"Alma" Wins "Best Sci-Fi" at Sun Film Festival

"Alma": Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi at The Sun Film Festival

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi at The Sun Film Festival.

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios. 

Alma was directed by Rola Hafez, produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis, and overseen by animation tutor Amedeo Beretta.

Alma has won many festival awards.  

Rola Hafez Animator at Mighty Studios

Rola Hafez

Many congratulations to Escapee Rola Hafez who has started work as an animator at Mighty Studios. 

Rola took our MA in 3D Animation at Escape Studios, and directed the short animated sci-fi film "Alma" which has won multiple festival awards. She also worked on the award-winning short "Mafia Mix-Up".

We congratulate Rola on her first job in the animation industry. 

"Alma" Wins Best Sci-Fi at Future of Film Fest

Alma Best Sci-Fi at Future of Film Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won Best Sci-Fi at The Future of Film Fest.

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios. 

Alma was directed by Rola Hafez, produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis, and overseen by animation tutor Amedeo Beretta.

Alma has won many festival awards.  

Alma Wins "Five Stars" Award at BIAFF

"Alma" wins Five Star Award at the BIAFF

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won a "Five Stars" Award at The British International Animation Film Festival (BIAFF).

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios. It was directed by Rola Hafez, produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis, and overseen by animation tutor Amedeo Beretta.

Alma has won many festival awards.  

Alma Best Prod'n Design (Hon Mention) TIMFF

Alma Wins Best Prod'n Design

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won an Honourable Mention for "Best Production Design" at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIMFF).

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios. It was directed by Rola Hafez, produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis, and overseen by animation tutor Amedeo Beretta.

Alma has won many festival awards.  

Alma Wins Best No Budget Film at DSFF

"Alma" Best No Budget at DSFF

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won an award for "Best No Budget" Film at the Dreamer's Short Film Festival (DSFF).

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios. It was directed by Rola Hafez, produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis, and overseen by animation tutor Amedeo Beretta.

Alma has won many festival awards.  

Alma Best Short for Youth at Kinodiseea Fest

Alam Wins Short Film for Youth at Kinodiseea Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won an award in the category of International Competition of Short Films for Youth (15-18 years) at the Kinodiseea International Children Film Festival.

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios; it was directed by Rola Hafez and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis, and has won many festival awards.  

Alma Wins Best Animation at ANMTN! Fest

Alma Wins Best Animated Film at ANMTN Film Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won an award for Best Animated Film at the Anmtn! Film Festival.

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios; it was directed by Rola Hafez and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis, and has won multiple festival awards.  

Alma Best Cinematography at Halicarnassus

Alma wins Best Cinematography at Halicarnassus

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won an award for Best Cinematography at the Halicarnassus Film Festival. 

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios; it was directed by Rola Hafez and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis.  Cinematography was by Austin Hill. 

Alma Wins Hon Mention at Madeira Video Fest

Best Animation (Hon Mention) at IVFF 

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won its third festival award: Honourable Mention at the International Video Festival Funfest in Madeira, in the category of "Best Animated Film".

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios; it was directed by Rola Hafez, co-directed by Francesco Cordari and Alexandra Megerdichian, and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis. 

Alma Wins Hon Mention for VFX at Athens Fest

Alma Hon Mention for Best VFX at AIMAFF

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won its second festival award - Honourable mention in the category of Best VFX at the Athens International Film Festival.

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios; it was directed by Rola Hafez, co-directed by Francesco Cordari and Alexandra Megerdichian, and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis. 

"Alma" Wins "Best Animation" at Flicks Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Alma", which has won its first festival award - "Best Animation" at the Flicks Film Festival in March. 

"Alma", is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios; it was directed by Rola Hafez, co-directed by Francesco Cordari and Alexandra Megerdichian, and produced by Emmanouil "Manos" Zervoudakis. 

The Making of "Alma"

"Alma" is the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios.  In this video above, the key members of the team explain how the short film was put together.  The MoCap performance was recorded at Escape Studios on a Xsens Awinda MoCap suit, supplied by Escape Studios' tutor and cinematographer Clement Gharini.  "Alma" was completed by students on our MA in Animation, directed by Rola Hafez and produced by Emmanouil Zervoudakis.

Introducing "Alma", Our First MoCap Short

Meet "Alma", the first fully motion capture CG short film created at Escape Studios.  Alma was directed by Rola Hafez, Francesco Cordari and Alexandra Megerdichian, and produced by Emmanouil Zervoudakis, and overseen by Escape Studios tutor Amedeo Beretta. 

The MoCap performance was recorded at Escape Studios on a Xsens Awinda MoCap suit, supplied by Escape Studios' tutor and cinematographer Clement Gharini.

"Alma" was completed as part of our MA Animation, in which students must deliver a personal project, which can be done individually or as part of a team. 

"Alma" pulled together 3D and Animation students to deliver a short movie as a team project, using Motion Capture to facilitate the animation.