"Theseus" Wins "Best Trailer" at VIZ Film Fest

Theseus & The Minotaur wins "Best Trailer" at VIZ Fest

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short Theseus and The Minotaur which has won "Best Trailer" at the VIZ Film Festival.

Theseus and The Minotaur tells the story of the Greek hero's entry into the Labyrinth, and was directed by Mitchell Wright and produced by Ayesha-Ria Jina. The 3D lead was Xavier Barker, and the 2D Lead was Ethan Mainwaring-Taylor.  Industry feedback was provided by Industrial Light & Magic.  

This the latest of many festival awards. 

Escape Studios Students at AUA Las Vegas

Escapees Alfie Williams, Elvinas Mikulin and Xavier Barker all contributed to the animation in the video above, filmed at the recent AUA Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Alfie, Elvinas and Xavier completed the job for Teleflex, a US-based medical technology company.  Alfie animated Teleflex's monster, part of the immersive experience at the conference. Alfie created a series of short animations of the monster walking, blinking, and peeking, all rendered with a transparent background for seamless placement on conference screens.  Elvinas did the modeling and Xavier managed the pipeline. 

"Theseus" Wins "Best VFX" at Makizhmithran Fest

Theseus and The Minotaur: "Best VFX" in Makizhmithran

Congratulations to the makers of Theseus and The Minotaur which has won "Best VFX" at the Makizhmithran Film Festival.

Theseus and The Minotaur tells the story of the Greek hero's entry into the Labyrinth, and was directed by Mitchell Wright and produced by Ayesha-Ria Jina. The 3D lead was Xavier Barker, and the 2D Lead was Ethan Mainwaring-Taylor.  Industry feedback was provided by Industrial Light & Magic.  

This its fourth festival award. 

"Theseus" Wins "Best Super Short" in London

Congratulations to the makers of Theseus and The Minotaur, which has won "Best Super Short Film" at the London Movie Awards, held at the Close-Up Theatre in London's Shoreditch. 

Theseus and The Minotaur was directed by Mitchell Wright and produced by Ayesha-Ria Jina.  This is the film's first festival award.