Adam & Eve Mk II Wins "Best Cinematography"

"Best Cinematography" at Halicarnassus Film Fest

Many congratulations to Sebastian Kuder, director of "Adam & Eve Mk II", which has won Best Cinematography at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.

This is the twelfth festival award for Adam & Eve Mk II,  a sci-fi re-telling of the Genesis story, which recently won "Best SciFi Short" at the Mid West Horror Film Festival, and was Runner-Up in the category of "Best College Short" at the Brooklyn Sci-Fi Film Festival.  Sebastian Kuder graduated from Escape Studios in the summer of 2019 and is currently working as a PreVis Artist at The Third Floor in London. 

  

Adam & Eve Mk II
Adam & Eve: Mk II is a sci-fi re-telling of the Genesis story, written and directed by Sebastian Kuder, who directed and animated a number of short films at Escape Studios including Planet Mars and The Good Old Days. Adam & Eve: Mk II is Sebastian's graduation film. 

Festival Success
Adam & Eve: Mk II has enjoyed considerable festival success, winning twelve awards:

1. Best Cinematography at Halicarnassus Film Festival
2. Best Sci-Fi (Runner Up) at London Rocks
3. Best Special FX (Runner-Up) at London Rocks
4. Best Sci-Fi at the 2020 MidWest Horror Film Fest
5. 2019 ICONA Audience Award (Best Student Short Film)
6. Best Short Film Under 5 Minutes at the Arch 1 Festival of Film in London in October 2019
7. Best Sci-Fi at the Golden Nugget Film Festival in 2019
8. Best Sc-Fi at the 2019 Sci-On awards. 
9. Runner-Up Award in the category of "Best College Short" at the Brooklyn Sci-Fi Film Festival.
10. Best Animation at the British International Amateur Film Festival
11. Best Short Film Under 5 minutes (Runner Up) at the 2020 Wild Indie Film Fest
12. Best Digital VFX (Runner Up) at the 2020 Wild Indie Film Fest

About Sebastian Kuder

Sebastian Kuder was part of the first cohort of animators to graduate from Escape Studios in the summer of 2019.  

In July 2019 Sebastian started a new position as a Junior Previs Artist at The Third Floor, an animation and VFX house that specialises in previsualisation ("previs"), in which digital artists work closely with the director to lock down the look and feel of individual sequences on a project, working fast to make creative choices on camera and character performance. 

Sebastian directed and animated a number of successful short films during his three years at Escape Studios. 

In his first year Sebastian worked over the summer to complete his fan film Star Wars - the Escape, a six minute fan tribute to the Star Wars franchise.  Later, in his second year, Sebastian directed two group projects, Assassin's Creed and Planet Mars; the latter has made the official selection for many animation festivals around the world.  Most recently, Sebastian completed The Good Old Days and Adam & Eve Mk II, which was his final project at Escape Studios.

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