It’s like an itch I can’t reach. A couple of animation which I would like to watch, but haven’t had the opportunity to. “My Dog Tulip” is an animation feature scheduled to screen at ITFS’10 but didn’t. Imagine my excitement and disappointment. I have to look harder, having my eyes peeled for them in Tokyo and Singapore.
My Dog Tulip
Directed by Paul Fierlinger, Independent, USA
A story of a man’s relationship with his German shepherd.
The Illusionist
Directed by Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville), Django Films, Great Britain/ France
An ageing illustionist’s life changes when he meets a young girl.
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Lion
Directed by Alois Di Leo, NFTS, Great Britain
Max is a 7-year-old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s. One day he goes on a school trip to the zoo where he sees a lion for the first time. A feeling begins to grow inside him that will change his life forever.
Hush Baby was awarded the Special Mention award at the award ceremony of 22nd Singapore International Film Festival last night. I was so over the cloud that, even though I had my ‘thank-you’ speech memorised (which the audience must be aware of), I forgot the entire list of names whom I am thankful for, and would like to extend this award to them. Zihan, Vanessa, Henry, Harry, Thomas, Lincoln and Bernard. I think I am fortunate to have met friends and loved ones who believed in me enough to spend time, effort and money on Hush Baby, so thank you all.
Premiering at the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival, Hush Baby will be greeting audiences together with 8 other short films in the Singapore Short Film category. There are 3 screenings in April at The Arts House, Screening Room:
15 April (Wed) 9:15pm
18 April (Sat) 11:30am 25 April (Sat) 4:30pm
SIFF website is officially up! Besides being available online, the programme booklets should already be available at all Sistic outlets, Substation , and authorised screening venues. :D
22nd SIFF Singapore Short Film Competition Trailer
Hush Baby is my latest animated short film completed recently in Jan ‘09. It runs for about 3 minutes, and as you can see there is a mixture of techniques like pixilation, 2D hand-drawn and 3D elements. Hush Baby is more of an experimentation than a narrative and I’m really excited at how the final render turned out. Hush Baby will be greeting audiences soon, stay tuned!
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Written, directed, animated and produced by Hannes Rall
Music by Eckart Gadow
Colour design by Tran Hgoc Viet Tu
Postproduction and clean up by Tan Wei Keong
