Directing
Becky Sloan is a real person who created and directed DHMIS with Joe Pelling.
Step back into the imaginative and frankly terrifying world of Becky & Joe with Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. In this episode: Some things change over Time.
A DHMIS short film that premiered in 2019 at the Sundance Film Festival and was originally pitched as a pilot of Pelling, Sloan, and Terry's 2022 TV show. Though, feeling the Clayhill setting made the series too similar to South Park, and came at the cost of the claustrophobia of the original series, it was scrapped and since been removed from festival circulation. The tester was only shared in a few private premieres, but clips have turned up online over the years.
Craig, a nerd who hates himself, tries to enjoy his birthday.
A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity.
During a chicken picnic, Yellow Guy gets upset after Green Bird kills a butterfly. Yellow Guy then meets a butterfly that takes him on a journey to discover his concept of love.
The two remaining puppets learn about eating healthy, but things go awry when they receive a mysterious phone call.
All alone, Yellow Guy tries to stop a lamp from teaching him about dreams. While Red Guy finds out the truth about the puppets' existence.
A documentary recounting Sam Campbell's journey to create Chess Ham, the Chesham Chess Ham.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is about 3 best friends who go on an adventure to find a magic pirate ship and save the day. Featurette included on the kickstarter backers DVD
Inspired by the drawn-on-film pieces by Norman McLaren, Len Lye, and Man Ray, Becky & Joe collaborated with musicians Delicate Steve to create the charming and beautiful Tallest Heights. This work is part of the “Hello, Again” series presented by the Lincoln Motor Company, which asks filmmakers to reimagine the familiar into something fresh and new.
2012. Animation
The fourth instalment in the surreal Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos in which the three returning characters enter a sinister digital world through their computer.
Playing with scale and bringing objects to life, the film creates a subverted world where the mundane becomes absurd.