Pet Shop Wins Best Trailer at HEI Fest

"Pet Shop" wins Best Trailer in HEI Film Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Pet Shop", which has won an award for "Best Trailer" at the HEI Film Festival.

Directed by Shauna Ludgate and Produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis,  "Pet Shop" is a story about animals in a pet shop who long to find a home.  

Pet Shop has won many festival awards. 

Pet Shop at YouTube

You can see the "Pet Shop" teaser at YouTube below

Pet Shop

Directed by Shauna Ludgate and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis,  "Pet Shop" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which undergraduate students work together on short film projects, simulating as closely as possible the workings of a real animation studio.

Pet Shop tells the story of a gang of misfit pets in a pet shop - who long to be adopted and find a permanent home. 

"Pet Shop" Credits

• 
  Shauna Ludgate - Director, Storyboards, Animator, 3D Supervisor, Compositor
• Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis - Producer, Editor
• Liam Martin - Editor, Animator
• Tsvetelina Kumanova - Art Director, Storyboards, Animator 
• Oliver Gallagher - Storyboards, Animator
• Muhammed "Mo" Mansoor - 3D Layout, Animator, Voice Actor (Victor)
• Tom Perry - Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animator
• Aroosa Qureshi - Animator
• David Akinyose - Animator
• Derek Fead - Animator
• Chanakan Jeffries - Animator
• Maria Cortes-Monroy - Original Score
• Mihail Sustov - Sound Design
• Alice McCall - Motion Graphics
• Cameron Bier - Voice Actor (Duke)
• Ellie Wills - Voice Actress - (Bella)

Thanks

Max Howard

Many thanks to film producer and Disney veteran Max Howard, who provided invaluable critique and support throughout the project. 

Festival Success

Pet Shop has won multiple festival awards:

• Best Trailer at the HEI Film Fest
• Best Trailer at the Golden Nugget International Film Festival.
• Best Trailer at the Halicarnassus Film Festival
• Best Trailer at Art Film Awards
• Best Super Short at the UK Monthly Film Festival
• Best Trailer at Vesuvius Film Festival
• Best Trailer at the Onyko Film Festival
• Best Trailer (Nomination) at The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF). 

Pet Shop at the IMDB

You can find Pet Shop listed at the IMDB here.

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