about

about...

Producer/Director Leslie MacKenzie established West Highland Animation in 1988. It is based in Balqhuidder in the West Highlands of Scotland. The aim of WHA is to promote Gaelic language and culture to a wider audience through the medium of animation and interactivity.

WHA has run many community workshops introducing children and adults to local stories from the Highland and Oral tradition through the art of animation. We have also produced television series for BBC Scotland, STV and Grampian and won national and international film awards including educational programme awards. In addition WHA films have been presented at animation festivals around the world from Annecy to Zagreb.

Since 2010 we have no longer been able to obtain broadcast funding so we are operating at a reduced level of production.