Pairing her darkly imaginative animation style with live-action scenes shot in Montauk, New York, Julia Pott's latest short brings to life Tom Chivers' poem of a young couple that must resort to primitive acts to survive the ensuing chaos of a tragic event.

Featuring hand-drawn pencil animation motion tracked to live-action footage, The Event was created for Random Acts, a short-form daily arts strand on Channel 4.

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