"Little Pirates" Wins "Best Anim" at Kodaikanal Fest

"Little Pirates" wins "Best Animated Short"

Congratulations to the makers of the animated short film "Little Pirates" which has won "Best Animated Short" at the Kodaikanal Film Festival.

Little Pirates was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects.  

Little Pirates was written and directed by Anna Reyes Ramirez and produced by Angharad Mathias.  This is Little Pirates' third festival award. 

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Little Pirates

Production Design on Little Pirates

Little Pirates 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. 

Little Pirates was animated in Maya, rendered in Arnold, and edited in Adobe Premiere Pro.

"Little Pirates" Credits

• Anna Reyes Ramirez – Writer, Director, Cinematography, Animator, CG Supervisor, Lighting
• Angharad Mathias – Producer, Lead Animator
• Lucie Massamba  – Art Director, Animator
• Ruby Ebbs – Storyboards, Animator
• Kamile "Kam" Pranckunaite – Editor, Sound Design, 2D FX Animator, Compositing
• Yousaf Khan – Assistant Editor, Animator, Titles
• Williams Pokhrel – Environment Artist, Animator, Set Builder, 2D Rigging
• Alejandro Reyes Ramirez – Original Score
  
• Vanessa Marques – Typefacing

Little Pirates was overseen by Animation Programme Leader Marc Stevenson.

Thanks to our Industry Friends
Many thanks to our industry friends for their feedback and support. Veteran Animation producer and former Disney executive Max Howard offered feedback to our second year animation students on their short film projects.   Max Howard has many years of experience of animation production, having run animation divisions at Disney, DreamWorks and Warner Bros Feature Animation.

Festival Success

Little Pirates has won:

• Best Animated Short at the Kodaikanal Film Festival
• Best Production Design at the EEFF
• Best Super Short at the New York Film Awards

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