Red & The Kingdom of Sound

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Red & The Kingdom Of Sound

Red & The Kingdom Of Sound is an animated adaptation of Benjamin Britten's 1945 composition, The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra. It visualises the symphony orchestra as a fantastical realm comprising fifteen different architectural districts deriving from the different musical instruments of the orchestra. Red, the animation's protagonist, personifies the new-comer to classical music as he makes his way through the distinctive musical terrains of Britten's orchestral landscape. The animation was devised to be screened with live accompaniment by symphony orchestras and was commissioned as part of the ONE is more project. The ‘ONE is more’ project, funded by Creative Europe. In addition to a programme of performances in France, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Slovakia, Red & The Kingdom Of Sound was shared with European schools as part of their respective music curricula.

Roles: Modelling, Texturing, Lighting & Rendering, Compositing, & Motion Graphics Animation

Software: Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, & Premiere

AWARDS

WINNER

  • Athens Animfest: Educational Award and 1st Vrilissia Award.

  • Kids Video Connection Festival, Atlanta

  • (Best Animated Short) Redline International Film Festival, Canada

  • (Best Animation) Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival.

  • (Best Animation) 2019 NCCC Film & Animation Festival

  • (Best Short) MusiCanZone 2019 Film Fest

FINALIST / SEMI-FINALIST

  • USA Film Festival's 41st Annual International Short Film & Video Competition.

  • Le Petit Cannes Film Festival, France.

  • Square Lake Film & Music Festival, Minnesota. Rimini, Italy.

  • Montreal International Animation Film Festival, Canada.

  • (Best Animated Short) - Formosa Festival Of International Filmmaker Awards.

  • (Grand Jury Award) - Formosa Festival Of International Filmmaker Awards.

  • Istanbul International Architecture & Urban Films Festival, Turkey.

  • Cardiff International Film Festival.

  • (Semi-Finalist) Animation Nights New York.

  • (Semi-Finalist) MiniKino-Bali International Short Film Festival, Indonesia.

  • (Semi-Finalist) Los Angeles Cinefest, Los Angeles.

OFFICIAL SELECTION

  • Venice Short Film Festival.

  • Cinema Crianza Film Festival 2018, Spain.

  • Cinema Crianza Film Festival 2018, Spain.

  • 2018 Anchorage International Film Festival, Alaska.

  • Animation Marathon 2018, Athens.

  • Lucid Dream Fantastic Film Festival, Tuscany.

  • FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival, Los Angeles.

  • On Art. Poland, Warsaw.

  • Phenomena Festival -São Paulo Premiere Fantastic Film Festival, Brazil.

  • Moscow Shorts –ISFF Awards, Russia.

  • Filem’on–International Film Festival For Young Audiences, Brussels.

  • Kraken Con Animation Fest, Oakland, California.

  • Palm Springs International Animation Festival.

  • Open World Animation Fest, Pennsylvania.

  • Curtocircuíto International Film Festival, Spain.

  • Cartoon Club –International Film FestivalOf Animation Cinema & Comics.

  • Supernova Digital Animation Festival, Denver, USA.

  • Canal de Panama International Film Festival.

  • Ojai Short Fest, California.

  • Monthly Short to the Point Festival, Romania.

  • Sound and Vision International Film & Technology Festival, New York.

  • South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chile.

  • Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosovo.

  • Animated Short Film Festival, Italy.

  • Super Geek Film Festival, Florida.

  • Family Film Festival, Utah.

Albert, France. 2017

Abbeville, France. 2017

Jena, Germany. 2017

Katowice, Poland. 2018