After a BA in Animation at the University of Westminster, Yousif Al-Khalifa enrolled on the Directing Animation course at the National Film and Television School. Yousif’s graduation project, Sleeping With The Fishes, premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival, won the student Grand Prix at the Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, the Audience award at the London International Animation Festival, the International Yuhan University President's Prize at the Puchon International Student Animation Festival, Korea, and has been selected for further festivals including Cinanima and Foyle. He was recently nominated for a short animation BAFTA