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  • Caitlin Rooney
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Garfield. Dir. Peter Hewitt. 20th Century Fox. 2004.
Garfield. Dir. Peter Hewitt. 20th Century Fox. 2004. 659 332 Caitlin Rooney

This 2004 family comedy revolves around Garfield, a lazy, lasagna-loving cat who has the perfect life with his owner, Jon. Accustomed to luxury treatment, lavish meals and relying on his…

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Bait. Dir. Mark Jenkin. British Film Institute. 2019.
Bait. Dir. Mark Jenkin. British Film Institute. 2019. 1000 702 Lucy Gravil

Core to Mark Jenkin’s 2019 film, Bait, is a narrative depicting the gentrification of the coastal land and community in Cornwall. Following Martin, a local fisherman, Jenkin’s film emphasises how…

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Song of the Sea. Dir. Tomm Moore. StudioCanal. 2014
Song of the Sea. Dir. Tomm Moore. StudioCanal. 2014 1920 1040 Kirsty Laverack

Figure 1 – Film poster Song of the Sea is full of magic, mystery and mayhem. Ben, a ten year old Irish boy, discovers that his mute sister Saoirse is…

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How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Dir. Ron Howard. Universal Pictures.2000.
How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Dir. Ron Howard. Universal Pictures.2000. 602 397 Eve Bayliss

For as much as this film teaches us about the meaning of Christmas, it equally teaches us about the relation humans hold with animals, through both interaction and perception. The…

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  • Carys O'Callaghan Goodley
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Wendy and Lucy, Dir. Kelly Reichardt, Oscilloscope Pictures (2008)
Wendy and Lucy, Dir. Kelly Reichardt, Oscilloscope Pictures (2008) 1024 427 Carys O'Callaghan Goodley

A Photo of Lucy who stands at the front of the shot panting, and her owner Wendy who stands behind her, separated by a chain-linked fence. (1) Wendy and Lucy…

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  • Caitlin Rooney
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Dir. Raja Gosnell. Walt Disney Pictures. 2008.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Dir. Raja Gosnell. Walt Disney Pictures. 2008. 736 491 Caitlin Rooney

Figure 1: Panning shot of the dogs’ being served In Beverly Hills Chihuahua, the superiority and entitlement of animals are used as tropes to represent Chloe the chihuahua and her…

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  • Sophie Anderson
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Babe (1995) directed by Chris Noonan
Babe (1995) directed by Chris Noonan 150 150 Sophie Anderson

The 1995 edition of Babe directed by Chris Noonan presents Babe the pig to be defined by the type of relationship he has with humans. The relationship in this film…

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Rio. Dir. by Carlos Saldanha. Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Animation. 2011.
Rio. Dir. by Carlos Saldanha. Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Animation. 2011. 1280 720 Jasmine Allen

Opening with the vibrant celebration of colours and exotic sounds of the Brazilian rainforest, our focus is drawn to a nervous exotic baby macaw bird called Blu who plucks up…

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Corpse Bride. Tim Burton. Warner Brothers. 2005.
Corpse Bride. Tim Burton. Warner Brothers. 2005. 2048 1105 Lili Cave

‘In the act of othering, what is projected onto the other is all that must be refused in constructing the identity of the self’[1]. Consequently, establishing a human/animal binary often…

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  • Isabella Healey
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Luca. Dir. Enrico Casarosa. Pixar Animation Studios. 2021
Luca. Dir. Enrico Casarosa. Pixar Animation Studios. 2021 150 150 Isabella Healey

At what point is a fish-out-of-water no longer a fish? Many films can be described as ‘fish-out-of-water’ stories, but very few take this as literally as Disney Pixar’s Luca. Our eponymous character…

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