Robin Robin

Robin Robin
Poster
Directed byDan Ojari
Mikey Please
Written byDan Ojari
Mikey Please
Sam Morrison
Produced byHelen Argo
Danny Gallagher
StarringBronte Carmichael
Richard E. Grant
Gillian Anderson
Adeel Akhtar
CinematographyDave Alex Riddett
Edited byChris Morrell
Music byBen Please
Beth Porter
Production
company
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
Running time
32 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

Robin Robin is a 2021 animated musical short film produced by Aardman Animations. Directed by Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, and written by Ojari, Please, and Sam Morrison, the film stars the voices of Bronte Carmichael, Richard E. Grant, Gillian Anderson, and Adeel Akhtar. It follows a young robin who seeks to prove her worth to her adoptive mice family by stealing a shiny star from a human's house.

In November 2019, Aardman and Netflix announced they would co-produce a half-hour animated special Robin Robin, with Dan Ojari and Mikey Please attached as directors and writers, and Sam Morisson as an additional writer. Filming began in 2020 and unlike prior Aardman stop-motion projects, the film use needle felting instead of plasticine. The Bookshop Band's Ben Please and Ben Porter composed the score, with directors Dan Ojari and Mikey Please doing the lyrics for the songs.

Robin Robin was released on Netflix on n 24 November 2021. It was nominated for several awards including Best Animated Short Film at the 94th Academy Awards.