"Malloe" Wins Best Children's Short at Rohip Fest

"Malloe" wins "Best Children's Short" at Rohip Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Malloe", which has won an award for "Best Children's Short" at the Rohip International Film Festival. 

"Malloe" is a short film about two children who find a very unusual creature - one that is very fond of marshmallows. 

"Malloe" was directed by Eilin Berrio Pena, edited by Ross Green, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin.  Production Design was by Paloma Zhu. "Malloe" has won many festival awards. 

Edoardo Sartori Previs Artist at Axis Animation

Edoardo Sartori

Congratulations to Escapee Edoardo Sartori who has started a new role at Axis Animation as a Previs/Layout artist. 

Previs and Layout is one of the key roles on an animated film; previs artists work closely with directors to master the look and feel of a sequence, establishing the visual narrative, shot flow, camera moves and visual storytelling. 

At Escape Studios Edoardo directed the short film "Quarantine Chorus", which has won multiple festival awards, and was rendered in Unreal Engine, the real-time renderer which has become the tool of choice for many animation companies.  

"Quarantine Chorus" Wins Award at 1st Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won "Best Quarantine Film" at the 1st Monthly Film Festival.

This is the latest of many festival awards for Quarantine Chorus, a short story about life under Lockdown in a small town in Italy.  

The film was directed by Edoardo Sartori, produced by Nickoel Izharudin and edited by Paloma Zhu; it was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason. 

Quarantine Chorus Wins Best Quarantine Film

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won "Best Quarantine Film" at the Future of Film Awards.

This is the latest of many festival awards for Quarantine Chorus, a short story about life under Lockdown in a small town in Italy.  

The film was directed by Edoardo Sartori, produced by Nickoel Izharudin and edited by Paloma Zhu; it was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason. 

Quarantine Chorus Best Covid Film at Roshani Fest

Quarantine Chorus Best Covid-19 Film at Roshani Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won "Best Covid Film" at the Roshani International Film Festival.

This is the latest of many festival awards for Quarantine Chorus, a short story about life under Lockdown in a small town in Italy.  

The film was directed by Edoardo Sartori, produced by Nickoel Izharudin and edited by Paloma Zhu; it was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason. 

Quarantine Chorus Best Quarantine Film at AFA

Quarantine Chorus wins Best Quarantine Film at AFA

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won "Best Quarantine" film at the Art Film Awards.

This is the latest of many festival awards for Quarantine Chorus, a short story about life under Lockdown in a small town in Italy.  

The film was directed by Edoardo Sartori, produced by Nickoel Izharudin and edited by Paloma Zhu; it was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason. 

Quarantine Chorus Best Animated Film of 2021

Quarantine Chorus "Best Animated Film of the Year"

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won "Best Animated Film of the Year" at the Dreamachine International Film Festival.  

This is the latest of many festival awards for Quarantine Chorus, a short story about life under Lockdown in a small town in Italy.  

The film was directed by Edoardo Sartori, produced by Nickoel Izharudin and edited by Paloma Zhu; it was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason. 

Quarantine Chorus Best Animation at Ramsgate

"Quarantine Chorus" Festival Commendation at Ramsgate

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won "Festival Commendation" at the Ramsgate Film Festival.  

This is the 11th festival award for Quarantine Chorus, a short story about life under Lockdown in a small town in Italy.  

The film was directed by Edoardo Sartori, produced by Nickoel Izharudin and edited by Paloma Zhu; it was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason. 

Quarantine Chorus Best Micro Short at DIFF

Best Micro Short at Dreamachine Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won "Best Micro Short" at the Dreamachine International Film Festival (DIFF). 

This is the ninth festival award for Quarantine Chorus, a short story about life under Lockdown in a small town in Italy.  

The film was directed by Edoardo Sartori, produced by Nickoel Izharudin and edited by Paloma Zhu; it was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason. 

Edoardo Sartori Shot Creator at The Third Floor

Edoardo Sartori

Congratulations to Escape Studios student Edoardo Sartori who is now working part-time as a Shot Creator at one of the UK's leading previsualisation houses: The Third Floor.  

Edoardo is helping to previs a big budget Hollywood movie being made by one of the world's most famous directors. 

Edoardo has broken into the animation and VFX industry thanks to his extensive knowledge of real-time rendering in Unreal Engine, the rendering platform which is fast replacing traditional ray-trace technology. 

