"Lumi" Wins "Best Animation" at 1st Film Festival

"Lumi" wins "Best Animated Short" at 1st Film Festival

Congratulations to the makers of "Lumi", which has won "Best Animated Short" at the First Film Festival.

Lumi is a short animated film created by our second year animation students at Escape Studios.  Lumi was directed by Maye Liu, co-directed by Sirisha Mutty, and produced by Amy Little.  

Lumi was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects. This is its fifth festival award. 

Lumi

You can watch Lumi below:

Lumi

Lumi tells the story of a lamp that comes alive inside a child's bedroom, and is disturbed by an unexpected visitor. 

Lumi Credits

• Maye Liu – Director, Writer, Editor, Sound Designer, Animator, Textures
• Sirisha Mutty – Co-Director, Storyboards, Animator
• Amy Little – Producer, Art Director, Animation Lead, Textures, Environments
• Abi Ocay – Storyboards, Animator
• Jess Kelly – Storyboards, Animator
• Samun Gurung – Animator, Texture Artist, Environments
• Ben Swallow – Lamp Rig

Studio Project

Lumi was was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects, simulating as closely as possible the environment and pipeline of a real animation studio.  Lumi was animated in Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro. 

Supervising Tutor

"Lumi" was overseen by supervising tutors Marc Stevenson, an industry veteran and tutor at Escape Studios and "Mr Bean" art director Steve Sole. 

Thanks to our Industry Friends
Many thanks to our industry friends for their feedback and support, especially Shelley Page from Locksmith Animation. 

IMDB
You can find Lumi at the IMDB here. 

Festivals

Lumi has won many festival awards:

• Best Animated Short at the First Film Festival
• Best Micro Short at the Indo Singapore Film Festival
• Best Micro Short at the Vesuvius Film Festival
• Best Super Short Film at the London Movie Awards
• Honourable Mention - Best Super Short Film - at Future of Film Awards 

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