Developing a second commission for
Channel 4,
Death and the Mother (1997), Lingford returned again to her rudimentary methods of
computer animation. The creative process, however, would take place in full view of the people navigating through the museum : Lingford would be working in a glass room. The film drew inspiration from German expressionist
woodcut, and catapulted Lingford on the international animation scene. Upon completion, in 1997,
Death and the Mother won many awards, including one at
Annecy International Animated Film Festival of the same year.