Thursday, April 26, 2012

De Route


De Route from yi zhao on Vimeo.

animation for NAR (Nieuwe Arcadisch Route) - a project combining art and scenery along highway A50 in Brabant, Netherland, sponsored by BKKC (Brabant Kenniscentrum voor Kunst en Cultuur). Website kunstroutesbrabant.nl/

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Two more awards for ON THE WATER!

2011 was a lucky year for ON THE WATER.

Two more awards in Dec. 2011. From Animateka Animation Festival, Slovenia, and Istanbul Animation Festival, Turkey, both 'Best Student Animation'.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Best Animation award from Italy!

ON THE WATER just won Best Animation award of I've Seen Films Int'l film festival!

The up-to-date award/selection list of ON THE WATER:

Winner
Best Animation, I've Seen Films Festival, 2011, Italy
Best National Student Short, Playground festival, 2010, the Netherlands
Best Animated Short & Audience Jury Award, Reggio film festival, 2010, Italy
Best Student Animation, Stoke Your Fires festival 2011, UK
Best Student Animation, animation festival Zwolle, 2011, the Netherlands
Best Int'l Student Animation, Animarte festival, 2011, Brazil

Official selection
Stuttgart Festival of Animated Films 2011, Germany
Anima Mundi Festival, 2011, Brazil
Istanbul Animation Festival, 2011, Turkey
DOK Leipzig, 2011, Germany
Cinemagic International Film Festival, 2011, Ireland
Cortopotere Short Film Festival, 2011, Italy
INTER film festival, 2011, Germany
Fresh Film Fest, 2011, Czech
VarnaFest, 2011, Bulgaria
Open Cinema Film Festival, 2011, Russia
The Int'l Scarecrow Festival, 2011, Netherland
BUSTER Copenhagen Int’l Film Festival, 2011, Denmark
SICAF 2011, South Korea
Corti da Sogni – Antonio Ricci - Int'l Short Film Festival 2011, Italy
AnimFest 2011, Greece
Lowlands Festival, 2011, Netherland
Sedicicorto Int’l Film Festival, 2011, Italy
Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival 2011, USA
Breda Int’l Film Festival, 2011, Netherland
IndieLisboa Int’l film Festival, 2011, Portugal
AnimFest, 2011, Greece
Breaking Ground NL, 2011, Netherland
Int’l Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao 2010, Spain
Tallinn Black Night festival, 2010, Estonia
Bradford animation festival, 2010, UK
Puchon int’l student animation festival 2010, Korea
Balkanima festival, 2010, Serbia
Etiuda & Anima festival, 2010, Poland
Netherland Film festival, 2010, Netherland
Sint Joostpenning award 2010, the Netherlands
René Coelhoprijs award 2010, the Netherlands

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

some illustrations

Made for an assignment for an IT company. By the end they were not used. So I can put them here instead.


Saturday, May 14, 2011

ON THE WATER festival updates (May 2011)

Two more awards for ON THE WATER!

Best Student Animation, animation festival Zwolle, 2011, the Netherlands




Best Int'l Student Animation, Animarte festival, 2011, Brazil





And more official selections:

SICAF 2011, South Korea





Corti da Sogni – Antonio Ricci - Int'l Short Film Festival 2011, Italy





Since April ON THE WATER is being distributed by Marvin&Wayne short film distribution