Through snakey dildos, setting boundaries and a journey through a mind bending forest, we follow Siro’s quest for self discovery.

Film by Inari Sirola
Royal College of Art 2020

Distribution
Miyu Distribution

Voice actor - Susie Scott
Sound Design - Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
Additional Sound - Ansso An (Mellow Blush) & Ben Price
Music - Ansso An (Mellow Blush) & Ben Price
Animation - Inari Sirola
Animation assistant - Miho Katano
Clean up & Colouring - Dimitris Armenakis, Ali Aschman, Ashley Back, Lewis Herries, Miho Katano, Katia Kush, Eric Larsson, Romy Matar, Inari Sirola Stereo Sound Mix - Mikolaj Szatko
Thank You - My RCA animation family, Ansso An, Ruanth Thyssen, Ben Price, Juha Potka, Mum Riitta & Sis Kiira, Kumyl Saied, Miyu, Dimitris Armenakis, Ali Aschman, Ashley Back, Lewis Herries, Miho Katano, Katia Kush, Eric Larsson, Romy Matar, Pixel st flat mates, Aino Hihhuli Hynynen, Kyoto City University of Arts fellows & 日本の友達, Tim Webb, Edwin Rostron and other RCA tutors

Awards & Festivals

Best of British: Animation Award Winner - Encounters Film Festival

Best Post-Grad film Nominee - British Animation Award

Annecy
Kaboom Animation Festival
Animateka
Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
Copenhagen Short Film Festival
LSFF - London Short Film Festival
Animocje
Homografía | Homography
Black Movie - Festival International de Films Indépendants
Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne
TAF - Thessaloniki Animation Festival
Prague Short Film Festival
TAFF - Turku Animated Film Festival
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival
Animafilm - Baku International Animation Festival
Anifilm - International Festival of Animated Films
NZIFF - New Zealand International Film Festival
Tampere Film Festival
Animation Dingle
British Shorts Film Festival
LIAF - London International Animation Festival
GIRAF - Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival Animac - Monstra Internacional de Cinema d'Animacio de Catalunya
Anibar Animation Festival
BAA - British Animation Awards
Bit Bang International Festival
Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival

Trailer for my Royal Collage of Art MA short film 'CRAZY' (2019)

Sound design - Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
Actors - Naomi Astaurian - Julian Sandoval
Music - sp00ns

Royal College of Art 2019

Festival screenings

British Shorts 2021 (Germany)
Pictoplasma 2020 (Germany)
Encounters Film Festival 2020 (UK)
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival 2020 (USA)
London International Animation Festival 2020 (UK)
Animac 2020 (Spain)
PÖFF Shorts 2020 (Estonia)
TOPU International Animation Week 2020 (China)

Any inquiries of this film, contact Miyu Distribution.

Animation by Inari Sirola
Sound by Ben Price

Commissioned by Giphy Arts / Giphy

Directed and animated by Inari Sirola

Discovery is a film by Inari Sirola that SEED Animation commissioned through our pilot scheme called Fresh AIR - an Artist In Residence scheme that invites emerging animators to create a short film based on a one-word brief, ‘Discovery’. Fresh AIR aims to provide new artists with a platform to explore a theme, while working in a nurturing environment. The films are intended to reflect that creative freedom.

Incorporating Inari’s trademark style and intriguing outlook on life, her film peels all the flimflam off toxic masculinity and reveals the bare reality behind it.

Read SEED Animation’s interview with Inari on our website: seedanimation.com/video-inari-discovery

Film by Inari Sirola

Royal College of Art / Kyoto City University of Arts

In September 2018 Inari had her first solo exhibition called Hot Dog.
Location: Stour Space, Hackney Wick, London
Read It’s Nice That feature here

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“Welcome to the mind of Inari Sirola and her brand new exhibition: ‘Hot Dog’.

This is a show that explores our stereotypes towards beauty expressed through the medium of (wait for it) hot dogs. ..not the delicious treat with a sausage no. We mean dogs, like - actual dogs. Woof.

Topics and questions such as “what is beautiful” have been approached with humour, creating an experience and igniting conversation whilst of course simply enjoying the ridiculous pun behind it all.”

Thank You Stour Space for hosting the event and serving hot dogs during the show! How amazing.
Music on the night:
Live performance by Fang Night and night DJ biLLLy.

Thank you -
Peter Jarrett, Phi Wolff, Morgan Williams, Will Brown, Fred Deeds, Coby Walsh, Lydia Handford, Kiira and Riitta Sirola, Billy Brooks, Ewa Lefmann and everyone who joined the opening night or went to see the exhibition while it was on.