"Night Terrors" Wins Best Short at Int'l Gold Awards

 "Night Terrors" wins "Best Super Short" at Int'l Gold Awards

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Night Terrors", which has won "Best Super Short Film" at the International Gold Awards.  

Directed by Erminas Surgautas and produced by Xhoana Tola, "Night Terrors" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation students and VFX students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.  

"Night Terrors"

The Art Director was Ruby Ebbs, Yusuf Saddique was the 2D VFX Lead, and Samuel Greer was the 3D VFX Lead.  This is its fourth festival award. 

Escape Method

Studio projects such as this one form part of The Escape Method; bringing together students with multiple talents to work in teams, responding to industry feedback - in this case from Industrial Light & Magic.

Night Terrors Credits

• Erminas Surgautas - Director, Animator 
• Xhoana Tola - Producer, Animator
• Cara Masters - Animation Lead 
• Stephanie Quelal - Storyboard Artist, Animator 
• Ruby Ebbs - Art Director, Animator 
• Pablo Castilla - Rigging , Animator
• Nishana Paul - Rigging, Animator 
• Leon Lau - Previs & Layout, Assistant Editor, Animator
• Yusuf Saddique - Editor, 2D VFX Lead 
• Samuel Greer - 3D VFX Lead 
• Ryan Fletcher - 3D VFX 
• Bradley Vince-Crowhurst - FX 
• Dylan Gipps - 2D VFX 
• Lilly Boswell - 2D VFX 
• John Oakes-Pearson - 2D VFX 
• Nilufer Refet - 2D VFX 
• Thomas Greensmith - 2D VFX 
• Usamah Moollah - Animator 
• Finlay Fuller - Actor
• Alexander J. Dvorak - Music
• Irene Gomez Emilsson - Cinematography 

Escape Tutors
Night Terrors was overseen by Escape Studios Tutors Marc Stevenson (Animation), Riccardo Zanarini (Houdini), Ilaria Colavito (3D VFX) and Sokratis Synitos (2D VFX). 

Thanks to Our Studio Assistants. 

Thanks also to our Studio Assistants Jess Hiles, Cheryl Chan and Matthew O’Reilly.

Industry Feedback

Industry feedback from Industrial Light & Magic

Industry feedback was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic, from Hayden Jones, Melissa Leamon and Davi Stein. 

Festival Success

• Best Super Short Film at the International Gold Awards
• Best VFX at Makizhmithran Film Festival  
• Best VFX at the Cinematic Europe Film Festival
• Best VFX at the Eastern Europe Film Festival

Night Terrors at The IMDB

You can find Night Terrors at the IMDB here.

Escape Graduation Showcase

You can also find Night Terrors at the Official Escape Graduation Showcase. 

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