Too much of everything

Beautiful, moving film.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

"Jojo in the Stars" is a black-and-white animated short film from 2003 that won Marc Craste his BAFTA and I must say I am a bit surprised by that as this is really not a great watch. Voice acting and atmosphere are okay and I don't mind the animation either (without loving it, but that is entirely subjective). However, the story aspect here is very forgettable. The occasional intertitle sequences are almost more interesting than the actual action in here. I cannot say I am surprised to see that Craste has not worked in film for a long time, at least according to his IMDb profile and has never made it big despite his early success with this awards-winning movie here. I do not see too much talent. Thumbs down. Don't watch. A good story is the most essential aspect of a film, especially an animated film and this one is not convincing.

This is a truly unusual film--so very different from the tons of animated films I've seen in recent weeks. You see, I've been watching many Oscar winning animated shorts and decided to watch some BAFTA winners and nominees as well. JOJO IN THE STARS won the BAFTA award for Best Short Animation.What is most immediately striking is the look of the film. Despite being all in black and white, the film grabs your eye because the CG characters are so unusual and other-worldly. It's so odd world totally unlike ours yet it is still one to which you can emotionally connect. Much of this is helped by a fantastic musical score--very haunting and sad a perfect complement to this animated film.As for the story, it's a sad little tale of a creature that falls for a "freak" who can fly because unlike the other creatures she has wings. Where it all goes from there, you'll just need to see for yourself. Suffice to say that the story is sad yet very lyrical and touching. A masterful film that improves after repeated viewings.

I thought it was done well. I loved the artistic execution, and the 3d texturing and composition was very good, as was the animation. However I thought the theme was a bit un-original. I mean, a freak show, and a love story. It's alright, but it seemed like they were trying too hard to be quirky, and came off looking as though they have stolen a few concepts from elsewhere. I'm not saying that they have stolen ideas from anyone, just that the overall feeling of the film has been done many times in this kind of media. Other than that I did like it, good character design (mostly), but to be honest, I'm sure there were more worthy animations to receive the BAFTA. 6/10

Evocative short film that recalls the visual expressionism of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. The story is so visual that I felt the dialog was not necessary and were a little distracting and cartoon-like. The storyline is simple. yet the film achieves an incredible poetic-fairy-tale atmosphere with the amazing design of its 3D B&W animation. Eerie and beautiful short, not to be missed for fans of German expressionism and 3D animation. It's a great piece of work and deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. I hope it makes it as an extra in one of this director's future feature films.