Animator is runner-up for a Bafta

Visible Mending was a runner up to Crab Day for the British short animation Bafta 2024

A film by a Shropshire director was one of two runners-up for the British Short Animation at the Baftas.

Visible Mending's creator, Samantha Moore, who lives in Shrewbury, said she taught herself to knit after her mother was diagnosed with dementia and began to lose her own knowledge of knitting.

The animation explores the healing power of knitting and "the immense power it has as a kind of solace", said Ms Moore.

Starting with a bus trip to Shrewbury library to find out where local knitting groups met, Ms Moore said that the nomination was a "massive validation" for her and her team.

Ms Moore said she spent three years hearing "incredible stories" from local knitters and wanted to do something with those stories.

On her next steps, she said she wants to go on to explore the healing power of knitting in a longer film.

The other nominations were Wild Summon, an animation following the life cycle of a salmon in human-form, and winner Crab Day.

Created by Bartosz Stanislawek, Ross Stringer and Aleksandra Sykulak, Crab Day is about a boy who refuses to kill a crab during a coming of age ritual.

"I think there's a lot to be said about the power of standing up for what you believe in," said Ross Stringer, speaking at the Bafta awards ceremony.

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