The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead

The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead (2014)

After their home is destroyed, Boxhead & Roundhead must head to the big city to battle red tape, rent, rats and the rat race to get it back. Art and industry, friendship and foul play are all in the mix in this, the first feature length Boxhead & Roundhead stressful adventure.

Date of release
2014-10-03
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Animation
Director
Elliot Cowan

Casting

Interesting facts

The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead is a 2014 American-Romanian computer-animated independent film written, produced and directed by Elliot Cowan in his directorial debut. Based on Cowan's titular characters, Boxhead and Roundhead were initially conceived as part of a children's picture book project, but were later adapted into a series of nine short films. The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead had its world premiere at the Melbourne International Animation Festival on 20 June 2014.

Production

The characters of Boxhead and Roundhead were created by Elliot Cowan as part of a children's picture book project. Cowan envisioned Boxhead and Roundhead as stoic companions who endure dreadfulness, continuing to love each other in a world that hates them. When the book failed to be picked up by a publisher, Cowan developed the characters into a series of nine short films. He then saw a feature film as the next logical step for the characters.

Companies in Australia and Canada initially expressed interest in the project, however nothing ultimately came from it. A small amount of funding was then allocated to the project by the Romanian Film Office. Cowan created the characters in AfterEffects, with the rest of the animation done in Adobe Flash. Minor characters were animated by Lyla Ribot and several of Cowan's animation students. Cowan was also received assistance from Neil Ross.

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