La Messicole awarded at Tindirindis 2011

Good news,

My short film 'La Messicole' has been awarded "best music video clip" at the 9th International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania. I'm particularly proud of my brother Robin who wrote and performed the soundtrack to the film – thanks, Robin!

Also congrats to Martin Groetzschel, who's film "Conformis" won in the category "Experimental film". I met him lately and will be working on a project with him soon.

Here you can see the list of the awarded films and a list of all the nominated films.

more Festival news

'La Messicole' was also selected for El Meu Primer Festival, an animation festival for children in Barcelona.

Festival update

'La Messicole' aka 'The Cornflower' was accepted by three more film festivals. I'm proud that it made it into the official competition selection of Encounters Bristol animation festival 2011!

Another one is Anifest Rozafa which takes place in Shkodra, Albania in September.
And the other one is Tindirindis International Animated Film Festival 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania. 'La messicole' was selected into the category 'animated music video clips' which means also big thanks again to my brother Robin, who made the music for the film! Unfortunately I won't be able to be at Anifest Rozafa. Maybe I'll make it to Lithuania.

'La messicole' press mentions

The Central Saint Martins posted an article about my graduation film 'La messicole' from 2010 on their blog:

http://blogs.csm.arts.ac.uk/snapshot/2011/06/07/rushes-soho-selection-csm/


There will also be an article about the film in the summer edition of the imagine animation magazine. Another mention of my film was found on the blog of the Hamburg-based animation studio Trikk 17, when it was in competition of the arte online short film festival: http://blog.trikk17.com/animation/kurzschluss-wettbewerb-animationsfilm-2011/

'La messicole' shortlisted for Rushes Soho 2011

Good News: The Rushes Soho short film festival in London has shortlisted my film 'La messicole' in the festival's animation category! A list of the official selection is here.

La Messicole at arte KurzSchluss & ISSF Detmold 2011

Hi,

Here is a short update for events where my last short film 'La Messicole' is going to be screened:

from 9th to 13th of June it will be in the animation program of International Short Film Festival Detmold 2011. Check their website for updated news. Also, in may it will be in competition of
arte KurzSchluss 2011. Here is a compilation of films in competition, they used my brother's music for the whole trailer, isn't that cool?

exhibition pictures

Here are a few pictures of the exhibition at CSM Innovation Centre on 23rd of March...
The event was guided by a keynote presentation of Gustav Praekelt, who discussed Diageo’s digital strategy in Africa.

Event News

Together with four other CSM graduates, I'll be exhibiting work at the Central Saint Martins Innovation Centre in London on the 23rd of March. It is the second "Digital Soirée" in 2011, a series of themed events that focus on the role that digital technologies are playing in a specific field.


Another event that I'm looking forward to visiting is the Pictoplasma Festival of Contemporary Character Design and Art which will be held in Berlin from April the 6th to the 10th. You'll see my degree film 'La Messicole' in the official kids programm on the 9th.

I will be present in person at both of the above events.

'La Messicole' on the National Gallery's website

You can now watch some of the degree films by the 2010 Central Saint Martins Character Animation graduates on the website of the National Gallery. There is also a comment of the directors and a link to see the referred painting in large.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/learning/inspired-by-the-collection/2d-animation/*/chooseMedia/5/

'La Messicole' in South Korea and China

At the time, 'La Messicole' is showcasing at BUDi 2010. You can watch all of the films (including mine) on their website here:

http://www.budibudi.org/sub04/sub04_01.php?mcate=3

At CISAF it got into the final round!

Festival news from China

'Aniwow! 2010', the 5th China International Student Animation Festival in Beijing accepted 'La Messicole' out of 1500 entries for the official selection! The festival will take place online and offline, like the one in Busan. It has already started and is goint until October 31st. See their website for any informations:

http://www.aniwow-online.com


Watch 'La Messicole' on chinese youtube 'youku' (in poor quality, though)

Festival news from South Korea

Another festival in South Korea will show 'La messicole', very soon: Busan Universiade for Digital Contents 2010. Check this website for updates:

http://www.budibudi.org/

La Messicole on imdb.com

You can now write reviews or rate "La Messicole" on IMDb.
But: you're only supposed to rate it, if you liked it! ;D

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740136/

Festival News and Screenings

Here are some good news about my degree film at CSM. I managed to send it to a couple of animation festivals. Most of the deadlines have already passed, but some were still open. So far "La Messicole" has been confirmed for the official screening selection at the 12th PISAF 2010 in South Korea. The festival will take place at Puchon near Seoul from the 5th to the 9th November 2010. Check their websites for any news.

http://www.pisaf.or.kr/

And... on the 30th of September 19.00 there will be a screening of animation shorts made in the 2009/10 CSM Character Animation course. It's at the National Gallery London WC2N 5DN (Trafalgar Square), Sainsbury Wing. You'll see 'La Messicole' there as well.

La Messicole: rough animation

At the degree show, some people were interested in seeing the rough animation of my film. So I'll upload one of the latest versions of the roughcut here as well. The ending is still different and I didn't like it at that time. The music is still a layout that I played by myself.

So far, I'm off now for a short trip outside. But I got some paperwork and burned DVDs ready for submission to different festivals!

La Messicole

La Messicole from Hannes on Vimeo.

Yesterday, our films were screened at the show in our studio. I received a lot of good feedback on it and was quite happy about that. I uploaded the final film on my vimeo account, so that also people who can't make it to the public degree show on Monday and Tuesday can see it. To keep the end titles shorter than the film itself, I just wrote few people in there, but there are far more people, that were involved into my work, helped me or inspired me. Special thanks to my coursemates. We were constantly talking about each other's work, helping each other and giving feedback. So thanks to all of you guys! I'm going to miss the great working atmosphere in the studio, sharing food in the lunchbreak, sitting on the walkway in the sun or, in winter, in that white common room downstairs. Having a lazy walk around the block or having a pint after work. I really had a good time here! On Wednesday, I'm going to leave my flat in Bermondsey, from then I will travel England, Wales and Scotland for a while to be back for the Awards Ceremony in July, and then I'm off to Germany again, where I'm going to do something, somewhere, trying to get a bit of money with it ;D Farewell, student life, farewell!