Monday, 15 June 2020

"Flame" and "Offcut" Winners at WMF Fest

"Flame" wins Best Editor
Many congratulations to the makers of "Flame" and "Offcut", which have both won awards at the recent "We Make Films Festival" in London.

"Flame" won Best Editor, and "Offcut" won Best DOP (Director of Photography).  The awards are a welcome addition to both films' trophy cabinet, which already include a number of festival prizes.

Flame was directed by Cherelle Owusu, produced by Carolina Xavier, and edited by Victor Andreas Lopez.  "Offcut" was directed Petroc Menuhin, with cinematography by Clement Gharini.

About "Flame"


Offcut - winner of Best Director of Photography
Flame is a two minute short film, completed in 2019 by our MA animation students as part of their fourth module, AN7004, a studio project. In this module, students collaborate together on a group project, simulating as close as possible a studio environment. The film was overseen by supervising tutor Amedeo Beretta.

 "Flame" has already enjoyed festival success, having won awards at the London Seasonal Short Film Festival and the British International Amateur Film Festival.

About "Offcut"
Offcut, directed by Petroc Menuhin, is a two minute short film which follows the adventures of a discarded scrap of wood who comes to life and finds meaning in music.



Escape Studios Festival News
Here at Escape Studios we now have around 30 films in festival competition.  Despite the challenges caused by the Corona lockdown, and many festivals cancelling or moving online, our student films continue to experience growing festival success.

 Quarantine Chorus
Quarantine Chorus: Winner - "Best Animation"
"Quarantine Chorus", the short film recently completed by our second-year animation students at Escape Studios about life under the Corona Lockdown, has already won two awards: Best Animation at the Berlin Flash Film Festival, and also Best Super Short Film at the Prague Monthly Film Festival.

Directed by Edoardo Sartori and produced by Nickoel Izharudin, the film was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason.  Quarantine Chorus has also been selected for

Adam & Eve Mk II - multiple awards
Adam & Eve Mk II
Multi-award-winning "Adam & Eve Mk II", directed by Sebastian Kuder, has been winning awards in film festivals for almost a year.  It has also been selected for three upcoming festivals:

 Animal Lover
"Animal Lover", directed by Anastasia Gurova, has been selected for the Prague International Monthly Film Festival, 30 June 2020.

 Birds Connect Our World
Birds Connect Our World, directed by Escapee Lillian Fu, is also a semi-finalist at the  Lisbon Film Rendezvous, November 13-15

Death from Above - directed by Jordan Coles
Death From Above
Death From Above, directed by 2nd year animation student Jordan Coles, was a finalist in the TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival on April 30th. It has also been selected for five upcoming festivals:
Draw
"Golden Acorn" - Best Trailer

Golden Acorn 
Golden Acorn directed by Maciej Osuch is in three upcoming festivals:
"Hat Shop" by Stevie Stedman

Hat Shop
Hat Shop, directed by Stevie Stedman, has been selected for


"Home Sweet Home": Best Student Film
Home Sweet Home
Multi-award winning Home Sweet Home, directed by Maria Robertson, is in these upcoming festivals:

Hotel Aloha - Directed by Paloma Zhu
Hotel Aloha, directed by Paloma Zhu, has been accepted for three festivals:


Joe
"Jelly Cars" - 5 Stars Award at the BIAFF
Jelly Cars
"Jerich0" - BAFTA Shortlisted
BAFTA-shortlisted Jerich0, directed by Sarah Andrews, is in
"March of the Potguins" - 5 Stars Award at the BIAFF
March of the Potguins
March of the Potguins is a short film about the journey of two penguin salt-and-pepper pots to find safety in the frozen wastes of the kitchen. It is a semi-finalist in three festivals:

"Minuet" Winner: Best Animation & VFX at Screentest
Minuet
"Minuet", the award-winning short film about a young pianist preparing for a concert performance, has been selected for the Revere International Student Film Festival in Austin, Texas on 30 September.

Moon Rockz
Moon Rockz, directed by Molly Babington, has been selected for
"Moon Rockz"



 Nefertiti
Nefertiti, directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, is in

"Offcut" - Best Animation
Offcut
Offcut, directed by Petroc Menuhin, which follows the adventures of a discarded scrap of wood who comes to life and finds meaning in music, will be screened at:
Planet Mars
"Planet Mars" - directed by Sebastian Kuder
Sebastian Kuder's short film "Planet Mars" has been selected for the Baghdad University International Film & TV Festival on June 1st.

Street Ratz 
Street Ratz, directed by Austin Hill, has been selected for three festivals:
"Seeker"
Despite only having just been entered into festival competition, "Seeker" has already been accepted for two film festivals:
"Vivi Ossa"
The one minute short film "Vivi Ossa" has been selected for

Congratulations to all our talented students and Escapees on their continued success.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our BA/MArt in 3D Animation, follow this link.  To apply for our storyboarding evening class, visit this page here. For the next 12 week animation course, click here.
at

No comments:

Post a Comment