Malloe Wins "Honourable Mention" in Prague

Best Director at Prague Awards (Hon. Mention)

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won an Honourable Mention for "Best Director" at the Prague International Film Awards. 

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Production Design was by Paloma Zhu.  "Malloe" has won many festival awards. 

Malloe from Nickoel Izharudin on Vimeo.

"Malloe" was produced by our 3rd year graduating animation students, working together as a team in Module PR6001 to produce their final short animated film.

Malloe

"Malloe"

"Malloe" is a short film about two children who find a very unusual creature - one that is very fond of marshmallows.  It was animated in Maya, edited in Premiere Pro, and rendered in Unreal Engine.  "Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, who also directed the award-winning short film "Nefertiti" in 2020.

The film was edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Art Direction was by Paloma Zhu.  The short was supervised by UG Program Leader Michael Davies. 

"Malloe" Credits

• Eilin Berrio Pena - Director, Environment TD, Animator
• Nickoel Izharudin - Co-Director, Producer, Animator

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  Eilin Berrio Pena
  
  
  

  Ross Green - Editor, Animator
• Paloma Zhu - Art Director, Animator
• Edoardo Sartori - Pipeline Supervisor
• Tequila Mason - Storyboard Supervisor, Animator
• Callum Wylie - Animation Lead
• Liam Priestnall - Original score
• Laura Avis - Sound Design
• Mikhail Magnaye - Animator
• Simone Costa - Animator
• Daniel-Brand Sinyinza - Animator
• Niki Varela - Animator

Festival Success

"Malloe" has won many festival awards: 

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  Honourable Mention for "Best Super Short Film" at the Prague Film Festival. 
• "Four Stars Award" at the British International Amateur Film Festival (BIAFF)
• Best Production Design at the Athens International Film Festival (AIMAFF)
• Best Production Design at Athens Film Festival
• Best No Budget at the Dreamer's Film Fest
• Best Production Design at Tokyo Film Festival
• "Best Animation" at the Halicarnassus Film Festival. 
• "Honourable Mention" at The Rookies in the category of Best 3D Animated Short Film. 
• "Best Animation"and also "Best Art Direction" at the Flicks Film Festival
• "Best Micro Short" at the Vesuvius Film Festival. 

Malloe at IMDB

Malloe can be found here at IMDB.

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