Quarantine Chorus Best Animated Film of 2021

Quarantine Chorus "Best Animated Film of the Year"

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won "Best Animated Film of the Year" at the Dreamachine International Film Festival.  

This is the latest of many festival awards for Quarantine Chorus, a short story about life under Lockdown in a small town in Italy.  

The film was directed by Edoardo Sartori, produced by Nickoel Izharudin and edited by Paloma Zhu; it was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason. 

Quarantine Chorus
Quarantine Chorus is a short animated film about life under Lockdown, and a celebration of the human spirit. It was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason, directed by Edoardo Sartori, edited by Paloma Zhu, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin. 

Set in Italy and inspired by a real-life love story from Verona, Italy, "Quarantine Chorus" is a short story about life under lockdown.

Directed by Edoardo Sartori and produced by Nickoel Izharudin, the film was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason. 

Software

Quarantine Chorus was animated in Maya, edited in Adobe Premiere, and rendered in Unreal Engine. It was completed entirely from home during the first Covid Pandemic Lockdown. 

Our students collaborated remotely, animated and rendered their shots relying largely on their own home resources.

Quarantine Chorus - The Film

Quarantine Chorus Credits

• Edoardo Sartori - Director, 3D Layout, Animator
• Nickoel Izharudin - Producer, Animator
• Tequila Mason - Writer, Animator
• Paloma Zhu - Editor, Sound Design, Animation
• Callum Wylie -  Animation
• Mikhail Magnaye - Set Design, Animation
• Eilin Berrio Pena - Look Development, Animation

Festival Success

Quarantine Chorus has won many awards:

• "Best Animated Film of the Year" at the Dreamachine Film Festival
• Best Short Animation at the Ramsgate Film Festival
• "Best Micro Short" at the Dreamachine International Film Festival (DIFF). 
• Honourable Mention at the Golden Smile International Film Festival in Bergen, Holland.
• "Most Heartwarming Animation" at the Animafantasia Film Festival
• "Best Covid-19 Film" at the Marcellus Mini Movie Family Film Festival  
• "Best Director - Super Short Film" at the Lisbon Film Festival
• "Early Bird Grand Award" at the Early Bird Student Film Festival ($1,000 prize)
• Best Animated Short at the Prix Royal Paris Film Awards
• Best Animation at the Berlin Flash Film Festival
• Best Super Short Film at the Prague Monthly Film Festival.

IMDB

You can find Quarantine Chorus at the IMDB here.

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