
Tricky & The Cereal Killers
Proof of concept.
Set in 1990s London, the story follows a husband-and-wife animation team whose careers collapse overnight when new laws ban sugary ads targeting kids. Their mostbeloved creation, Tricky the Leprechaun, is left behind, along with their broken family. Decades later, their teenage granddaughter Charli finds Tricky’s old animation art in the attic. When she posts it on a popular short form video platform using AI tools, her viral meme accidentally opens a portal, unleashing the once-cute cereal mascots, now corrupted by AI, into the real world.
Credits:
Animation
Ryan Fairbanks
Michael Schlingmann
Dean Roberts
Uli Meyer
Gary Dunn
Boris Hiestand
Ole Christian Loken
Panagiotis Rappas
Sandro Cleuzo
Character Design
Uli Meyer
Gary Dunn
Craig Kellman
Tricky cel painted by Lucie Julliat
Live Action
Maya: Margaret Clunie
Ben: Tom Ashley
Charli: Jessica Prentice
Tricky Rob Rackstraw
Kids: Julius Meyer
Charlotte Isabell Parker
Kai Roberts
Cinematographer: Markus Ilschner
Composer Lindsay Whright
Casting Tom Medcalf
Sound designer: Giorgos Mikrogiannakis
BagPipes: Lorne MacDougall
Focus Puller: Alexandra Voikou
2nd AC: Esther Mitchell
Gaffer: Henry Young, Nicolas Hambleton
Sparks: Edmund Bishop, Oliver Young, Jordan White
On-Set Art Direction: Daniela Topham
Sound Recordist: Charlie Hinde, Olly Kent
Sound Recordist Assistant Ariya Beecham
Special FX Supervisor & Props: Mark Bailey
Vfx clean-up: Olpamish Bazarbaev
Hair & Make-Up: Lisa Meyer, Emma Leon
Runner: Anya Chung, Korede Alaran
Stills Photographer Niki Bruckner
BTS Seun Pinheiro
Colourist Garry Maddison
Grade producer: Steve Faulmann
Special thanks to
Paul Chung & Daniela Topham for the use of their home.

Tricky & The Cereal Killers
Proof of concept.
Set in 1990s London, the story follows a husband-and-wife animation team whose careers collapse overnight when new laws ban sugary ads targeting kids. Their mostbeloved creation, Tricky the Leprechaun, is left behind, along with their broken family. Decades later, their teenage granddaughter Charli finds Tricky’s old animation art in the attic. When she posts it on a popular short form video platform using AI tools, her viral meme accidentally opens a portal, unleashing the once-cute cereal mascots, now corrupted by AI, into the real world.
Credits:
Animation
Ryan Fairbanks
Michael Schlingmann
Dean Roberts
Uli Meyer
Gary Dunn
Boris Hiestand
Ole Christian Loken
Panagiotis Rappas
Sandro Cleuzo
Character Design
Uli Meyer
Gary Dunn
Craig Kellman
Tricky cel painted by Lucie Julliat
Live Action
Maya: Margaret Clunie
Ben: Tom Ashley
Charli: Jessica Prentice
Tricky Rob Rackstraw
Kids: Julius Meyer
Charlotte Isabell Parker
Kai Roberts
Cinematographer: Markus Ilschner
Composer Lindsay Whright
Casting Tom Medcalf
Sound designer: Giorgos Mikrogiannakis
BagPipes: Lorne MacDougall
Focus Puller: Alexandra Voikou
2nd AC: Esther Mitchell
Gaffer: Henry Young, Nicolas Hambleton
Sparks: Edmund Bishop, Oliver Young, Jordan White
On-Set Art Direction: Daniela Topham
Sound Recordist: Charlie Hinde, Olly Kent
Sound Recordist Assistant Ariya Beecham
Special FX Supervisor & Props: Mark Bailey
Vfx clean-up: Olpamish Bazarbaev
Hair & Make-Up: Lisa Meyer, Emma Leon
Runner: Anya Chung, Korede Alaran
Stills Photographer Niki Bruckner
BTS Seun Pinheiro
Colourist Garry Maddison
Grade producer: Steve Faulmann
Special thanks to
Paul Chung & Daniela Topham for the use of their home.