"Bloom" Wins Best Animation Award in Florence

"Bloom", wins "Best Animation" at Florence Film Awards

Congratulations to the makers of "Bloom", which has won "Best Animated Film" at the Florence Film Awards. "Bloom" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects.

Bloom was written and directed by Vanessa Marques-Navaratnasingam and produced by Grace Lam. This is its third festival award.

"Bloom"

"Bloom" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects.  "Bloom" was written and directed by Vanessa Marques-Navaratnasingam and produced by Grace Lam. 

"Bloom"

Bloom 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

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

"Bloom" Credits

• Vanessa Marques-Navaratnasingam – Director, storyboards, Camera, Animator, Editor, Lighting, Sound Design 
• Grace Lam – Producer, Storyboards, Camera, Animator
• Aya Najib – Layout, Animator
• Sam Blackburn – Camera, Modelling, Animation, Lighting, Unreal Engine Pipeline
• Elissa Heath – Rigging, Modelling, Lead Animator,
• Katrina Tran – Rigging, Modelling, Animator
• Jason Cole – Animator, Clean-Up Animator  
• Laercio Lima – Animator
• Caleb Peach - Original Score

Thanks

Many thanks to Studio Assistants Milly Proudfoot and Priya Shah.

Tutor Oversight

Bloom was overseen by Animation Tutor Kevin Richards.

Industry Feedback
Industry feedback was generously provided by veteran producer Max Howard and also George Caton-Coult from Love Love Films.

Festival Success

Bloom has won: 

• Best Animated Film at the Florence Film Awards 
• Best Animated Film at the Milan Gold awards
• Best Student Film at the Hollywood Gold awards

Bloom at The IMDB

You can find Bloom here at the IMDB.

Bloom at The Rookies

You can find "Bloom" at The 2025 Rookies here.

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