Wednesday 11 October 2023

"Bouya" Wins "Best Animated Short" in Singapore

"Bouya" wins "Best Animated Short" in Singapore
Congratulations to the makers of "Bouya", which has won "Best Animated Short" at the Indo-Singapore Film Festival. 

"Bouya" was directed by Chiyoko Coyte and produced by Alex Sellen, both studying the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios. Lorenzo Pelli composed the original score.

"Bouya" tells the hidden story of mysterious forest creatures working together to clean up the mess left by thoughtless humans.  This is Bouya's fifth festival award. 

Bouya

Bouya (ぼうや) | Student Short Film - Escape Studios from Alex Sellen on Vimeo.

Bouya
Bouya
Bouya is a short animated film that tells the story of a mushroom boy who is the caretaker of a forest, and recycles many different pieces of litter, along with his fellow forest dwellers.  Each must do their part to rescue creatures trapped by the waste left behind by thoughtless humans.

Graduating Class of 2023
Bouya was created by our graduating class of animation students, working together to create an original story.  Bouya was animated in Maya, edited in Premiere Pro, and rendered in Unreal Engine. 

Bouya Credits

Escape Tutors
Team Bouya
Bouya
 was overseen by two animation tutors at Escape Studios, Paul Harrison and Steven Lall.

Thanks 
Many thanks to our industry guests Will Lloyd-Cook from Blue Zoo and Juani Guiraldes from ILM for their generous support and feedback throughout the project. 

Festival Success
Bouya has won:

Rookies

Official Showcase

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