"Checkmate" Wins "Best Animation" in Milan

"Checkmate" wins Best Animation at Milan Gold Awards

Congratulations to the makers of the short animated film "Checkmate", which has won Best Animation at the Milan Gold Awards.  

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

Checkmate was directed by Cara Masters and produced by Erminas Surgautas.  This is its third festival award. 

Checkmate

You can watch Checkmate below:

Checkmate from Cara Masters on Vimeo.

Checkmate

Checkmate 

Checkmate 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.  

Software

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

Checkmate Credits

• Cara Masters – Director, Animator
• Erminas Surgautas - Producer, Animator
• Erik Bocskor – Editor, Animator
• Leon Lau – Lead Animator
• Xhoana Tola – Storyboards, Animator
• Mahrukh Baig – Storyboards, Animator
• Nerea Ortega – Animator

Checkmate was overseen by Animation Programme Leader Marc Stevenson.

Festival Succes

Checkmate has won:

• Best Animation at the Milan Gold Awards
• Best Super Short at the London Movie Awards
• Special Mention Award in the Category of Best Micro Short Film at the Rohip Film Festival.  

Thanks to our Industry Friends

Max Howard

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.

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Checkmate at IMDB
You can find Checkmate at The IMDB here.

Checkmate at The Rookies

You can find Checkmate here at The Rookies. 

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