Four More Awards for "The Witch & the Baby"

The Witch and The Baby by Evgenia Golubeva

Many congratulations to Escapee Evgenia Golubeva, whose short film "The Witch and The Baby" has won four more festival awards.

Evgenia's short film has won the Young Jury Award at the Cardiff Animation Film Festival 2020, Best Short Film for Children at Balkanima Animation Film Festival 2020, The Pink Panda Award for the Best Animation for Kids at the FAB Festival of Animation Berlin 2020, Germany, and Best Animation at the WOFFF Women Over 50 Film Festival 2020.

Webinar with Evgenia Golubeva

You can see webinar with Evgenia below.

Evgenia Golubeva

About Evgenia Golubeva
Evgenia Golubeva is an award-winning animator and director who is currently working as a writer at Walt Disney Animation in London.  Evgenia studied with us on our animation short course, and has since forged a career as a writer and independent film-maker, entering her animated films in festivals around the world and winning international prizes for her work.

Blue Zoo
Evgenia starting working in January 2019 as a writer at London-based Blue Zoo Animation, bringing her talent as an animator and storyteller to the commercial world of TV cartoons, before making the leap to Disney.


12 Week Short Course
Evgenia studied animation with us at Escape Studios, taking our intensive animation short course.

Festival Success
Since leaving from Escape Studios, Evgenia has made a number of successful independent animated films, including the award-winning short "I am not a Mouse",  a story about a little girl called Lucy, who is nicknamed "Mouse" by her Mother.

"I Want To Live in the Zoo" 
In 2018 Evgenia's short film "I Want To Live in the Zoo" was accepted into the Annecy Animation Film Festival Official Selection.

Books
Evgenia has also expanded into books, publishing her children's book "I am not a Mouse" based on her short film.

Webinar and Q&A
During the webinar, we talked to Evgenia about her work, in particular how she made the leap from studying animation at Escape Studios, to becoming a writer at Disney Animation. We also left plenty of time for questions at the end. Evgenia offered many insights into how to succeed as writer in the animation industry, including how to get your first script noticed, and how to establish yourself as a newcomer in the world of professional writers.

Official site

Artwork by Evgenia Golubeva

To see more of Evgenia's work, including a preview of her Annecy-selected film "I Want to Live in the Zoo", follow this link to her official site.

Evgenia Golubeva at IMDB
You can see Evgenia's writing and directing credits at the IMDB here.

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