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.
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.
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 =)
Well, today is a special day, friends. Our first great victory in film making =) Yes, our animation film "Elixir of Life" won the award of the 4th Dimension Film Festival in "Best Animation Film" category. The film will be screened in Paradiso, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia on 29-31 October. We're so happy!
The news came from Festival Director of4th Dimension Independent Film Festival saying that our animation film "Elixir of Life" became a Finalist! That's just amazing! Our second work got into the final stage of the festival. The festival itself will be held in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, from 29th to 31st October 2021, from 1pm - 3pm and can be watched online: https://fb.me/e/ZH77EemC?ti=wa .
Yup, you may say what's going on with us having two achievements one after another, but you simply didn't see us this summer, when we were silently working on these animation projects. That's just fruits of our hard work. That's just time of harvest.
Yesterday I received email from Anna, Coordinator of EdiPlay Film Festival, with the remarkable news that our animation film "A Wooden Cat's Secret" has been awarded in category "The Best Animation Film". The certificate and the Laurel were enclosed. OMG! I'm so happy, friends. Since the very time when we finished our work on this film we started receiving kind words from those who have seen the cartoon, but this award means professional recognition and warms our hearts.
Yes, we received the news yesterday. This event has its own story. The point is that I've submitted our animation film "Elixir of Life" for the festival right on my birthday. It was a kind of my birthday present with such an unexpected and thrilling continuation.
The festival will be held in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, what is also a special place for me and my wife Ira. We've had a great time once staying in this town of artists for two months. Bali had a special international atmosphere at that time. I understand that many things changed since then, but anyway just a thought that our film will be watched there warms my heart.
