“The Little Boy and the Beast” (together with our producer Sabrina Schmid) will be visiting China, where the film is in competition at the 16th Shanghai TV Festival (June 6th to June 11th) next week. “The Gruffalo” is going West then, to compete at Siggraph in LA (July 25th to July 29th). Both “The Gruffalo” and “The Little Boy and the Beast” plus its predecessor, Jakob Schuh’s and Saschka Unseld’s “Angel Afoot” are competing at 3rd Lahore International Children’s Film Festival 2010 (Sept 1st to Sept 12th). We’re very happy to hear that “The Little Boy and the Beast” will also be competing at Hiroshima 2010 (Aug 7th to Aug 11th) and Brasil’s Anima Mundi (July 16th to July 25th) and will be screened at SICAF (July 21st to July 25th).
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“THE BEAST” AWARDED AT ARS ELECTRONICA
The jury of the Computer Animation/Film/VFX category of Prix Ars Electronica 2010 has selected “The Little Boy and the Beast” for an Honorary Mention! The Festival takes place in Linz, Austria, from Sept. 2nd to Sept. 7th 2010.
OBERHAUSEN MANIFESTS “THE BEAST”
Johannes Weiland’s and Uwe Heidschoetter’s “The Little Boy and the Beast” was awarded with an honorary mention in the Children’s and Youth Competition at the prestigious “Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen“.
GRUFFALO WINS AT ITFS!
We had a great time once again at the ITFS this year, crowned by the “The Gruffalo” winning first prize in the Children’s Competition. We thank the lovely jury (see above) and the fantastic audience who made the screenings a very special experience for us.
“The Little Boy and the Beast” wins “Best Script”.
Marcus Sauermann, writer of Soi’s “The Little Boy and the Beast”, has won the award for the best script for a children’s movie at this year’s “Goldener Spatz“. The German text of the jury’s statement can be found here. Congratulations Marcus!
GRUFFALO & BEAST: VICTORY AT “CARTOONS ON THE BAY”
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We’re delighted to hear that two of of our latest productions have taken home three awards at this year’s “Cartoons on the Bay:
“The Little Boy and the Beast” has been awarded as the “Best Educational and Issues Film”. “The Gruffalo” has won both the “Arleccchino Award” (assigned in cooperation with the Bologna Bookfair to commend the best animated adaptation of a book) as well as the award for the “Best European Production”.
THE BEAST VISITS OBERHAUSEN
Our short “The Little Boy and The Beast” is selected for the Kids and Youth Competition at this year’s “International Short Film Festival Oberhausen”.
“THE GRUFFALO” IS NOMINATED FOR THE BAFTA!
After airing on BBC1 to a whopping 9.8 million viewers on Christmas day, Studio Soi’s “The Gruffalo” is currently nominated for the “British Academy Award” BAFTA. The award ceremony will be held at the Royal Opera House, London this Sunday, February 21st.
ANIMAGO AWARD
Our 2008 short “Angel afoot” has won the Special Prize of the Jury at this year’s Animago Award in Potsdam. We thank the jury and the terrific team!
SOI AWARDED AT DELL SMALL BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD
Excellent: Studio Soi has been awarded as one of the best 10 companies at this year’s Dell Small Business Excellence Award.
SELECTED FOR THE SIGGRAPH 2009
Our short “Angel afoot” was selected as one of twelve award nominees for the SIGGRAPH 2009 Computer Animation Festival.
“ANGEL AFOOT” IN AMERICA
Last year’s “Angel afoot” will be screened at the SIGGRAPH in New Orleans this August.
NOMINATION FOR GERMAN ANIMATION SCREENPLAY AWARD
Our script for “Emmi and Krrzlfzz” is currently nominated for the German Animation Screenplay Award. The award ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 6th, at the ITFS, Stuttgart.
ANGEL AFOOT: RUNNER-UP AT THE IMAGINA
Our latest short “Angel afoot” was runner-up at the Imagina 2009 in Monaco. The film was accompanied by the work of Framestore, Nexus, Passion Pictures and Pixar. Very cool. If you want to watch “Angel afoot” on the big screen your next chance is at the Anima 2009 Festival in Brussels on Monday, February 23th at 5.30 pm and on Tuesday, February 24th at 10.00 pm.