Minuet Wins Best Animated Short for Kids

Minuet: Best Animated Short for Children at ARGJIRO21

Congratulations to the makers of Minuet, which has won Best Animated Short for Children at the ARGJIRO21 AniFest, the International Film Festival for Children & Young People. 

Minuet, directed by Aaron Hopwood & Harry Pearson, and  produced by Maddison Gould, is a short film about a young girl preparing for a concert recital.  Minuet has won multiple festival awards. 

About "Minuet"
Minuet tells the story of a young concert pianist who, while preparing for her next performance, encounters misfortune - and finds help in an unlikely place.  

Credits

Overseen by third year animation tutor Michael Davies, the project was animated in Maya, and rendered in Unreal Engine.

Minuet Credits

• Aaron Hopwood – Director, Sound, Animation, Modelling and Texturing
• Harry Pearson – Director, Animation, Cinematography and Layout, Lead Realtime TD
• Maddison Gould – Producer, Animation
• Katerina Zacharakis – Editor, Animation
• Sarah Andrews – Storyboard Artist, Sound, Additional Art, Animation
• Stephen Mealand - Storyboard Artist, Animation, Realtime TD
• Sebastian Kuder – Cinematography and Layout, Realtime TD
• Eleni Fouya – Storyboard Artist, Additional Art, Animation, Modelling and Texturing
• Martina Baburkova – Additional Art, Modelling and Texturing
• Velvet Brandon – Animation, Modelling and Texturing, Realtime TD
• Daniel Baidoo – Animation
• Ama Collins – Animation
• Emily Lim Sarrias – Animation, Rigging, Modelling and Texturing
• Daniel Dutton – Animation, Realtime TD
• Piotr Noworyta – Animation
• Maria Robertson – Animation
• Adam Scrivener – Animation
• Nicole Gonzalez – Modelling and Texturing
• Alexandra Harwood - Music

Festival Awards

This is is the latest award for Minuet, which has also won:

• Best Animated Short for Children at the ARGJIRO21 AniFest, the International Film Festival for Children and Young People
• "Best Animation" at the Marcellus Mini Movie Family Film Festival
• Best Animation at the Golden Nugget Film Festival
• No Budget Film Festival 2019 

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