Quarantine Chorus "Hon. Mention" at GSIFF

Quarantine Chorus "Hon. Mention" at Golden Smile Fest

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won an Honourable Mention award at the Golden Smile International Film Festival in Bergen, Holland.

This is the eighth festival award for Quarantine Chorus, which recently won "Most Heartwarming Animation" at the Animafantasia Film Festival.

Quarantine Chorus Wins "Most Heartwarming"

Quarantine Chorus: "Most Heartwarming Animation"

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won an award for "Most Heartwarming Animation" at the Animafantasia Film Festival.

Quarantine Chorus, which has now won seven festival awards, is a short animated film about life under Lockdown, and a celebration of the human spirit. It was based on an original idea by Tequila Mason, directed by Edoardo Sartori, edited by Paloma Zhu, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin. 

Quarantine Chorus Wins "Best Covid-19 Film"

Quarantine Chorus - Best Covid-19 film

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", which has won an award for "Best Covid-19 Film" at the Marcellus Mini Movie Family Film Festival in Marcellus, New York.

Quarantine Chorus is a short animated film about life under Lockdown, and a celebration of the human spirit. It was directed by Edoardo Sartori and produced by Nickoel Izharudin. 

Quarantine Chorus Best Director at Lisbon Fest

Best Director - Super Short Film

Many congratulations to Edoardo Sartori, whose short film "Quarantine Chorus" has won the award for "Best Director - Super Short Film" at the Lisbon Film Festival.

Quarantine Chorus is a short animated film completed by students at Escape Studios about life under Lockdown. 

Quarantine Chorus has won many awards, including the "Early Bird Grand Award" at the Early Bird Student Film Festival, Best Animated Short at the Prix Royal Paris Film Awards, Best Animation at the Berlin Flash Film Festival, and also Best Super Short Film at the Prague Monthly Film Festival.

Edoardo Sartori at Eallin Animation

Edoardo Sartori

Many congratulations to animation student Edoardo Sartori who is working part-time at Eallin Animation.  Eallin, which means "bring to life", is an animation and mixed media production company with offices in London, Tokyo and Prague.

Edoardo started working for Eallin as a junior 3D generalist, and has been helping to set up their new London studio in Bethnal Green.

Edoardo met Ben Leyland, Executive Producer at Eallin, while directing "Quarantine Chorus", the short animated film that has been winning festival awards since March 2020. 

Ben volunteered to help us out as one of our industry mentors, offering feedback and support during the course of the project.  Edoardo's success shows the power of networking in our industry, and how our group project work can lead directly to career opportunities. 

Quarantine Chorus Early Bird Grand Award

Many congratulations to Edoardo Sartori, whose short film "Quarantine Chorus" has won the "Early Bird Grand Award" at the Early Bird Student Film Festival in Sofia.

Quarantine Chorus is a short animated film completed by students at Escape Studios about life under Lockdown. 

The film has won a number of awards, including Best Animated Short at the Prix Royal Paris Film Awards, Best Animation at the Berlin Flash Film Festival, and also Best Super Short Film at the Prague Monthly Film Festival.

Quarantine Chorus Best Animation in Paris

"Best Animated Short" at the PRPAA

Many congratulations to the makers of "Quarantine Chorus", the short animated film completed earlier this year by our second-year animation students at Escape Studios, about life under the Corona Lockdown, which has won Best Animated Short at the Prix Royal Paris Film Awards. 

This latest success comes on top of two previous awards: Best Animation at the Berlin Flash Film Festival, and also Best Super Short Film at the Prague Monthly Film Festival.

Quarantine Chorus Double Award Winner

Winner: "Best Animation"

"Quarantine Chorus", the short film recently completed by our second-year animation students at Escape Studios about life under the Corona Lockdown, has already won two awards: Best Animation at the Berlin Flash Film Festival, and also Best Super Short Film at the Prague Monthly Film Festival.

This is a great result for a film that was only entered into film festivals for the first time last week.

Introducing "Death From Above"

Death From Above - Official Teaser Trailer [HD] from Callum Wylie on Vimeo.

Our second year animation students have just completed the first half of Studio Module PR5001, in which they collaborate together on short film projects.  Over the past seven weeks, six students created Escape Studios' very first animated horror trailer: "Death From Above".  The film was animated in Maya, rendered in Unreal Engine 4, and edited in Adobe Premiere and After Effects.  Directed by Jordan Coles, and Produced by Callum Wylie, the project was edited by Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, and the CG supervisor was Edoardo Sartori. Storyboarding was by Niki Valera and Tequila Mason. You can find Death From Above at the IMDB here.