The next chance to see “The Little Boy and the Beast” will be this Sunday. The broadcaster KIKA will show “The Beast” on September, 26th at 08.55 as well as on Monday, 27th at 09.25 am as part of the preschool TV-show “Siebenstein”.
SOI FOR FRAPORT
Currently airing live in the Commerzbank-Arena is Studio Soi’s third commercial for Fraport/Eintracht Frankfurt. Once again directed by Michel Sieber, with design by Michael Sieber and Sebastian Koch.
GRUFFALO NOMINATED FOR A “ROSE D’OR”
“The Gruffalo” has been nominated for the prestigious “Rose d’Or” at the 50th International Television Festival, Lucerne.
GRUFFALO WINS AT CURTAS, PORTUGAL
Soi’s Torben Meier recently went to Portugal to accept the “Prémio Curtinhas” at the 18th Curtas International Film Festival. See snapshot above.
BIG IN BRAZIL: TRIPLE VICTORY FOR BEAST & GRUFFALO
We’re delighted to hear that Soi’s “The Gruffalo” has been awarded ‘Best Short for Children’ at Anima Mundi, Sao Paulo, and was a runner up for the same award at Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro. Soi’s “The Little Boy and the Beast” won ‘Best Short’ in Sao Paulo and again was the runner up for the same award in Rio. The Professional Jury also awarded Marcus Sauermann’s script for “The Little Boy and the Beast” as ‘Best Script’.
SOI FOR MAGGI
Soi’s Michael Sieber recently completed two ads for Maggi, leading in (and out of) everyone’s favourite daily soap “Verbotenen Liebe”. Characterdesign was done by Sandra Brandstaetter.
“BEAST” AWARDED WITH ROBERT GEISENDÖRFER PREIS
We’re very happy to hear that Soi’s “The Little Boy and The Beast” will be awarded with a “Robert Geisendörfer Preis” this year. Read more here.
“THE BEAST” AWARDED AT HIROSHIMA 2010!
We’re delighted to hear that Johannes Weiland’s and Uwe Heidschötter’s “The Little Boy and The Beast” was awarded with a Special Price at the International Animation Festival Hiroshima 2010!
DEPT. OF DIY: WANT TO BUILD YOUR OWN 3D SCANNER?
We´ve given it a try and now you can as well. See what we’ve built during the production of “The Gruffalo”:
All you need is a beamer and a digital camera and this neat little software Florian Schreck programmed for us. See how it works:
You can download the programme and the source code here .There’s also a rudimentary instruction included.
BEAST WINS AT MUNDOS DIGITALES!
We’re very happy to hear that Johannes Weiland’s and Uwe Heidschoetter’s “The Little Boy and the Beast” has been awarded as “Best Animation / Short Film” at Mundos Digitales in A Coruña, Spain.
MONSTER TALE IN DIGITAL PRODUCTION
A moment ago, we opened the June issue of Digital Production to find this very lavish spread on “The Gruffalo”. Something for the blog.
GRUFFALO COMES IN SECOND AT PALM SPRINGS.
“The Gruffalo” was voted runner up for the Audience Award at this year’s Palm Springs International Short Film Festival. We’re very happy that the film was well received.
BEAST WINS IN SHANGHAI!
Production Manager Sabrina Schmid has returned from China and brought home the Golden Magnolia Award in the category “Best Foreign Animation” for “The Little Boy and the Beast”!
Double Victory in Annecy: Cristals for Beast and Gruffalo!
Both our latest productions have been awarded at this year’s 50th anniversary of the “Festival international de film d’animation, Annecy“.
“The Little Boy and the Beast” took home “The Cristal for Best TV Production”, whilst “The Gruffalo” was awarded as the “Best TV Special”. We are happy.