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Excellent student short animation from Luke Randall - Reach

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
1 decade 12 months ago

This little story of a robot on a workbench has a lot of character, and is really well done. I found myself nodding at the vimeo comments saying that "No words were spoken, yet the story was conveyed perfectly." and "Love the aperture brows! Lots of emotion in those little metal panels."

Vimeo description:

The student short from filmmaker Luke Randall, Reach screened at film festivals all round the world and collected over 20 awards including:

Nominated Best Animation - Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards 09 (Australian Oscars)
2nd Place - Cannes Short Film Corner Competition
Winner Best Animated Film - New Jersey International Film Festival
Winner Best Student Film - Southbeach International Animation Festival
Winner Golden Eagle Award - Cine Awards
Winner Best Animation - Reno Film Festival
Winner Best Animation - Action Cut Film Festival
Winner Award of Excellence - Indie Awards
Winner Best Animated Film - GIAA Film Festival
Winner Special Jury Award - CINE awards
Winner - Sydney Festival - Get Animated Competition
Winner Best Animation - DeReel Independent Film Festival
Winner 2nd place - Stinkwater International Short Film Festival
Winner Best Film - Boohoo Film Compeition
Winner Best Film - Newtown Flicks Film Competition
Winner Award of Merit in Animation - The Accolade Film Awards