This year’s San Diego Comic-Con will feature a panel and screening of “The Grave of Saint Oran,” a stopmotion animation directed by Jim Batt, written and narrated by Neil Gaiman. Check out the official press release:
Panel + Screening at San Diego Comic Con July 23, 2022
Followed by International Multi-Platform Release
Two weeks prior to Neil Gaiman’s highly anticipated “Sandman” series on Netflix
Master storyteller Neil Gaiman narrates this strange tale of saintly murder and the dark history behind the chapel on the island of Iona. The story is brought to life by two time Emmy-nominated director Jim Batt with beautifully illustrated paper cutouts, meticulously animated using stopmotion techniques and in-camera visual effects
The Grave of Saint Oran is a short stopmotion animation, beautifully illustrated with paper cutouts meticulously hand animated frame by frame. Based on a mix of legend and history of the small Scottish island of Iona, the film weaves a path back and forth between the real and the imagined, through time, history, and our eternal efforts to grasp at the deeper mysteries of the unknown. It tells the tale of two saints who sail to the island of Iona, and attempt to build a chapel. However, things don’t go smoothly and the ritual murder of one saint by the other begins a chain of events that brings into question everything they believe in.
Website: www.thegraveofsaintoran.com
Social Media: twitter.com/graveofstoraninstagram.com/graveofsaintoran
July 23 – Location/Time to be released shortly
Panelists include: Director Jim Batt
Animator Josh Mahan – The Grave of Saint Oran
Cat Mihos – Co-Founder and Vice President, The Blank Corporation
Paul Roman Martinez – Comic Book Artist/Neil Gaiman’s A Calendar of Tales
David Mack – Artist/Author, Cover Artist/ Neil Gaiman’s American Gods