To climb inside the mind of 27 year old Christian Bevilacqua, is to get lost in a sticky, psychedelic maze of mad images and fanciful stories. It's like diving into a sort of lucky dip where just about anything could be fished out. It could be something funny, it could something poignant; what's guaranteed is that, visually, it will be traffic-stopping.

Bevilacqua describes his work as being "very much hybrid" - mixing live action and animation. He loves mashing things up and experimenting with imagery. "My images are generally quite constructed because of the various layers of imagery and design processes I put them through. That makes my work different from a lot of other animators by default."

Christian Bevilacqua took first prize at Cannes 2008 in the Best Young Director showcase for his Mastercard spot, Studious Pupil.