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        Face to Face

        Marking time on a face, a swift, bleak portrait of a man from cradle to grave.

        Animation & Artists Moving Image 1981 3 mins

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        Overview

        A performance in pastel, this swiftly drawn, ever-changing portrait with sound by South Shields animator Sheila Graber layers history and time on a face. From a cry at birth to chilling silence, the torrent of images remind us of our fate at an unsettling speed. Just β€˜a brief flicker between two great silences’. Face to Face screened at the London Film Festival in 1983 and won a BBC Best Animation Award in 1984.