EXCLUSIVE : Andy Serkis has been set as the narrator for short film Pigeons from director Amos Sussigan ( The Cat in the Hat , Animal Farm ). The film will world premiere as an Official Selection this evening (May 6) at the Oscar qualifying Animayo festival in Gran Canaria, Spain.

Pigeons follows a carrier pigeon who loses his job the day a telephone is installed in his owner’s home. Searching for food, shelter and purpose, the film explores freedom, progress and what gets lost along the way.

The Swiss-U.S. animated short film was made in collaboration with The Hub Media and BMC films. It was written by Julien M. Wagner ( September Babies ), Timo von Gunten ( La Femme et le TGV ) and Sussigan. Sussigan, von Gunten, Samira Sahli and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Dan Lund produced the film.

This is the third collaboration between Sussigan and his mentor Lund, who have worked together on Oscar qualifying animated short films Aria for a Cow (2015) and Coaster (2019), featuring drag queen Nina West.…