Thursday, 9 July 2020

"Seeker" Best Director at Prague Film Fest

Many congratulations to Rassoul Edji, director of  the VFX film "Seeker", which has won "Best Director - Runner Up" in the "Super Short Film" category at the Prague Monthly Film Festival.

It's a well deserved award for a film which has also been selected as a finalist in this year's Rookies competition.

About "Seeker"
"Seeker" is a short film directed by Rassoul Edji, about a giant robot seeking out its victim. The project was produced by Tosin Ogunleye, and overseen by supervising tutors Jonathan McFall and Allar Kaasik.  To see more about "Seeker", see this blog post.

Seeker - A VFX Short Film from Rassoul Edji on Vimeo.


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

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, was 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:
Draw
"Golden Acorn" - Best Trailer

Golden Acorn 
Golden Acorn directed by Maciej Osuch is in three upcoming festivals:

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


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

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
Street Ratz 
"Street Ratz": directed by Austin Hill
Street Ratz, directed by Austin Hill, has been selected for:
"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.
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