I was recently commissioned by Alain de Botton to make two animated films for The School of Life, ‘There is no safety’ and ‘Why we love to blame our partners’. The School of Life is an organisation which is dedicated to assisting the development of emotional intelligence through culture, they offer classes and publish books and have a YouTube channel where they release films. The films were featured on Vimeo’s Ladies with Lenses channel and also in their curated Talks category. There are both going to be screened at a film festival in the Brighton Dome for International Women’s Day.

You can watch the films here:

Credits:

Directed and Animated by Hayley Akins.
Additional Illustration by Laura Akins.
Sound Design by Howard Sinden.
Written and Narrated by Alain De Botton.

Credits:

Directed and Animated by Hayley Akins.
Sound Design by Howard Sinden.
Written and Narrated by Alain De Botton.

Ladies with Lenses Channel

Talks Channel