"Infestation" Best Sci-Fi at Golden Peacock Awards

"Infestation" wins Best Sci-Fi at Golden Peacock Awards

Congratulations to the makers of "Infestation", one of the latest animated shorts created by our third year animation students at Escape Studios.

Infestation has won "Best Sci-Fi Short" at the Golden Peacock International Film Festival.  

Directed by Thomas Husband and produced by Hugo Whitworth,  Infestation tells the story of a distant space station - HMSS Archimedes - with some unwelcome visitors.  This is the third festival award for Infestation.

"Infestation"

"Infestation" is an animated short created by our third year animation students at Escape Studios.  Directed by Thomas Husband and produced by Hugo Whitworth,  Infestation tells the story of HMSS Archimedes - a space station with some uninvited guests. 

Infestation

Infestation tells the story of a top secret mission to uncover the secrets of HMSS Archimedes - and its sinister inhabitants. 

Infestation Credits

• Thomas Husband – Director, Writer, Animator, 3D Layout, Rigging, Sound Design, Textures
• Hugo Whitworth – Producer, Animator, Art Director, Lighting
• Brandon Rai – Writer, Animator, Storyboards, 3D Layout, Stuntman
• Alfie Williams – Lead Animator, Editor, Sound Design
• Rajun Madahar – Lead Animator, 3D Layout
• Shaniya Kay Almazan – Animator, Storyboards
• Alex Norman Mercer – Animator 
• Paul Harrison – Stuntman
• Joshua Hudes – Music
• Elvinas Mikulin – Textures

Thanks

Special Thanks to Paul Harrison, Keith Ribbons, Ben Swallow and Sebastien Foucan.

Industry Support - ILM

Industrial Light & Magic - Industry Feedback

Escape Studios would like to thank ILM's Keith Ribbons for industry feedback, kind words and general support throughout.

Industrial Light & Magic have been our industry partners for many years, offering our students the chance to get real-world feedback from industry, as if they were working in a commercial studio.

Escape Method

Industry feedback is part of The Escape Method - the way we teach animation at Escape Studios. The Escape Method has five pillars: Intensive classroom teaching, online tutorials, constructive feedback, industry engagement, and group projects.  All our students at Escape Studios study intensively, with personal tuition from industry-trained tutors, combined with online tutorials, regular, intensive feedback, and engagement from industry.

IMDB

You can find Infestation at the IMDB here. 

Rookies

You can find Infestation at The Rookies here.

Festival Success

Infestation has won:

• Best Sci-Fi Short at the Golden Peacock International Film Festival  
• Best Sci-Fi Short at the Tekka International Film Festival
• Best Sci-Fi at the 1st Monthly Film Festival
• Best Micro Short at the Indo Malaysia Film Festival

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