Thursday 10 June 2021

Kiwi's Dream Wins €1,000 at Cactus Film Fest

Kiwi's Dream wins €1k Award at Cactus Film Fest
Congratulations to the makers of "Kiwi's Dream", which has won its 13th festival award - a "CSV award" at the Cactus Film Festival, worth €1,000. 

Directed by Paloma Zhu and produced by Daniel Rowe"Kiwi's Dream" is a short story about an origami kiwi who dreams of flight.  It was completed as part of the third year animation Module PR6001.

"Kiwi's Dream" - Final Film

Kiwi's Dream from Daniel Rowe on Vimeo.

CSV Award at Cactus Film Festival
"Kiwi's Dream"
 has won the CSV Award at the Cactus Film Festival, winning a prize of €1,000.  

The Award Ceremony will take place in the City of Courmayeur in Italy on June 5, 2021 at the Courmayeur Cinema (https://www.courmayeurmontblanc.it/it/beat/cinema). The film maker's are also being offered accommodation and an invitation to the grand awards dinner on June 5th. 

Module PR6001
In Module PR6001 our animation and VFX students join forces for the first time to produce a short animated visual effects project, with three months to take the project from initial pitch to final render.  

Kiwi's Dream was based on an original concept by Freddie Belsom about an origami kiwi who dreams of flying in the clouds.

Student collaboration
Working with a team of ten students from both the VFX and animation departments, Kiwi's Dream was filmed on location in London, with animation and VFX completed at Escape Studios.  Cinematography was by DOP Clement Gharini

Software
Paloma Zhu
Animation was done in Autodesk Maya; compositing was done in Nuke and the shots were rendered in Arnold.  Editing was done in DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro.

Director Paloma Zhu
"Kiwi's Dream" is the second short film directed by Paloma Zhu, a third year student at Escape Studios, who last year directed the award-winning short "Hotel Aloha", which won an award for "Most Charming Animation" at the Animafantasia Film Festival.  

"Kiwi's Dream" Credits
Project supervisors

"Kiwi's Dream" was overseen by our 3rd year tutors:
Festival success

This is the 13th festival award for "Kiwi's Dream":

"Kiwi's Dream" at IMDB
You can find "Kiwi's Dream" at the IMDB here. You can find it at the list of winners at the official Film Festival website here

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2021, follow this link.   To apply, visit the official page here


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