"Bouya" Wins "Best Super Short" in London

Congratulations to the makers of " Bouya", which has won "Best Super Short Film" at the London Movie Awards.

"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 story of forest creatures who work together to clean up the mess left by humans.  This is Bouya's fifth festival award. 

Bouya

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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

• Chiyoko Coyte - Director, Editor, Art Director, 3D Modelling, Texturing, Compositing, Animation, Concept Art, Storyboards
• Alex Sellen - Producer, Unreal Engine TD, 3D Layout, Lighting, Storyboards
• Mihail Sustov - Foley Artist (Sound Design) 
• Lorenzo Pelli - Original Score
• Llewelyn Whitney - Prototyping
• Matdawna Jn Philipp - 3D Modelling, Rigging, Animation, Concept Art
• Sebastien Petre - Rigging, Unreal Engine TA
• Paul Harrison - Texturing
• Bonnie Duncan - Texturing, Animation
• Noemie Lafrontiere - Animation
• David Akinyose - Animation, Concept Art
• Jade Davanzo - Animation, Concept Art
• Aspen Chaluisan - Storyboards

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:

• Best Super Short Film at the London Movie Awards
• Best Animated Short at the Indo-Singapore Film Festival
• Best Super Short at the International Gold Film Awards  
• Best Original Score at the Hollywood Gold Awards
• Best Micro Short at The Vesuvius Film Fest
• Best Production at the Art Film Awards. 

Rookies

Bouya can be found at The Rookies here. 

Official Showcase

You can also find Bouya at the official Escape Studios Showcase here.

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