New short films from director Eoin Duffy are always a treat and his latest, the emotionally complex adventure Regular Rabbit, finds his signature mix of minimalist characters and surreal narrative posing the big question, “What is truth?”

Eoin Duffy: “Over a period of six months, producer Jamie Hogan and I refined the script and storyboards using multiple test animatics. Then, due to budget constraints, a two-person team handled the visuals.

“I created and animated the backgrounds in Blender 3D, while character animator Henrique Barone animated the 2D characters in Adobe Animate. These elements were then combined in After Effects using a convoluted camera export script. It was a challenge, but we wanted to create a rich textured cinematic world with a micro team of two.

“Regular Rabbit is a comically absurd animated short that features the booming voice of Rory McCann, best known for his role as The Hound in Game of Thrones, adding an unmatched intensity to the story which follows an innocent rabbit ensnared in a web of disinformation.”

The film has screened at 60+ film festivals including Tribeca, Annecy, Pictoplasma, and Newport Beach and won top awards at the Portland and Oxford International Film Festivals.
 
 

 
Production: Studio Belly
Writer/Director: Eoin Duffy
Producer: Jamie Hogan
Character Animator: Henrique Barone
Designer/3D Animator: Eoin Duffy
Additional 3D Modeling: Elvair Lima, Win Brookhouse, Bi Wochan, Richard Edwards, Zedman, Foundations of Pause, Sandwich, 3d Files, Devre design
Production assistant: Fergal O’Brien
Legal: Simon Shire
Accounting: Dave Sheehan

Composer: Leo Pearson
Music Supervisor: Gavin Little
Sound Design/Mix: Gavin Little
VO: Rory McCann

Funding: Screen Ireland, RTE