"Cursed Bond" Wins "Best Student Film" in Jalgaon

"Cursed Bond" wins "Best Student Film" at Jalgaon Fest .

Congratulations to the makers of "Cursed Bond", which has won "Best Student Film" at the Jalgaon Film Festival. 

"Cursed Bond" was written and directed by Ted Walker, and produced by Mahak Chowdhary.  Cinematography was by Irene Gomez Emilsson and the VFX Supervisor was Oliver Eveson.  Art direction was by Quimey Dasso.  Ted Walker stars as the Hermit.  This is the latest of many festival awards. 

"Am I Dreaming?" Wins Best Musical at UK Awards

"Am I Dreaming?" wins Best Animated Musical at UK Awards

Congratulations to director Jake Lee and the makers of the short film "Am I Dreaming?" which has won Best Animated Musical at the UK Film Awards. 

"Am I Dreaming?" is a short film 

directed by Jake Lee, and produced by Escapee Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis.  

"Am I Dreaming?" is an animated musical featuring an original song written and composed by Lilianne Coeverden and performed by Kiersten Nielson. 

"Huntress" Wins "Best Animation" Award in London

"Huntress" wins Best Animation at London Movie Awards. 

Congratulations to the makers of the animated short "Huntress" created by MA Animation student James Hothi, which has won Best Animation at the London Movie Awards in Shoreditch. 

James Hothi is studying the Art of Computer Animation at Escape Studios, taught by industry veteran Kevin Richards. "Huntress" is a teaser/trailer for a feature film.  This is its first festival award. 

"X-Terminate" Wins "Best VFX" at FoF Awards

Congratulations to the makers of X-Terminate, the short film created by our third year animation students and VFX students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best VFX" at the Future of Film Awards.

Directed by Maria Freitas and produced by Emmanuel Rahman,  X-Terminate was a collaboration between undergraduate animation students and VFX students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.   This is its fourth festival award. 

What's The Point of Winning Festival Awards?

Here at Escape Studios our student film-makers have won hundreds of festival awards - more than 500 over the past decade.  But what's the point of it all?  Do awards make a difference? 

At Escape Studios we train Studio-Ready Talent, teaching artists to work in teams and produce professional-quality work, simulating as closely as possible the realities of a studio environment. 

Festival awards are a recognition that the work produced by our students is of professional quality.  Awards also help to burnish our students' IMDB profiles - an important first step in winning recognition in our industry. 

"Game Heist" Wins Best Animation in Milan

"Game Heist" wins "Best Animation" in Milan

Congratulations to the makers of "Game Heist", the VFX short film from Escape Studios, which has won "Best Animation" at the Milan Gold Awards.  

Directed by Mitchell Wright and produced by Ayesha-Ria Jina, "Game Heist", tells the story of a group of misfit toys trying to steal a video game.

This is its first festival award. 

"Countdown" Wins Best Animated Short in London

"Countdown" - Best Animated Short at London Movie Awards

Congratulations to the makers of "Countdown", which has won Best Animated Short at the London Movie Awards.

"Countdown" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects.  "Countdown" was written and directed by Leo Lau and produced by Xhoana Tola.  This its first festival award. 

"Outpatient" Wins Best VFX at Makihzmithran Fest

"Outpatient" wins "Best VFX" at Makizhmithran Fest

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film "Outpatient", which has won "Best VFX" at the Makizhmithran Film Awards. 

"Outpatient" was directed by Charlie Wilson, co-directed by Idris Driver, produced by Harry Symonds, and co-produced by Emmanuel Rahman.  "Outpatient" tells the story of a hospital patient on the edge of survival. Abdoulah M Jones stars as The Patient.  

This is the film's second festival award. 

Luciferin Wins "Best VFX" at FOF Awards

Luciferin wins "Best VFX" at FoF Fest

Congratulations to the makers of Luciferin, the VFX short created at Escape Studios by our graduating class of VFX artists, which has won "Best VFX" at the Future of Film Festival.

Directed by Jake Roberts and produced by Bruno Urzi,  Luciferin was a collaboration between 2D and 3D VFX Students, working together to create a short film.  Luciferin tells the story of a marine biologist working in a deep sea biosphere.  

This is the latest of many festival awards for Luciferin.  

"Green Friend" Wins "Best Micro Short" in Naples

"Green Friend" wins Best Micro Short at Naples Film Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Green Friend", which has won Best Micro Short at the Vesuvius Film Festival in Naples.

Green Friend is a short animated film created by our second year animation students at Escape Studios. Green Friend was directed and produced by Hugo Whitworth.  It was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which second-year animation students work together on short film projects. 

