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title: "Dick Arnall | Finetake Productions"
description: "Finetake Productions, Dick Arnall's animation production company: producer of Robert Bradbrook's Home Road Movies and of animate!, the Arts Council England and Channel 4 scheme."
canonical: https://finetake.com/
author: Dick Arnall
dateModified: 2026-07-03
---

![Finetake Productions](https://finetake.com/finetakelogosmall.gif)

## Robert Bradbrook's **Home Road Movies**

![Home Road Movies still - French Road](https://finetake.com/homeroadmovies01.jpg)

## Home Road Movies

The real-life story of a shy and awkward father who desperately wanted the family car to make him a better parent. A vivid family history woven from innovative and atmospheric computer animation and treated album photographs, with Bill Paterson in live-action as the father.

**"a truly breathtaking film"** Museum of Modern Art, New York

**"one of the most intriguing shorts ever"** RES Magazine

See more about the film at the [British Council film database](https://filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org/projects/home-road-movies).

### Festival awards

- **Cartoon d'Or** Best European Animated Film 2002
- **Grand Prize** Ottawa International Animation Festival
- **The Special Jury Prize** Annecy International Animation Festival
- **Best Animated Short** Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival
- **Best Animated Short** Nashville Independent Film Festival
- **Best Short Film** Imago 2002: International Young Film & Video Festival, Covilhã
- **Best Animation Award** Mediawave 02: Györ International Festival of Media Arts
- **Most Innovative Film (Animation)** Aspen Shortsfest
- **Best Short Film** Raindance Film Festival, London
- **Gold Award, Best Animation** Houston World-Fest
- **Best Animated Short Film** Cleveland International Film Festival
- **The Special Jury Prize** Uppsala International Short Film Festival
- **Centaur Award, Best Animation** Message to Man International Film Festival, St Petersburg
- **Best European Film** I Castelli Animati: Int'l Animated Film Festival, Genanzo di Roma
- **Best Animated Film** Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, London
- **ASIFA Award for Best Animation** L'Alternativa: Festival of Independent Cinema, Barcelona
- **RTP Short Wave Prize** Vila Do Conde Short Film Festival
- **AnyZone Award** Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht
- **Special Mention of the Jury** European Short Film Festival, Brest
- **BAFTA nomination (Short Animation)** British Academy Film Awards
- **Most Creative Use of New Technologies** finalist, British Animation Awards
- **Audience Award** Animated Encounters: Bristol Animation Film Festival
- **Audience Award** runner-up, RESFEST World Tour
- **Special Mentions** FIPRESCI & FICC Juries, Krakow International Documentary & Short Film Festival
- **Honourable Mentions** International Competition, Hamburg International Short Film Festival / Bitfilm Festival, Hamburg International Short Film Festival / Vila Do Conde Short Film Festival

## animate!

Until the death of [Dick Arnall](https://dickarnall.com/) in February 2007 Finetake also produced [animate!](https://animate.finetake.com/), funded by Arts Council England and Channel 4, that is now produced by [Animate Projects](https://animateprojects.org/).

## For more information

Finetake's films are listed on [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0117851) and [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/company/104439).

Contact [Marjut](https://marjutrimminen.com/) or [Timo](https://www.elasticspace.com/).