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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2002 - 20.27 July

Sections & Films

THUNDER PIG

Category: Edition 2002

Synopsis
Our planet is in peril, threatened by collision from a speeding asteroid. Worse, global superhero Thunder Pig has taken to his bed, overwhelmed with misery at the state of his coiffure - in this five-minute pilot for Nickelodeon. Can the super-porker get a radical rug rethink and save the planet in this pizza-fueled tale of donuts and disaster?

Original Title Thunder Pig
Category Official Competition
Section First Screens
Tipology Animation, Short Film
Duration 5'
Production Year 2002
Directed by Ange Palethorpe
Screenplay Keith Graves, Robert Moreland
Original Voices Stephen Mangan, Michael McShane

 regista ange palethorpeANGE PALETHORPE

Ange is a graduate of both the Royal College of Art, London and the National Film and TV School, Beaconsfield. She is a talented Artist & Designer, Animator and Director who has directed commercials in both the UK and USA.Her clients and brands include Kellogg’s AppleJacks, Heinz Tomato Ketchup and Nabisco Chip’s Ahoy! and Birds Eye.