Perfect Town | Animated Short

2017 | TV-Paint/Photoshop/Watercolor/Marker 
Bachelor Graduation Project at Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art​

Synopsis
In search of perfection a city obeys blindly to selection.

 

Filmstills
 

Film | 4:25 min

 

Development Process

 

GIF: Drinking With Two Adam's Apples

Design tests
Credits
Director / Writer / Animator / Editor: Anaïs Voirol
Music: Jo Flüeler
Sounddesign: Kilian Vilim, Thomas GassmannSoundmix: Thomas Gassmann
Foleys: Dieter Hebben
Voices: Géraldine Cammisar, Thomas Gassmann, Mathew Grässlin, Tanja Krieg, Naomi Erlich, Owley Samter, Kevin Duong, Andrea Sidoti, Kilian Vilim, Deval Vala, Shweta Bendre, Alpika Singh, Anaïs Voirol
Compositing: Naomi Homenu, Lalita Brunner, Katrin Jucker
Credits: Naomi Homenu
Additional Animation: Gérladine Cammisar, Domino Macherel, Manuela Leuenberger, Zéa Schaad, Etienne Mory, Joana Locher, Helen Bos, Daniel Ziensstag, Lalita Brunner, Silvain Monney, Etienne Kompis, Vera Lang, Cladia Wirth, Naomi Erlich
Assistants Backgrounds: Aline Höchli, Heidi Marburger, Veronica L. Montaño, Claudia Wirth, Min-Jeong Park, Zéa Schaad
Assistans Colouring: Daria Locher, Domino Macharel, Andrea Grujic, Estelle Gatteln, Géraldine Cammisar, Zéa Schaad, Naomi Erlich
Mentors: Gerd Gockell, Otto Alder, Daria Locher with Géraldine Cammisar, Domino Macherel
Mentor Thesis & Theory: Otto Alder
Mentors Dossier: Paul Bush, Izabela Plucinska
Special Thanks to: Vera Lang, Marcel Ramsay, Christian Puille, Michaela Pavlátová, Carlos Nieto, Jochen Ehmann, Christa Capoul, Barbara Hug, Claudia Schildknecht, Lukas Vorkauf, Etienne Kompis, Silvan Zweifel, Zaide Kutay, Salomé Voirol, Isabelle Villiger, Claude Voirol, Jack Voirol, The 7th Floor
Production Support: Jean First, Ignasi Duelo, Jeoen Visser
Production Assistant: Lea Hunziker
Administration: Bettina Ganassi
Ececutive Producer: Gerd Gockell
Production: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Co-Prduction: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen / Editorial Office: Gabriela Bloch Steinmann
© Anaïs Voirol

Technical Infomation

Country of origin: Switzerland
Year: 2017
Duration: 4:25
Process: Color
Technic: 2D Animation, Handdrawn
Size: 1920 x 1080
Aspect: 16:19
Formats: DCP, ProRes, H264
Sound: 5.1 Surround / Stereo

Awards 

2018 Best Student Animation / Palm Springs International Short Fest, USA  
2017 Best Music / Feedback Animation Festival Los Angeles, USA

Festivalselection (2017 - 2019)

SXSW, Austin USA / Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia / ANIMAFEST World Animation Festival, Zagreb Croatia / Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea / Krakow Film Festival, Poland / SLAMDANCE, Park City Utah USA / Palm Springs International Short Fest, USA/ Encounters, Bristol United Kingdom / / GLAS Animation Festival, Berkeley California USA  FANTOCHE, Baden Switzerland / Holland Animation Film Festival, Netherlands / Interfilm, Berlin Germany / Florida Film Festival, USA / Courts Mais Trash, Brussels Independent Short Film Festival, Belgium / PÖFF Shorts, Talinn Estonia / Anifilm International Animation Festival, Trebon Czech Republic / ANIMA MUNDI Rio de de Janeiro & São Paulo, Brazil / Bucheon International Animation Festival, Korea / Turku Animation Film Festival, Finnland / Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo Japan / Animation Block Party, New York USA / International Film Festival on Disability, Cannes France /  Upcoming Filmmakers, Lucerne Switzerland / Anima Syros, Greece / Balkanima European Animated Film Festival, Belgrade Serbia / Graphic Design Festival Scotland, United Kingdom / DUM-D Student Animation Festival, New York USA/ ReAnimania International Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan, Armenia / The Animattikon Project, Paphos Cyprus / Winchester Short Film Festival, United Kingdom / Palm Springs International Animation Festival, USA/ ANNY Animation Nights New York, USA / ReAnima Bergen, Norway / Lublin Film Festival, Poland / ANIMASIVO, Mexico City Mexico / Animateka, Ljubljana / Trash International Fantastic Film Festival, Goiânia Brazil / Flick Fest, International Student Short Film Festival, Groeningen / Cardiff Animation Festival, United Kingdom / RSC Shorts Film Fest, Denver USA / Snake Alley Festival of Film, Burlington Iowa USA / Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Australia / MôTif Film Festival, Fairbanks Alaska / L'ÉTRANGE FESTIVAL, Paris France/ Ridgefield Independent Film Festival, USA / Citizen Jane Film Festival, Columbia USA / St. Cloud Film Fest, Minnesota USA / London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom / Kloosterkino Nijmegen, Netherlands

Press 

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