Jerich0 Wins Best VFX Short at Onyko Fest

Jerich0 wins Best VFX at the Onyko Film Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of Jerich0, which has won an award for "Best VFX Short Film" at the Onyko Film Festival.  

Jerich0 is a short VFX film about a lonely robot who builds a friend. This is the latest award for BAFTA-shortlisted Jerich0; directed by Sarah Andrews, and produced by Matt Wight. 

Jerich0

To see Jerich0, watch the short video below - it's just over one minute long.

 

About Jerich0

"Jerich0" directed by Sarah Andrews

Jerich0 is a short film about a lonely robot who builds a friend. 

The film was directed by Sarah Andrews, co-written by Aaron Hopwood, produced by Matt Wight, with original music by Alexandra Harwood.

Jerich0 was completed by our third year undergraduate animation students as part of PR6001, a studio project in which students collaborate to create a short film, working together with VFX students at Escape Studios.

Credits:

• Sarah Andrews - Director, Writer, Animator
• Aaron Hopwood - Writer, Lead Animator, Rigging, Sound Designer
• Matt Wight, - Producer, Compositor
• Alexandra Harwood - Original Score
  
• Daniel Dutton - Editor, Animator
• Callum Walters & Piraveen Satkunam - 3D Leads
• Allan Dias Marques - 2D lead
• Corey Birch, Ellen Menenes - 3D Artists
• Harrison Workman - 3D Artist, Modelling
• Caitlin Twist - 2D Artist
• Velvet Brandon - Animator
• Piraveen Satkunam - 3D Modelling

Festival Success

Jerich0 has won many festival awards:

• Best VFX Short at the Onyko Film Festival
• Best Score at the Halicarnassus Film Festival
• Best Super Short at UK Monthly Film Fest
• Hon Mention (Best VFX) at the London International Monthly Film Festival
• Best VFX at the Tokyo International Film Festival June 2021 
• Runner-Up award at the Leeds Young Film Festival
• Best Animation at the Melrose Film Festival in Orlando, Florida
• shortlisted for a student BAFTA
• "Film of the Year" in VFX at The Rookies
• Best Animation and Best VFX at the 2019 Nexus Film Festival.  
• 2019 Zero Budget Film Festival
• selected for the BFI London Film Festival
• "Best Animation" at the Golden Nugget Film Festival.

Jerich0 Wins Film of the Year - VFX

Industry Events

Jerich0 was selected for a number of key industry events, including the APD pitch festival in May 2020, and Cartoon Springboard in October 2020. 

The Making of Jerich0

To see the making of Jerich0, read this blog post.

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