EIFF 2015: Ainslie Henderson wins McLaren Award for Stems
At the 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival the winner of the 2015 McLaren Award for British Animated Short film has been announced. Director Ainslie Henderson has taken home the award for his short film Stems a stop motion short film in which animated creatures made from found objects, create music amongst themselves whilst under the short but sweet spell of animation.
The music for the short film was produced by Poppy Ackroyd. Henderson was presented the award and £1000 prize money by EIFFs Master of Animation Barry Purves.
Barry Purves, Ainslie Henderson, McLaren Award for Best New British Animation, 26 June, EIFF 2015. Photographer: Pako Mera, © EIFF, Edinburgh International Film Festival All Rights Reserved
To get a feel of the other films in the competition you can catch our reviews of strand one here and strand two here.