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About Splash Animations

Splash Animations is the creation of two people from very different backgrounds.

HAVI IBRAHIM

Havi Ibrahim

STUART PALMER

Stuart Palmer

Havi Ibrahim is a Kurd. He finished his education in Duhok, Kurdistan, and then studied Fine Art at the Duhok Instute of Fine Art, where he graduated. Now he studies at the University of Lincoln for Art and Design in England.

In Kurdistan, Havi worked in many areas of the arts and media. In art, with a group of four fellow students, he constructed four large statues in Duhok and the surrounding area, such as The Work and the Reward, Mother Sherin, Duban’s Milkmaid and the two statues of students in front of the University of Duhok.

He also used to design and illustrate for Dicle Magazine, which nowadays is called Nubon.

In the media, he was a member of the Union of Kurdish Writers in Duhok, and used to write articles, reports, interviews and select art articles for Dicle Magazine. He worked as a freelance journalist, writing articles for a variety of publications in Duhok city.

Stuart Palmer is British. He is a professional writer with many short stories published in Britain, America, Australia and Canada, as well as on the world wide web. He writes a monthly column for Writing Magazine, a magazine for and about writers. He is also a professional animator and has done work for the BBC (DVD division) as well as many amateur productions that are distributed across the world.

He studied Theology at Hull University and, when he graduated, he decided to stay in the city he had come to love. Since that time he has been a singer and songwriter with a rock band, a writing tutor, and a model, as well as writing everything from humour to horror, from romance to articles.

Splash Animations is a dream come true for Stuart, who can now combine almost all of his passions into creating one unique and memorable project... whilst looking forward to many more to come.

SPLASH ANIMATIONS

Soon after meeting on a course, Havi and Stuart became firm friends, With common interests in art and animation, they decided to work together to create something unique and worthwhile that would be appreciated by the Kurdish community and lead to a broader understanding of Kurdish culture. To the best of their knowledge, this film will be the first computer-generated animation in Kurdish.

They approached the Goodwin Development Trust in search of funding to see them through the yearlong animation process, but the Goodwin Development Trust was so taken with the idea they decided to join them in developing the project.

Havi and Stuart intend The Legend of Kawa the Blacksmith to be the first of many such animated Kurdish films, and the foundation on which Splash Animations continues to build, and they are already making plans for their second film together. It promises to be bigger and even more ambitious than their current project. However, they are remaining secretive at the moment about what that second film might be about.

 

 

 

 

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