"Birds Connect Our World" Wins at UAE Film Fest

We're proud to congratulate the makers of the short film "Birds Connect Our World", written, directed and animated by Escapee Wing Lan Lilian Fu, which has won an award for "Best Environmental Short" at the United Arab Emirates International Film Festival.

Lilian Fu took our evening class in animation in ToonBoom Harmony. Birds Connect Our World was animated in Toonboom Harmony; this is its second festival award.

Toonboom Harmony is an increasingly important part of the 2D animation pipeline at Escape Studios; the software allows for artists to combine traditional drawing with a rig-based approach to animation, streamlining the animation process.

Still image from "Birds Connect Our World"

About "Birds Connect Our World"
Every year millions of migratory birds are killed traveling to and from their mating and feeding grounds.

Action is needed in order to save this precious natural resource before it vanishes.

World Migratory Bird Day

The film was created to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day, which takes place twice a year on 9 May and also on 10 October.

VFX

Lilian Fu

Visual Effects were provided by Escape Studios' Head of Compositing, Allar Kaasik.

IMDB
You can find "Birds Connect Our World" here at the IMDB.

About Wing Lan Lilian Fu
Wing Lan Lilian Fu is a graduate of the NFTS, and studied animation at Escape studios.  She is also an associate lecturer in animation at the University of Surrey.  You can find Lilian at the IMDB here.  Lilian took our evening class in animation in ToonBoom Harmony, taught by Plamen Ananiev, and she applied her new skills to make this short film,  The film tackles the challenges faced by migratory birds in Asia, and what can be done to protect them and their natural habitats.

EAAFP

East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership was launched in 2006 and aims to protect migratory waterbirds, their habitat and the livelihoods of people dependent upon them.

There are currently 37 Partners including 18 countries, six intergovernmental agencies, 12 international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and one international private enterprise.

Festival Success

BCOW has won two festival awards: 

• Best Environmental Short at the United Arab Emirates International Film Festival.
• Best Environmentally Conscious Narrative Short at the Golden Nugget International Film Festival in London

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our next evening class in Toonboom Harmony, follow this link.