We recently had the chance to chat with the writers and directors behind Aau’s Song, one of the best shorts in Star Wars: Visions Volume 2.
On this episode of Everything is Canon, Steve talks with Nadia Darries and Daniel Clarke, the co-writers/co-directors of Aau’s Song, one of the incredible shorts from Volume 2 of Star Wars: Visions, which was released on May 4th. They talk about every facet of Aau’s Song, from conception to release, working at Triggerfish, and what it was like entering the Star Wars galaxy for the first time.
This second anthology of animated shorts from around the world celebrates the mythos of Star Wars through unique cultural lenses. The shorts included in Volume 2 were created by the following international animation studios: El Guiri (Spain), Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Punkrobot (Chile), Aardman (United Kingdom), Studio Mir (South Korea) Studio La Cachette (France), 88 Pictures (India), D’art Shtajio (Japan), and Triggerfish (South Africa). D’Art Shtajio’s short was created in collaboration with Lucasfilm Ltd. (United States).
About the Creators
Nadia Darries is a director, animator and co-founder of Goon Valley Animation, with an avocation for songwriting. Born in the Cape Flats in South Africa, Darries has worked on high-end animated film and motion design as an animator, project manager, creative director and director since 2015. Her experience includes animating at Triggerfish Animation Studios on the award-winning BBC films Stick Man, Revolting Rhymes, and Highway Rat.
Daniel Clarke is a Cape Town-based director and artist working in animation, film and illustration. He started his career in animation in 2008 at Triggerfish Animation Studios, where he has served as production designer, art director and director on projects such as the feature film Khumba, BBC’s Stick Man, and The Snail and the Whale. In 2018, along with James Clarke and Daniel Snaddon, he completed the graphic novel Kariba.
Star Wars: Visions – Volume 2 is streaming now on Disney Plus!
