"Sparky" Nominee at Animex Film Festival

Sparky is a Nominee at the Animex Film Festival

Many congratulations to the makers of the VFX short "Sparky", which is a Nominee at the Animex Film Festival. 

"Sparky" was a collaboration between students studying the Art of Computer Animation and the Art of Visual Effects.  Rae Silapasoonthorn was the  writer, director and producer.  

Sebastian Armstrong stars as the gamer.  You can watch Sparky at Vimeo here. 

Sparky

"Sparky" is the story of a robot dog that comes to life, and was a collaboration between students studying the Art of Computer Animation and the Art of Visual Effects. 

Sparky Credits

• Rae Silapasoonthorn - Writer, Director, Producer, 2D Comp, Editor
• Aaron Shadbolt - Co-Writer, 3D Lead, Generalist
• Sebastian Armstrong - Gamer
• Jose Da Silva - 3D Modeling, Texturing
• Sebastian Trujillo - 3D Modeling, Texturing
• Sanju Reddy - Rigging, Animation
• Secander Sadat - Animation
• Teshua Lal - Co-Writer, 2D Lead, compositing
• Avery Gill - Storyboards, 2D Compositing
• Jack Wengrow - 2D Compositing

Tutors

"Sparky" was overseen by Escape Studios tutors Sokratis Synitos (2D comp) and Ilaria Colavito (3D). 

Sparky at Vimeo

You can find Sparky at Vimeo here

https://vimeo.com/1194802813?fl=pl&fe=sh

Sparky at The Rookies

https://www.therookies.co/entries/51755

Festival Awards

Sparky wins "Best VFX" at Escape Studios Expo 2026

Sparky has enjoyed festival success

• Nominee at the Animex Film Festival 
• Best Indie Narrative Short at the Milan Gold Awards
• Best Visual Effects Project 2026 at the Escape Studios Expo on 3 June 2026

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