Passion Pictures is a British film production company established by Andrew Ruhemann in 1987. The company has studios in

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, and

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Film production

The company's core business is in commercial and animation output, which includes work for Cartoon Network, music videos for Gorillaz, and the Compare the Market.com commercial campaign featuring Aleksandr Orlov (meerkat). Passion Australia produced ''

The Lost Thing ''The Lost Thing'' is a picture book written and illustrated by Shaun Tan that was also adapted into an Academy Award-winning animated short film. Plot Set in the near future, a dystopian Melbourne, Australia, ''The Lost Thing'' is a story abou ...

'', directed by Andrew Ruhemann and

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, which won an

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in 2011. The department's first film, ''

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'', won an

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in 2000. They have since been involved in the 2013 Oscar-winning ''

Searching for Sugar Man ''Searching for Sugar Man'' is a 2012 documentary film about a South African cultural phenomenon, written and directed by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two Cape Town fans, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig ...

'', 2015's '' Listen to Me Marlon'' and 2016's Oscar-nominated ''

Pear Cider and Cigarettes ''Pear Cider and Cigarettes'' is a 2016 Canadian animated short film written and directed by Robert Valley and produced by Cara Speller. The film and the graphic novel of the same name are based on a true story. Plot Hard-living Techno Stypes ...

''. In 2017, the company produced the

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docuseries ''

Five Came Back ''Five Came Back'' is a 1939 American black-and-white melodrama from RKO Radio Pictures produced by Robert Sisk, directed by John Farrow, written by Jerry Cady, Dalton Trumbo, and Nathanael West, and starring Chester Morris and Lucille Ball. ...

'' based on the book by Mark Harris. They also work on ''

101 Dalmatian Street ''101 Dalmatian Street'' is an animated television series created by Miklos Weigert that aired on Disney Channel in the UK and Ireland from 18 March 2019 to 22 February 2020, and released on Disney+ in Canada and the United States on 28 Febru ...

''. Its Passion Planet subsidiary produces nature documentaries such as ''

The Serengeti Rules ''The Serengeti Rules'' is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Nicolas Brown, and based on the book by Sean B. Carroll. The film explores the discoveries of five pioneering scientists— Tony Sinclair, Mary E. Power, Bob Paine, John Ter ...

''. Passion Animation Studios created several promotional cinematic for the computer game ''

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''. In 2020, Passion Paris placed second at the

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in the Best Animation category for S+C+A+R+R - ''The Rest Of My Days'' music video. In 2021, the production company received two nominations for Best Animation by the Berlin Music Video Awards, for their work on the music video ''I Had To Leave'' by S+C+A+R+R and ''Moving Men'' by MYD. Passion Pictures produced the 2021 documentary Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In.

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