June 8th, 2010
There’s a nice little piece on Studio Soi in today’s (June 8th) “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”. (Panorama, pg.9). Link
Gruffalo & Beast: Triple Victory at “Prix Jeunesse”!
June 6th, 2010
Last Wednesday Studio Soi was awarded an amazing three “Prix Jeunesse” with “The Gruffalo” and “The Little Boy and the Beast”.
“The Little Boy and the Beast” was awarded in the category “Up to 6, Fiction”, “The “Gruffalo” won both the Prix Jeunesse in the category “7 – 11 Fiction” and the “Prix Jeunesse of the Children’s Jury”. We’re very happy and would like to thank the fine people of Prix Jeunesse for a wonderful evening.
Big Festival Round-up: China, Japan, Korea, Brasil, USA, Pakistan
June 6th, 2010
“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).
René Aubry celebrates with “The Gruffalo”.
June 1st, 2010
On April 19th René Aubry gave an anniversary concert in Peter Brooks’ legendary “Bouffes du Nord” to celebrate a carreer that started on that very stage 30 years prior. Here’s a clip of René and his ensemble playing a sweet version of the “Mouse Theme” to a packed house that night, one of René’s many beautiful compositions for “The Gruffalo”. Thanks for everything, René!
Soi Screenings in Annecy.
May 31st, 2010
If you want to catch two of our films in Annecy next week, here's where and when: "THE GRUFFALO" ( TV programme n°2 ) Decavision 1 08/06/2010 10h30 MJC Novel 09/06/2010 14h00 Decavision 3+4 0/06/2010 21h00 Salle Pierre Lamy 11/06/2010 16h00 "THE LITTLE BOY AND THE BEAST" ( TV programme n°4 ) Salle Pierre Lamy 07/06/2010 16h00 Decavision 3+4 08/06/2010 21h00 Decavision 1 10/06/2010 10h30 MJC Novel 11/06/2010 14h00
“The Beast” awarded at Ars Electronica.
May 25th, 2010
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.