Aliyah Harfoot

BIOGRAPHIE

[EN] Aliyah Harfoot is a Welsh Animation Director. She previously studied Animation and Illustration at Kingston University before developing her directing skills at the National Film and Television School. As a mixed media director, she is striving to push the boundaries with original, creative animation. Currently she is exploring the combination of stop motion, hand drawn and paper cutout animation. Approaching her films with intuition and spontaneity, guided by the tactile nature of the animation process. The use of ambiguity in Aliyah's work allows audiences to project their own personal experiences onto the character and truly empathise. Drawing on her personal experiences, themes of identity are at the heart of her work. Her debut film ‘Liminal Roots' explores the complexities of mixed raced identity, taking inspiration from her own upbringing. For Aliyah animation is a means to convey emotions that are difficult to express purely through words.

FILMOGRAPHIE