Certificate of Achievement

 Today I received email from the Director of 4th Dimension International Film Festival. This film festival was special, because I have submitted our animation film "Elixir of Life" right on my birthday and... this event was held in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, where once I and my wife Ira spent two happy months. As I mentioned before, our film "Elixir of Life" became the Winner in "Best Animated Film" at this festival in August - September season and now the Director granted me with this beautiful Certificate. It was so nice of them - thank you - I hope to come back to Bali one day =)

  

Exceptional Achievement Award

 Yesterday our animation film "Sunny's Park - A Meowing Tree" received something special - "Exceptional Achievements" award and... "Winner" in "Best Animated FIlm" category! This time the news came from the UK, Selection Committee of Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival granted us with this honor. Screening is on the way - on 25th November. We're happy =)

Pilot Sunny's Park is a Finalist

 On this Sunday I received two letters from two respectful Film Festivals - Delta International Film Festival and Multi Dimensional Film Festival. Yes, as you guessed, our pilot episode "Sunny's Park - A Meowing Tree" was selected as a Finalist and also got an "Official Selection" award at the both festivals. It's really exciting news and a honor for me and Ira. What a wonderful start for our web-series! It's so important to know that we have a good base to continue our work on this project.

 

Characters without flaws can be interesting

Writers are taught to avoid creating angel-like characters who are close to perfection, a kind of Mary Poppins. They have lots of magical power and don't look interesting, script writers couches say. That always provoke objections in my soul, because it's just another cliché - because in many ways it depends on where your character is placed. An angel living among wolves is most contrasted picture, but take just a parent, with all his/her power, trying to calm down a child. Many of us know it's not an easy task. That's why "angels" are underestimated characters and may be a good way to go and explore ways of living wise and interesting. 

Is it possible to solve conflicts without violence?

 One of messages of our new animation project is to find and show ways of solving conflicts in a peaceful, non-violent way. With this idea in mind, I and my wife Ira created a pilot of a web-series, as we hope - "Sunny's Park - A Meowing Tree".

Our first story tells about a boy who climbs a tall tree to save his cat, but got scared to climb down. Sunny, the female lead of our series, helps the boy and the cat to overcome their fear and get down to the ground. It's a very short story, just 1 minute 14 seconds, but it contains a grain of how people can solve problems. We hope to explore this topic in our next episodes. 

By the way, recently, we got news that our pilot episode became a Finalist at Delta International Film Festival in India and got "Official Selection" award at Multidimensional Film Festival in the UK. Well, that sounds like a good start =)