Directed by Richard Shaw
Director of photography: Antony Morris
Music by David Brennan
Cast: Andy Serkis, Peter Lord, Emma Calder, Vera Linnecar
Genre: documentary
Production: Unity House Productions

John and Joy, a Jewish immigrant from Hungary and a working class woman from Watford, fell in love and started to draw. Their works contributed to Britain’s victory in the Second World War and they made the first feature-length animation in British film history, Animal Farm. This is the fascinating story of the world-famous animation couple John Halas and Joy Batchelor.

Supporting films:
Music Man (English, Directed by Joy Batchelor, John Halas), 1938, 8’
Dilemma (English, Directed by Eric Brown, John Halas), 1981, 11’