Little Gestures Wins $10,000 Prize at GUFA 2022

Many congratulations to the makers of "Little Gestures", which has won the "Best Cine-VFX" award in the Global University Film Awards (GUFA) 2022, with a cash prize of $10,000. 

This is the latest award for "Little Gestures", a short story about an artist's maquette which comes to life. 

The film was directed by Richard O'Hanlon and Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin and Dominic Strachan.   

Little Gestures - Official Vimeo Showcase

Little Gestures from Nickoel Izharudin on Vimeo.

Little Gestures

The artists' apprentice makes its mark

"Little Gestures" was directed by Richard O'Hanlon and Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin and Dominic Strachan. 

Module PR6001

"Little Gestures" was completed as part of the third year animation Module PR6001, a Studio Project worth 60 Credits, overseen by UG Program Leader Michael Davies.

In PR6001 our animation students and VFX students combine forces to produce a short film combining live action and animation, shooting live action plates and then integrating these with animation, tracking the assets to create a seamless composite.

"Little Gestures" Credits

• Richard O'Hanlon - Director
• Daniel Brand-Sinyinza - Co-Director, Animator
• Nickoel Izharudin - Producer, Lead Animator
• Dominic Strachan - Co-Producer, Editor
• Clement Gharini - Director of Photography
• Cameron Shanks - VFX Supervisor, 2D VFX Lead
• Harvey Osborne - 3D VFX Lead 
• Tequila Mason - Animator
• Eilin Berrio Pena - Animator
• Karla Rojas Tarazon - Animator
• Niki Varela - Animator

Festival Success

"Little Gestures" has won many festival awards: 

• Best Cine-VFX award in the Global University Film Awards (GUFA) 2022, with a cash prize of $10,000
• Best VFX at the Art Film Awards
• Best VFX at the Tokyo Film Festival
• Best VFX at Argenteuil Fest
• Best No Budget at the DSFF
• Best Student Director at the Golden Nugget Film Festival
• "Five Stars Award" at the BIAFF
• Honourable Mention in the category of Best Director at the Athens Film Festival
• "Best Super Short" at the Vesuvius International Film Festival in Naples.

Little Gestures at the IMDB

You can find Little Gestures at the IMDB here. 

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