she s a factory worker who loves art and it s hard not to be entirely charmed by her. joanna certainly is. she s been drawing beryl since college. this is where she created tens of thousands of images of beryl and her family for the film. it s a lot of work, you know. because we still use pencil and paper. and digital takes over after that but most people work digitally throughout the process so they don t have original artwork any more. so that s one of the reasons why. is a really nice to have original artwork. and that s one of the reasons why we are really pleased to get nominated because in this world of digital shininess, it s a hand drawn film. boxes of drawings for affairs of the art line the walls here. les wrote and produced it, joanna drew the story. all helped by a group of university graduates. a six year long labour of love made in cardiff.
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