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“The CardBoard Head” wins Best Animation 2012 at ShortCutz!!!

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“The Cardboard Head” wins Best Animation at Shortcutz!
Congratulations to everyone that worked on film!

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T-Rex TV Advert

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Everyone had a hell of a time working on the new advert for a children’s dinosaur exhibition – for 20 seconds we were able pretend we were Spielberg himself, directing yet another exciting Jurassic sequel:

TREX from Sparkle Animation on Vimeo.

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The giant around the world

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Our short film “THE GIANT”, has been touring film festivals and collecting awards all over the world:
Festival de Brazilia 2012, Brazil: Best Animation Short, Audience Award;
Divercine Festival 2012, Uruguay: Best Animation Short;
Tofuzi Festival 2012, Georgia: Best Film for Children;
Banjaluka Festival 2012, Bosnia-Herzegovina:Best Children’s Animated Film;
Kolibri Festival, Bolivia: Best Animation Short
Curtocircuito 2012, Spain: Best Animation;
Festival de Cans 2012, Spain: Best Animation Short;

Premio Mestre Mateo: Best animation Short

Congratulations to everyone involved!!

The Giant trailer from Sparkle Animation on Vimeo.

 

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The CardBoard Wins ShortCutz Lisboa November

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“The Cardboard Head” is November’s the winning short at Shortcutz Lisbon! Congrats to everyone on the team!

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Tiny Trip to London

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Hello Everyone!
Going with the current mood, if you’re planning to visit London these holidays, here a bit of help:

A Tiny Trip to London from Sparkle Animation on Vimeo.

(from our TV series Tiny Trips – watch all the episodes on our Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/user7203694

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Your Natural Habitat II

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We were asked by the good people at Full Communications to direct, design and animate their new advert for Origin Housing, an association that provides essential affordable housing, and care and support services in north London and Hertfordshire. We had great fun animating these characters and we can’t wait to see what they’ll be up to next!..


 

 

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The Slow Food Roulette

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We were invited by our good friends, The Decorators, to shoot  a time lapse video of their installation at the “World’s 50 Best Restaurant” awards in London, 2012, organized by Slow Food UK;

Our expert Andy Hague took on the challenge, spending from morning to sunset, registering their every move and then condensing it in a 3 minute video; and besides being great fun, yes, the food was amazing!…

Watch the whole film here:

 

 

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“This wooden O.”

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We recently heard the news that The Curtain Theatre, where William Shakespeare staged Romeo and Juliet and several other plays has been unearthed and guess what, it’s just behind our doorstep! You can read the full news here.

Ok, so it’s not much to look at today , but we’re hoping that some of the inspiration from the Bard himself will rub on to us in some way!..

Better that than asbestos, at least…

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The Tortoise Official U.K. Debut

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We have the great pleasure to announce that “The Tortoise” will have it’s official UK debut at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, on the 28th of June!

You can get your tickets and all other info here!

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The Tortoise in Lisbon

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Our director Pedro was in Lisbon last weekend, presenting one of our latest films, “The Tortoise”, at the IndieLisboa film festival; he had to go up to stage to introduce it and said his legs weren’t shaking – lyer.

It’s the first time we watched it on a big format, and we’ve got to tell you, this one was made for the silver screen – here’s a few snaps to remember:

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