Yoav Segal

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  • The Battle of Cable Street (8 mins) :: Winner of The UK Jewish Short Film Fund script competition about Yoav's grandfather who helped organise the Battle of Cable Street against Mosley in London's East End in 1936. A mixture of animation and HD live action. Winner of the Discovery channel Best HD film at DC Shorts, and official selection in Chicago International FF, Palm Springs Short FF, Encounters, East End Film Fest, LA Shorts Fest, Sienna FF, Rhodes Island International and many more. It was also accepted onto the BAFTA list and they now house a master of the film for cultural purposes.
  • The Battle of Cable Street clip (1.09 mins) :: A short clip from the middle of the film for those with less time (or attention span).
  • Credits :: Inspired by the memories of Ubby Cowan

Grandfather - Leon Lissek
Danny - Sami Chaoui 

Writer & Director - Yoav Segal
Producers - Kirsten McFie and David Balfour
Executive Producers - Jonny Persey and Yoav Segal
Editor - Ben Campbell
Lead Animator - Asaf Agranat
Lead Rotoscoper - Adrianno Gazza
Sound Designer - Christopher Wilson
Composer - Matthew Davidson

Script Editor - Kate Leys
Associate Producer - Imke Ferhmann
Production Manager Victoria Paling
1st AD - Barry "Genghis" Wasserman
2nd AD - Matt Ridley
3rd AD - Charlotte Piddington

Cinematographer - David Raedeker
Steadicam Operator - Pete Murray
Focus Puller - Tony Kaye
Grip - Hu Wey
Gaffer - Duncan Riedl

Costume Designer - Jules Goldsmith
Art Department Assistants - Alice Hoult, Sam Pullen
Location Manager - Mick Rattman
Continuity - Sarah-Jane Davis
Sound Recordist - Steve Chaplin
Set Runners - Becky McCray, Jonathan Singers, Gary Welsh.
Production Runner - Alex Hoque
Stills Photographer - Jason Larkin

Animation Team

Production Manager - Juliet Williams
Lead Animator - Asaf Agranat
Animators - Yoav Segal, Catia Peres
Lead Rotoscope - Adriano Gazza
Rotoscopers - Yoav Segal, Felix Whitechapel
Online Editor - John Myers
Colourist - Mark Horrigan
  • Storyboard thumbnails 01 :: Some of the storyboard panels that went into planning the film.
  • Storyboard thumbnails 02 :: Some of the storyboard panels that went into planning the film.
  • Moodboard 01 :: A moodboard prepared to show how the feel would feel throughout the scenes. 
Originally created to work out the colour scheme, and when the film become monochrome it was used to trace the emotional changes between the scenes.
  • Moodboard 02 :: A moodboard prepared to show how the feel would feel throughout the scenes. Originally created to work out the colour scheme, and when the film become monochrome it was used to trace the emotional changes between the scenes.
  • Rotoscoping breakdown :: The original HD film frame and then how it's look after the hand painting of the painted finish.
  • Film Festivals :: Winner of the best HD film at DC shorts in Washington. This slide has several of the 30 festivals the film was shown in as part of the official selection.

The Battle of Cable Street (8 mins)

Winner of The UK Jewish Short Film Fund script competition about Yoav's grandfather who helped organise the Battle of Cable Street against Mosley in London's East End in 1936. A mixture of animation and HD live action. Winner of the Discovery channel Best HD film at DC Shorts, and official selection in Chicago International FF, Palm Springs Short FF, Encounters, East End Film Fest, LA Shorts Fest, Sienna FF, Rhodes Island International and many more. It was also accepted onto the BAFTA list and they now house a master of the film for cultural purposes.