"Solitude" Wins Best Sci-Fi at Art Film Awards

Escape Studios is proud to congratulate the makers of"Solitude", which has won its third festival award - "Best Sci-Fi" at the Art Film Awards.

Directed by Molly McCabe, edited by Liam Mann, and produced by Charlotte Gimbird, "Solitude" is about solitude, isolation - and the power of friendship. 

"Solitude" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which students work together as a team on short film projects.

"Picture Us", Wins "Best Production Design" Award

Congratulations to the makers of "Picture Us", which has won "Best Production Design" at the London International Film Festival.

“Picture Us” is an animated short film set inside an art gallery, in which two old master paintings fall in love, and must find a way to be together.   

Picture Us was written and directed by Tom Perry and produced by Charlotte Ann Gimbird.   

The Production Designer was Molly McCabe and Eliezer Girma  was Character Designer. 

This is the latest of many film festival awards for Picture Us.  

Molly McCabe Animator at Pop Paper City

Molly McCabe

Many congratulations to Escapee Molly McCabe who has recently joined Aardman Animation's "Pop Paper City" as an animator.

"Pop Paper City" is a new animated TV series being distributed by Aardman Animations and produced by Lovelove films.

Pop Paper City is a preschool craft TV show. The series focuses on a group of paper friends as they find ways to have fun together by creating new parts of their paper world. 

Molly McCabe worked on a number of award-winning short films at Escape Studios, including "Solitude", which she directed.  Molly also contributed to "Picture Us" and "The Beauty of Nature".

"Solitude" Best 1st Time Director Halicarnassus

Solitude wins Best 1st Time Director at Halicarnassus

Escape Studios is proud to congratulate the makers of"Solitude", which has won its second festival award - "Best First-Time Director" at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.   

Directed by Molly McCabe, edited by Liam Mann, and produced by Charlotte Gimbird, "Solitude" is about solitude, isolation - and the power of friendship. 

Burger Royale Best Editing at Halicarnassus

Burger Royale wins Best Editing at Halicarnassus

Congratulations to the makers of "Burger Royale" which has won "Best Editing" in the Short Film category at the Halicarnassus Film Festival.  

Burger Royale is a short animated teaser/trailer written, directed and produced by Escape Studios' animation student Gary Roche.  

Burger Royale tells the story of a hungry customer who walks into a burger joint only to find that he is on the menu. It has won over a dozen festival awards.

Solitude "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius Fest

Solitude "Best Micro Short" at Vesuvius Film Fest

Escape Studios is proud to congratulate the makers of"Solitude", which has won its first festival award - "Best Micro Short" at the Vesuvius Film Festival.   

Directed by Molly McCabe, edited by Liam Mann, and produced by Charlotte Gimbird, "Solitude" is about solitude, loneliness, isolation - and friendship.  Animation was done in Maya, editing in Adobe Premiere Pro and rendering in Redshift. 

Introducing "Solitude"

Escape Studios is proud to present "Solitude", the latest short film created by our second year animation students at Escape Studios.  

Directed by Molly McCabe and produced by Charlotte Gimbird, "Solitude" was completed as part of Studio Module PR5001, a collaborative module in which students work together on short film projects, simulating as closely as possible the workings of a real animation studio.

"Solitude" is a short film about solitude, loneliness, isolation - and friendship. 

The film was animated in Maya, edited in Adobe Premiere and rendered in Redshift.