We have seen, we have heard, and we have adored - that’s right, we can finally announce the winners of the 1st month of our Toon Boom Studio competition!
Without further ado, here are the four talented winners, whose superb animated shorts impressed our big-wig judges Adam Gee (Channel 4 Commissioning Editor) and Nigel Pay (Director of Academy Award winning Tandem Films):
Blip by Sean Mullen and Ben Harper
Adam Gee: “Simple but gorgeous, with shades of Wall-e.”
Nigel Pay: “Charming, well animated story set within a clear visual framework, has all the ingredients a grad film should have as two aliens fight it out to own the planet.”
Good Bye London by Murray John
Adam Gee: “Energetic use of live action which helps capture a particular experience of living in the city.”
Nigel Pay: “Fun, vibrant animation/pixillation pop promo extravaganza, Camden never looked better, and no room for Banksy!”
The Birdwatcher by Ross Phillips
Adam Gee: “Has its own inexorable logic leading to the one blackly humourous ending possible.”
Nigel Pay: “A new take on twittering, but getting blacker by the minute. Another grad film that ticks all the boxes as Birds v. Artist takes a sinister turn.”
Hey by Eatliz Animation
Adam Gee: “A skillfully executed fantastical vision, built around beautiful pastel-toned imagery.”
Nigel Pay: “Technically excellent and well crafted 3D animation in a very filmic short with seamless editing and composition.”
With a wonderfully varied shortlist of a remarkably high standard, congratulations to the other 4 shortlisted directors:
Highly Overrated by Billy Allison
Photocopier by Frank Mansfield
Want to catch our judges’ eye? You still have one week left to enter Month 2 of the competition. What are you waiting for? Get submitting NOW!
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Loved Good-bye London
Just fantastic. Such imagination with the real world there too
Greatest for many years
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raw, dark undertones, really real experience. Irony, the shiny mettalish stuff that wins awards
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