Little Shrew is an anti-war animated short film written and Directed by Kate Bush which she describes below and in more detail on katebush.com via the Meet Little Shrew link on this page.

"In 2022, with war breaking out in Ukraine, I decided I wanted to make an anti-war animation. In particular, I hoped to draw attention to the children caught up in war.
All wars leave horrific scars: ruined lives, families ripped apart, life-changing injuries, trauma and loss on a massive scale – but it’s the children who suffer the most in so many ways. Their past, present and future melt away into fear and uncertainty.

I would like to ask that if you watch the animation, please make a donation to War Child, or to another charity that aids children in war.

Even a tiny donation will help enormously. War can be an unimaginable horror for a child.

You could be hope for that child caught up in war. You could make a real difference.

Thank you for supporting this project,

Kate"

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CREDITS:
Written and directed by Kate Bush
Animation Co : Inkubus
Production Co: Tomato Twist
Animation producer: Gayle Martin
Animation compositor: Lorenzo Cenci Di Bello
Little Shrew animation: Nicolette Van Gendt
Hope and drone animation: James Gifford
Concept artwork: Jim Kay
Little Shrew Rendering: Alan Henry
Background artwork: Nicolas Loudot
Still photo: Maksim Levin
Lead vocal: Albert McIntosh
Piano: Kate Bush
Orchestration: Jonathan Tunick
Guitars: Dan McIntosh
Drums and percussion: Steve Gadd
Atmospheric SFX : Jon Carin

Special thanks to:
Albert McIntosh, Geoff Jukes.

Many thanks to:
Del Palmer, Stephen Tayler, James Guthrie, Cat Irving, Teddy Hall, Martin Drey, Alison Eldred, Pat Savage.