Heckler Celebrates the Diversity of Love

Love it or hate it there's no getting away from the fact that today is St Valentine's Day.

The word 'love' is being bandied around left and right but a new piece of animation from Australian VFX house Heckler and director Kyra Bartley aims to celebrate the diversity of genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds and other differences that make love such a glorious, messy and beautiful adventure. 

Bartley invited celebrated artists, illustrators and animators from around the world to contribute to the creation of the film, called Love Is Love. “With heartbreak, confusion and shouty news articles filling our feeds, we’ll take all the love we can get,” says Bartley. “So this Valentine’s Day, when saccharine representations of storybook romance threaten to overtake common sense, we’ll be splashing our corner of the internet with a celebration of love in all its forms.”

Proving love knows no boundaries, be it race, gender or religion, artists such as Max Prentis from London, Lauren YS from the United States and Nanami Cowdroy from Australia, came together to portray what love means to them.

The film was produced by Heckler’s head of production Aborah Buick, and is set to a soundtrack by ARIA nominated Australian composer Johnny Mackay.