Directed, written and animated by Neil Baker, Wish I Were There is an ode to the English seaside.
A compelling yet flawed window into the past, the short film shows that sentimentality doesn’t necessarily mean perfection.
Pleasantly paced and poetic, animated adventure of alliteration.
It’s always an impressive feat when a filmmaker clearly puts something that’s meaningful to them into their work but it’s all the more enjoyable when you can empathise with that particular story. And that is certainly the case here with this pleasantly paced and poetic, animated adventure of alliteration.
It has a nostalgic feel in both the subject matter and a style (the animated vintage camera format is a chef’s kiss) that is original but still wouldn’t feel out of place amongst pre-00s cartoons.
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