Between Hunters and Foxes - Animation Short - Australia

Through terror and trauma, a fox is snatched from the UK countryside and transported across the planet to a vastly different environment - Australia. After coming to terms with its vibrancy and exotic wildlife, the fox finally discovers why he has been brought here - bloodsport. Hounded down by huntsmen and brainwashed dogs across vast landscapes, there is seemingly no end to this sport, continuing to this day. Yet there is one group that stands in the way of this cruelty - the Melbourne Hunt Saboteurs. 

Director Ben Sinclair

Ben Sinclair began finding his passion for animation whilst at Kingston University, London. Experimenting with painterly and organic hand drawn animation, he now has 3 short films in his discography. After creating "Sabotaging Cruelty" and "Between Hunters and Foxes", the purpose of his work has begun to focus on raising awareness for environmental and wildlife issues.

​After creating 'Sabotaging Cruelty' in 2019, my love for creating animation to help wildlife was ignited.

​I aim for this work to raise awareness about issues and injustice against nature and to show how we can help it in such a crucial time for the planet.

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#Anifab judge's aggregate score for Between Hunters & Foxes is a 9.2 out of 10 with one judge writing the following, "Between Hunters & Foxes is a beautifully animated story about a terrible thing in Australia's history that most people haven't a clue about. However, it has all the elements of a universal story with epic history, good guys, and bad guys who think they're good guys, yet influential for sure. And a nefarious industry ripe for dissecting.  Sometimes the most incredible of things happen in the most mundane way right under our noses - and then become institutionalized. This short deserves the accolades its going to get."