Palindromo "Best Anim", "Best Sci-Fi" at Flicks

"Best Animation" & "Best Sci-Fi" at Flicks

Many congratulations to Paolo Amadini, director of  "Palindromo", which has won "Best Animation" and "Best Sci-Fi" at the Flicks Film Festival in London. 

These are the second and third festival awards for "Palindromo", which recently won an "Honourable Mention" at the Prague International Film Festival. 

"Palindromo" is the latest animated short created at Escape Studios, written and directed by Paolo Amadini, and overseen by Supervising Tutor Amedeo Beretta. 

Palindromo

"Palindromo" is a science-fiction short exploring the logical conundrum behind time travel, written and directed by Paolo Amadini, a student at Escape Studios, studying for his MA in the Art of Computer Animation.  

"Palindromo" was completed as part of the final MA animation module, in which students complete a short film either as a solo project or as a group collaboration.

To watch "Palindromo", see the video below. It is just over two minutes long.

Palindromo - Animated Short Film Symmetric in Time and Space from Paolo Amadini on Vimeo.

About "Palindromo"

"Palindromo" translates into English as "palindrome", meaning a short sentence which is spelled the same forwards and backwards (a famous example of a palindrome is: "a man, a plan, a canal, Panama").  

Why is Paolo's film called Palindromo? Watch the short to find out - it is just two minutes long.

About Paolo Amadini

Paolo Amadini

Paolo Amadini is a student at Escape Studios, studying for his MA in 3D Animation.  A capable animator and 3D Generalist, Paolo also worked as an animator on the award-winning short film "Moon Rockz".  

"Moon Rockz" recently won "Most Witty Animation" at the Animafantasia Film Festival, and also won "Best Sci-Fi" at the Flicks Film Festival.

Festival Success

This is the second and third festival award for "Palindromo", which recently won an "Honourable Mention" at the Prague International Film Festival. 

"Palindromo" at the IMDB

You can find "Palindromo" at the IMDB here.  To see the list of December 2020 winners at the Flicks Film Festival, follow this link. 

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