This is the latest of many festival awards for Green Friend. 

"Risen" Wins "Best VFX" at Ideal Film Fest

Congratulations to the makers of the short film "Risen", which has won "Best VFX" at the Ideal Film Festival.

"Risen" was directed by Jane Williams and produced by Muhadissa Hasham.  Emma Richards was the 2D Lead and Oguzhan "Oz" Arisoy was the 3D Lead.

In Risen, a mysterious demonic force emerges from a ruined churchyard.  

Risen was a collaboration between 3D VFX and 2D VFX students in their final year, working together to create a short film, simulating as closely as possible the workings of a real animation studio.

This is Risen's fifth festival award. 

"Lux Mediae Noctis" Wins "Best VFX" in India

"Lux Mediae Noctis" wins "Best VFX" in India

Congratulations to the makers of "Lux Mediae Noctis", the VFX short film created at Escape Studios by our graduating class of VFX artists, which has won "Best VFX" at the Makihzmithran International Film Festival in India.

Produced and directed by Henry Claud N'Guetta and Enrico Vaccari, Lux Mediae Noctis was a collaboration between 2D and 3D VFX Students, working together to create a short film.  

This is its first festival award.

"Giles & Rupert" Wins Best Trailer at VIZ Fest

Giles and Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament - Best Trailer

Congratulations to the makers of Giles and Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament, which has won an award for Best Trailer at the VIZ Film Awards.

Giles and Rupert's Prehistoric Predicament is a teaser/trailer for an original animated TV series created at Escape Studios by director Toby Haslam and producers Samia Chowdhury and Georgia Baird.  Giles and Rupert are Victorian inventors whose time machine invention goes horribly wrong - creating a world of Jurassic trouble. 

"iCare" Wins "Best Editing" at Helsinki Film Festival

"iCare" wins "Best Editing" at Helsinki Awards

Congratulations to the makers of the short VFX film "iCare", which has won the award for "Best Editing" at the Helsinki Awards Film Festival.

Directed by Bruno Urzi and produced by Alex Sellen,  iCare was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.

This is the latest of many festival awards for iCare.

"Game Knight" Wins Best Animation at Milan Awards

Game Knight wins Best Animation at Milan Gold Awards

Congratulations to the makers of "Game Knight", which has won an award for Best Animation at the Milan Gold Awards.  

Directed by Wyndham Brunt and produced by Christopher Marsden-Carleton,  

Game Knight was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students. 

This is its second festival award. 

"iCare" Wins "Best Director" (Hon Mention) at AFA

"iCare" Hon Mention "Best Director - Short Film" at AFA

Congratulations to the makers of the short VFX film "iCare", which has won an Honourable Mention in the category of "Best Director - Short Film" at the Art Film Awards.

Directed by Bruno Urzi and produced by Alex Sellen,  iCare was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.

This is the latest of many festival awards.

"Papercut" Wins "Best VFX" at Art Film Awards

"Papercut", wins "Best VFX" at the Art Film Awards.

Many congratulations to makers of the VFX short film "Papercut", which has won "Best VFX" at the Art Film Awards.
  

Directed by Giorgos Konstantinou and produced by Victoria Arraez, Papercut was a collaboration between 3rd year undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original short.   

This is the third festival award for Papercut.

"iCare" Wins "Best Student Filmmaker" at EEFF

"iCare" wins "Best Student Filmmaker" at EEFF

Congratulations to the makers of the short VFX film "iCare", which has won two festival awards: "Best Student Filmmaker" and "Best Director" at the Eastern Europe Film Festival.

Directed by Bruno Urzi and produced by Alex Sellen,  iCare was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.

iCare has won several festival awards.

"iCare" Wins "Best Student Film" at 8 & 1/2 Awards

"iCare" wins "Best Student Film" at 8 & 1/2 Film Awards

Congratulations to the makers of the short VFX film "iCare", which has won "Best Student Film" at the Eight and a Half Film Awards.

Directed by Bruno Urzi and produced by Alex Sellen,  iCare was a collaboration between undergraduate animation and vfx students, working together to create an original story.

This is the film's first festival award.

Chosen Wins "Best Micro Short" at Golden Eagle

"Chosen" Best Micro Short at Golden Eagle Film Fest

Congratulations to Escape Studios animation student Pietro Mingione whose short animated film "Chosen" has won Best Micro Short at the Golden Eagle Film Festival. 

Chosen was animated and directed by Escape Studios animation student Pietro Mingione.  "Chosen" is a short animated film about the power of faith.  

Pietro took our MA in 3D Animation at Escape Studios, taught by veteran animator Lee Caller.