Kiwi's Dream wins Best No Budget Film at DSFF |
Directed by Paloma Zhu and produced by Daniel Rowe, "Kiwi's Dream" is a short story about an origami kiwi who dreams of flight.
"Kiwi's Dream" - Final Film
Kiwi's Dream from Daniel Rowe on Vimeo.
Module PR6001In 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.
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 |
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
- Paloma Zhu - Writer, Director, Storyboards, Animation lead
- Daniel Rowe - Producer, 3D artist
- Clement Gharini - Director of Photography
- Benjamín Števuliak - Editor and 3D Lead
- Simone Costa - Editor, animator
- Ján Števuliak - Original Music Composition
- Lewys Rhodes - 3D Artist
- Michael Nguyen - 3D Artist
- Freddie Belsom - Story, 2D Lead
- Ben Noone - 2D Artist
- Zacharias Allouane - 2D Artist
- Mikhail Magnaye - animator
- Morgan Mda - animator
- Flynn Smith - animator
The project was overseen by our 3rd year tutors:
- Allar Kaasik, Head of 2D at Escape Studios
- Michael Davies, Animation Tutor and UG Program Leader
- Jonathan McFall, 3rd year VFX Tutor and UG program leader
Festival success
This is the third award for "Kiwi's Dream", which recently won an "Honourable Mention" at the London International Monthly Film Festival (LIMFF), and also "Best Director" at the Prague Film Festival.
This is the third award for "Kiwi's Dream", which recently won an "Honourable Mention" at the London International Monthly Film Festival (LIMFF), and also "Best Director" at the Prague Film Festival.
"Kiwi's Dream" at IMDB
Three festival awards |
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