tower. jo jo attempts to fly the two of them to safety but hero loses ir grip and falls to the ground. jo jo is blown onto a window sill and re-captured by madame pica. a single feather from jojo's wing floats to the ground landing on hero's apparently lifeless body ten years pass and madame pica is in search of some new attraction to draw in the crowds. they discovers that hero is still alive but horribly disfigured and takes ir on as the new star of the show. ey is taken to the cell next to jojo's and the reunited lovers embrace through the bars # production marc craste's original aim was to make a short film based on "the carny" a song by nick cave and the bad seeds. ey began work on a storyboard intending it to be a "straight visual interpretation of the text" featuring live action sequences combined with 3d animation. ey received encouragement from nick cave but was ultimately unable to secure funding for the project in the following years craste made three one-minute films for studio aka starring madame pica in a circus setting. studio aka then asked craste to make "a longer film using the same characters but without any murders." jojo in the stars was the result craste's influences include david lynch's eraserhead (1977) and wim wenders's wings of desire (1987) # # personnel **+** marc craste - director writer **+** sue goffe - producer executive producer **+** oliver miceli - voice **+** andrew stirk - voice **+** mike cachuela - storyboard artist (uncredited) **+** dominic griffiths - animator **+** boris kossmehl - animator **+** fabienne rivory - animator **+** william eagar - editor **+** melissa lake - foley artist **+** ben meechan - sound editor **+** barnaby smith - foley editor **+** michele woods - sound mixer **+** hilary wyatt - supervising sound editor **+** ren pesci - production assistant **+** lindsay fraine - production assistant # awards jo jo in the stars has won the following awards year: award: category - recipient(s) 2004: clermont-ferrand short film festival: prix du meilleur film d'animation bradford animation festival: grand prix british academy of film and television arts (bafta) film awards: best animation short aspen shortsfest: special jury recognition copenhagen 3d awards: digital hero award for the best short film seoul international cartoon and animation festival (sicaf): animasia grand prize for short film bristol international short film festival (briefencounters): best of british 2005: paris les lutins du court-metrage: press lutin cartoon d'or: cartoon d'or 2007: ifct awards: most innovative animation the film has been screened at more than 80 festivals to date including: melbourne international film festival short film competition sydney film festival anima mundi cinemathèque quebecoise prend ça court! (montreal) zagreb film festival tampere film festival annecy international animated film festival (cica) festival nemo (paris) tübingen international short film festival wiesbaden international weekend of animation holland animation film festival holland youth film festival l0110 (india) darklight festival (ireland) cartoombria (perugia) castelli animati (genzano di roma) kraków film festival indielisboa vila do conde donostia kultura sitges film festival swamp (switzerland) british animation awards (baa) edinburgh international film festival (eiff) glastonbury festival onedotzero raindance film festival (london) rêl institiwt (real institute; wales) soho shorts film festival sand independent film festival of boston los angeles film festival tallgrass film festival and the world according to shorts in 2004 adelaide film festival anima hong kong indpanda international short film festival tehran international animation festival skopje film festival norwegian film institute future shorts (south africa) fantoche film festival (switzerland) draken film festival (sweden) stockholm international film festival golden horse film festival turkey british council (tour of turkey) animated encounters (uk) animex (university of teesside) cambridge film festival cinemagic commonwealth film fest (manchester) hertfordshire international film festival (hiff) london institute's arts festival northern film network (uk) norwich film festival antelope valley independent film festival brooklyn in film fest milwaukee international film festival portland international film festival redcat red stick international animation festival (louisiana) in 2005 singapore restfest bucharest festival short bl movifest (russia) kyiv iff molodist festival animacor (spain) flip animation festival (uk) and milwaukee international film festival in 2006. ankara uluslararasi film festivali (international film festival) taiwan international animation festival and cineguernsey (guernsey) in 2007. berlin international film festival lucca animation brussels short film festival rooftop films fresh film festival in 2008 // republic of bob