Not Without My Handbag

Not Without My Handbag
Directed by	Boris Kossmehl
Produced by	Peter Lord (executive producer) Christopher Moll (producer) David Sproxton (executive producer)
Written by	Boris Kossmehl Andrea Friedrich
Music by	Julian Nott
Cinematography	Andy MacCormack Fred Reed
Edited by	Helen Garrard David McCormick
Production company	Aardman Animations Channel Four Films
Distributed by	Channel 4 Television Corporation (1993) (UK) (TV) Manuel Salvador (all media)
Release dates	10 April 1993 (France) 14 November 1993 (UK) 25 June 1994 (Q-Movies Festival, Finland) 7 June 2003 (Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada)^[1]
Running time	13 min
Country	UK
Language	English

Not Without My Handbag is a 1993 short film created by Aardman Animations.

Plot

Imdb explains: "A little girl witnesses her aunt being taken dragged into hell, for defaulting on a washing machine payment. The aunt, while officially dead, feels that she has forgotten something, and returns to find out what it is."

Cast

Geraldine McEwan - The Aunt (voice)
Andrea Friedrich - The Girl (voice)
Alain Debray - The Devil / The Handbag (voice)
Robert Booth - The Newsreader (voice)

Critical reception

Not Without My Handbag received a rating of 6.9/10 from 288 users.^[2] German review site AllesFilm said Not Without My Handbag was "one of the best Aardman short films", and complemented its humour, visuals, deranged tone, and "genius fun".^[3]

Awards and nominations

This is a list of awards and nominations of Not Without My Handbag.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1994	Boris Kossmehl	Tampere International Short Film Festival award for Best Animation (International Competition)	Won

References

Aardman Animations

Peter Lord Nick Park David Sproxton

Short films	Animated Conversations: Down and Out (1977) Animated Conversations: Confessions of a Foyer Girl (1978) Conversation Pieces: On Probation (1983) Conversation Pieces: Sales Pitch (1983) Conversation Pieces: Palmy Days (1983) Conversation Pieces: Early Bird (1983) Conversation Pieces: Late Edition (1983) Sweet Disaster: Babylon (1986) Sledgehammer music video (1986) My Baby Just Cares for Me music video (1987) Barefootin' music video (1987) Lip Synch: Going Equipped (1987) Lip Synch: Creature Comforts (1989) Lip Synch: War Story (1989) Lip Synch: Ident (1989) Lip Synch: Next (1989) Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out (1989) Adam (1991) Rex the Runt: North by North Pole (1993) Loves Me, Loves Me Not (1993) Not Without My Handbag (1993) Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993) Pib and Pog (1993) Pop (1993) Wat's Pig (1993) Rex the Runt: How the Dinosaurs Became Extinct (1993) The Morph Files (1995) Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave (1995) Owzat (1997) Stage Fright (1997) Humdrum (1998) Al Dente (1998) Viva Forever music video (1998) Minotaur and Little Nerkin (1999) Angry Kid (1999) The Non-Voters - BBC Election coverage (2004) The Pearce Sisters (2007) Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) Dot (2010) Gulp (2011) The Itch of The Golden Nit (2011) Under the Oak Tree ad (2011) Wallace & Gromit's Jubilee Bunt-a-thon (2012) A Pig's Tail ad (2012) The Pirates!: So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) Darkside trailer (2013) Sphere (2013) Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas (2015)

Television series / series of shorts	Animated Conversations (1977–8) The Amazing Adventures of Morph (1980–1) Conversation Pieces (1983–4) Lip Synch (1989) The Artbox Bunch (1995–6) Rex the Runt (1998–01) Angry Kid (1999–present) Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (2002–3) Creature Comforts (2003–07) episodes The Presentators (2003–4) Planet Sketch (2005) Purple and Brown (2005–08) Pib and Pog (2006) Shaun the Sheep (2007–) "episodes" Chop Socky Chooks (2008) Timmy Time (2009–12) episodes Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention (2010) DC Nation Shorts: DC's World's Funnest (2012–14)

Feature films	Chicken Run (2000) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Flushed Away (2006) Arthur Christmas (2011) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) Early Man (2018)

Franchises	Morph (1977–present) Creature Comforts (1989–2008) Wallace and Gromit (1989–present) Rex the Runt (1989–2001) Shaun the Sheep (2007–present)

Associated studios	DreamWorks Animation Sony Pictures Animation StudioCanal and Lionsgate

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