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A career musician reflects on a lifetime of creativity, and an incredibly lucky break.
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Rob Alderson

November 2023

Learning to Swim
A Syrian refugee finds solace in the leafy British suburbs
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Rob Alderson

October 2023

Girl in the Hallway
An agonising animation about a horrible crime and one man's haunting regret
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Rob Alderson
12:15
Two women meet on Zoom every day during the Covid lockdown.
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Rob Alderson

September 2023

Jonah Stands Up
A fearless New Orleans activist and comedian faces his mortality.
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Rob Alderson
Ok Chlöe
A finessed portrait of New Zealand's youngest politician.
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Rob Alderson

August 2023

Ball People
Inside the ball crew try-outs for the US Open tennis tournament.
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Rob Alderson
Johnny's Home
A perfect short animation about one man's return from prison.
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Rob Alderson
Belongings
A writer returns to his late mother's, possibly haunted, house.
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Rob Alderson
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July 2023

The Beauty President
In 1992, an activist drag queen ran for President to raise awareness of the Aids crisis.
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Rob Alderson
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The Happiest Guy In the World
Is the man who lives on a cruise ship really winning at life?
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Rob Alderson

June 2023

Lowland Kids
A tight-knit family faces up to being America's first climate change refugees.
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Rob Alderson
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