Escapee Amelia Watson Joins ETC

Escapee Amelia Watson joins Electric Theatre Collective

Many congratulations to Escapee Amelia Watson who is joining Electric Theatre Collective.

Amelia Watson studied the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios, and contributed to a many award-winning short films including "Love, Mum", Tatty, The Stellar Rescue and Queerbaiting.

Amelia has been working at Escape as a Studio Assistant, helping to teach our second year students 3D Animation.

"Tatty" Wins "Best Animated Short" in Milan

"Tatty" wins "Best Animated Short Film" at Milan Awards 

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won "Best Animated Short Film" at the Milan Gold Awards. 

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.  This is the latest of many festival awards for Tatty.

"Queerbaiting" Wins "Best Production" at HEI Fest

Queerbaiting" wins "Best Production" at HEI fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Queerbaiting", which has won "Best Production" at the The Heart of Europe Film Festival. 

Directed by Ellen Hughes and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Queerbaiting" was animated in Maya, edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, and rendered in Unreal Engine.  Textures were created in Substance Painter.  This is Queerbaiting's second festival award.

"Tatty" Wins Best Animated Short at Tekka Film Fest

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won "Best Animated Short" at the Tekka International Film Festival. 

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.   

This is the latest of many festival awards for Tatty.

"Love, Mum" Wins Best Super Short at Florence Fest

"Love, Mum" wins "Best Super Short Film" in Florence

Congratulations to the makers of "Love, Mum", the short film created by our second-year students at Escape Studios, which has won the award for "Best Super Short Film" at the Florence Film Festival.

"Love, Mum"  tells the story of a young woman who tries to find the secret ingredient in her beloved mother's favourite recipe.  

"Love, Mum" was written, directed and edited by Amelia Watson, and produced by Llewelyn Whitney.  

"Tatty" wins "Best VFX" (Hon Mention) in Athens

"Tatty" Hon Mention in the category of "Best VFX" in Athens 

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won an "Honourable Mention" in the category of "Best VFX" at the Athens International Film Awards. 

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.   This is the latest of many festival awards for Tatty.

"Tatty" Wins "Best VFX" in Singapore

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won "Best Student Short" at the Indo-Singapore International Film Festival. 

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.   

This is the latest of many festival awards for Tatty.

"Lucky Break" Wins "Best VFX" Award at EEFF

Many congratulations to the makers of "Lucky Break", which has won "Best VFX" Award at the Eastern European Film Festival.

Lucky Break was directed by Victoria Stoykova, edited by Rohnak Sharma, and produced by Adewale Ogunbekun. 

Lucky Break was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.  

"Tatty" Wins "Best VFX" at Rohip Film Festival

"Tatty" wins "Best VFX" at the Rohip Film Awards. 

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won "Best VFX" at the Rohip International Film Awards. 

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.  

This is the latest of many festival awards for Tatty.

"Tatty" Wins Hon Mention at Art Film Awards

"Tatty" wins Best Super Short Film (Hon Mention) at AFA

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won an Honourable Mention for "Best Super Short Film" at the Art Film Awards. 

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.  

This is the latest of many festival awards for Tatty.

"Tatty" Wins 5 Stars Award at BIAFF

"Tatty" wins "Five Stars Award" at BIAFF

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won a "Five Stars Award" at the British International Amateur Film Awards. 

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.

This is the latest festival award for Tatty.

"Tatty" Wins "Best VFX" at the EEFF

"Tatty" wins "Best VFX at the EEFF

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won an award for "Best VFX" at the Eastern Europe Film Festival.  

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.

This is the third festival award for Tatty.

"Tatty" Wins "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius Fest

"Tatty" wins "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius Film Fest

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won an award for "Best Micro Short" at the Vesuvius Film Festival.  

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.

"Tatty" Wins "Best VFX" at Future of Film Awards.

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Tatty", which has won an award for "Best VFX" at the Future of Film Awards.  

Directed by Amelia Watson and produced by Wiktoria Swierk, "Tatty" was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students at Escape Studios.

Oz Arisoy was the VFX Supervisor, Emma Richards was the 2D VFX Lead, and Liam Jones was the 3D VFX Lead.  This is Tatty's first festival award.

"Love, Mum" Wins Best Student Film-Maker Award

Love, Mum wins Best Student Film-Maker at EEFF

Congratulations to the makers of "Love, Mum", the short film created by our second-year students at Escape Studios, which has won the "Best Student Film-Maker" award at the Eastern Europe Film Festival.

"Love, Mum"  tells the story of a young woman who tries to find the secret ingredient in her beloved mother's favourite recipe.  

"Love, Mum" was written, directed and edited by Amelia Watson, and produced by Llewelyn Whitney.  

"Love, Mum" Wins "Best Young Film-Maker" Award

"Love, Mum" wins Young Film-Maker Award

Congratulations to the makers of "Love, Mum", the short film created by our second-year students at Escape Studios, which has won the "Young Film-Maker Award" at the 2022 Film One Festival.

"Love, Mum"  tells the story of a young woman who tries to find the secret ingredient in her beloved mother's favourite recipe.  

"Love, Mum" was written, directed and edited by Amelia Watson, and produced by Llewelyn Whitney.  

"Love, Mum" wins "Best Score" at Halicarnassus

Love, Mum wins Best Soundtrack at Halicarnassus

Congratulations to the makers of "Love, Mum", the short film created by our second-year students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best Soundtrack" at the Halicarnassus Film Awards.

"Love, Mum"  tells the story of a young woman who tries to find the secret ingredient in her beloved mother's favourite recipe.  

"Love, Mum" was written, directed and edited by Amelia Watson, and produced by Llewelyn Whitney.  Music was composed by Francesco La Porta.

"Love, Mum" Best Score (Hon Mention) in Tokyo

Love, Mum wins "Best Score" (Hon. Mention) in Tokyo

Congratulations to the makers of "Love, Mum", the short film created by our second-year students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best Original Score" (Hon Mention) at the Tokyo International Film Awards.

"Love, Mum"  tells the story of a young woman who tries to find the secret ingredient in her beloved mother's favourite recipe.  "Love, Mum" was written, directed and edited by Amelia Watson, and produced by Llewelyn Whitney.  Music was composed by Francesco La Porta.

"Love, Mum" Best Score at Hollywood Gold Awards

Love, Mum Best Score at Hollywood Gold Awards

Congratulations to the makers of "Love, Mum", the short film created by our second-year students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best Original Score" at the Hollywood Gold Awards.

"Love, Mum"  tells the story of a young woman who tries to find the secret ingredient in her beloved mother's favourite recipe.  "Love, Mum" was written, directed and edited by Amelia Watson, and produced by Llewelyn Whitney.  Music was composed by Francesco La Porta.  Love, Mum has won many festival awards. 

"Love, Mum" Wins Best Director (Short Film) at AFA

Love, Mum wins Best Director at AFA

Congratulations to the makers of "Love, Mum", the short film created by our second-year students at Escape Studios, which has won an award for "Best Director (Short Film)" at the Art Film Awards.

"Love, Mum"  tells the story of a young woman who tries to find the secret ingredient in her beloved mother's favourite recipe.  "Love, Mum" was written, directed and edited by Amelia Watson, and produced by Llewelyn Whitney.