"Sea Of Madness" wins "Best Short" in Florence

Sea Of Madness wins "Best Super Short Film" in Florence 

Congratulations to the makers of Sea Of Madness, which has won "Best Super Short Film" at the Florence Film Awards. 

Sea Of Madness was directed by Maria Freitas  and produced by Ivy Wang.  

Jake Hines was the editor and 2D Lead, and Sebastian McKernan was the 3D Lead.  Ian Chavez Zarate stars as The Pirate.   This is the latest of many festival awards.

X-Terminate Wins Best VFX at Reels Fest

X-Terminate wins "Best VFX" at Reels Film Festival 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 Reels Film Festival 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.  Guy Dijkhuis was the 3D VFX Lead; Caterina Castiglione was the 2D VFX Lead.  This is the fifth festival award for X-Terminate. 

Sea of Madness Wins Best VFX at Art Film Awards

Congratulations to the makers of Sea Of Madness, which has won "Best VFX" at the Art Film Awards.

Sea Of Madness was directed by Maria Freitas  and produced by Ivy Wang.  

Jake Hines was the editor and 2D Lead, and Sebastian McKernan was the 3D Lead.  Ian Chavez Zarate stars as The Pirate.  

This is the film's fourth festival award.

Sea of Madness Wins Best VFX at EEFF

Congratulations to the makers of Sea Of Madness, which has won a "Special Award" for "Best VFX" at the Eastern Europe Film Festival Awards.

Sea Of Madness was directed by Maria Freitas  and produced by Ivy Wang.  Jake Hines was the editor and 2D Lead, and Sebastian McKernan was the 3D Lead.  Ian Chavez Zarate stars as The Pirate.  

This is the film's fourth festival award.

"Sea of Madness" Wins "Best Creative" Award

Congratulations to the makers of Sea Of Madness, which has won "Best Creative" at the Halicarnassus Film Festival Awards.

Sea Of Madness was directed by Maria Freitas  and produced by Ivy Wang.  Jake Hines was the editor and 2D Lead, and Sebastian McKernan was the 3D Lead.  Ian Chavez Zarate stars as The Pirate.  

This is the film's third festival award.

X-Terminate Wins "Best VFX" at Makizhmithran Fest

Congratulate 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 Makizhmithran Film Festival.

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 third festival award. 

X-Terminate Wins "Best Super Short" in London

X-Terminate wins "Best Super Short" in London

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 Super Short" at the London Movie Awards, taking place at the CloseUp Theatre in Shoreditch.

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 second festival award. 

X-Terminate Wins Best VFX at Eastern Europe Festival

Escape Studios is proud to congratulate 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 Eastern Europe Film Festival.  

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 first festival award. 

Introducing "X-Terminate"

X-Terminate short film from Maria Eduarda Freitas on Vimeo.

Escape Studios is proud to present X-Terminate, the latest short film created by our third year animation students and VFX students at Escape Studios.  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.  Studio projects such as this one are part of what we call The Escape Method - bringing together students with multiple talents to work in teams, responding to industry feedback from Industrial Light & Magic.

"Sea of Madness" Wins Milan Gold Award

Sea Of Madness wins Best Animated Short in Milan

Congratulations to the makers of Sea Of Madness, which has won "Best Animated Film" at the Milan Gold awards.

Sea Of Madness was directed by Maria Freitas  and produced by Ivy Wang.  Jake Hines was the editor and 2D Lead, and Sebastian McKernan was the 3D Lead.  Ian Chavez Zarate stars as The Pirate.  

This is the film's second festival award.

Introducing "Sea of Madness"

Sea Of Madness - Student Short Film from Jake Hines on Vimeo.

Introducing Sea Of Madness, the latest short film produced by our third year undergraduate VFX students at Escape Studios.  Sea Of Madness tells the story of a gold-seeking pirate who stumbles across an abandoned treasure on a deserted beach.  It was directed by Maria Freitas  and produced by Ivy Wang.  Jakes Hines was the editor and 2D Lead, and Sebastian McKernan was the 3D Lead.  Ian Chavez Zarate stars as The Pirate.  Industry feedback and support was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic.