The Crash Wins Best Short Sci-Fi at Berlin Fest

The Crash Best Short Sci-Fi at Berlin Flash Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "The Crash", a short film created by VFX students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best Short Sci-Fi" at the Berlin Flash Film Festival.

"The Crash" is a sci-fi VFX short written and directed by Lewys Rhodes, and produced by Daniel Rowe, who earlier this year produced the multi-award-winning short film "Kiwi's Dream".   

The Crash - Advert (Short Film) from Lewys Rhodes on Vimeo.

The Crash

"The Crash"is a short film created by VFX students at Escape Studios, combining live action and VFX.  "The Crash" was written and directed by Lewys Rhodes, and produced by Daniel Rowe.  The supervising tutors were Allaar Kaasik (compositing) and Jonathan McCall (3D). 

In The Crash, a gigantic spaceship crashes towards earth - but things are not always as they seem. 

The Crash - Credits

• Lewys Rhodes - Writer and Director
• Daniel Rowe - Producer
• Benjamin Stevuliak - DOP, Editor, Colour Grading
• Jan Stevuliak - Original Music and Sound Design
• Filipe Correia - Compositing Supervisor
• Ben Noone - 2D compositing

Festival Awards

The The Crash has won a number of festival awards, including Best Short Sci-Fi at the Berlin Flash Fest, Best Super Short at the UK Film Fest and an Honourable Mention at The Rookies in the category of Best VFX Film.  

The Crash at the IMDB
You can find The Crash at the official website, and also find it listed at the IMDB here. You can also find The Crash here at the Rookies.

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