"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.

Four Escape Student Films in Animex Film Festival

Four Films Selected for Animex Film Festival

We're delighted to congratulate our students on having four short films accepted into this year's Animex Film Festival. 

Animex is an annual international film festival of animation, VFX and games which takes place at Middlesborough Town Hall in North Yorkshire.  This year Animex runs from 11-15 November 2024. 

"Sea of Madness" Wins "Best VFX" Award at FoFA

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

Sea Of Madness was directed by Maria Freitas  and produced by Ivy Wang.  A gold-seeking pirate stumbles across a treasure chest on a deserted beach -  guarding a hideous secret.

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 sixth festival award.

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.

"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.