Hybrids (2017 film)

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Hybrids
Directed byFlorian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion
Produced byMoPA
Music byVincent Govindin
Production
company
MoPA
Distributed byYummy Films
Release date
  • 28 June 2017 (2017-06-28)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryFrance

Hybrids is an eco-responsible CG animated short film directed in 2017 by 5 French 3D artists during their studies at MoPA, animation school in France. [1] The short received numerous accolades by the CGI & VFX industry. [2] for its outstanding achievement in the Visual effect and CGI work quality, [3] and has won awards in festivals including the COLCOA, the Visual Effects Society, [4] and the Sitges Film Festival [5] where it received the Oscar Qualifying prize for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards. [6]

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Plot

When marine wildlife has to adapt to the pollution surrounding it, the rules of survival change.

Awards

Since its launch, the film has received numerous accolades, selections and awards around the world, including VES for the Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project at the 16th Visual Effects Society Awards in 2018 [7]

YearPresenter/FestivalAward/CategoryStatus
2017 Sitges "Grand Jury Prize"Won [8]
Poitiers Film Festival2 Awards : "High School Jury Mention" & "Audience Award"Won [9]
Palm Springs International Animation Festival"Best Animation"Nominated
2018 VES "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project"Won [10]
COLCOA ""Best Animated Short Hollywood""Won [11]
Student Academy Awards International Best Animated FilmPending
Annecy International Animated Film Festival "Jury Distinction for Best Student Film"Won [12]
ITFS 2018 Stuttgart"International Competition and Young (Student) Animation, AMAZON"Won [13]
SIGGRAPH "Best in Show"Won
Short Shorts Film Festival"Best Short Animation"Nominated
Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême"Valois René Laloux"Won

The short is part of the world touring screening at The animation Showcase 2018.

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References

  1. ↑ "HYBRIDS: MOPA: TURNING OUT HIGHLY-QUALIFIED CG ANIMATION CREATORS TO THE WORLD".
  2. ↑ "HYBRIDS: A Top-Grade Student Short Film made with Substance".
  3. ↑ "BreakingPoint, 2017 VES Student Award Winning Projects".
  4. ↑ "INDIEWIRE : VES Awards 2018:Top VFX Prizes".
  5. ↑ "SITGES WINNER LIST : The animated short "hybrids" Oscars Qualifying Award".
  6. ↑ "MoPA -A prestigious first prize for Hybrids".
  7. ↑ "Hybrids, Award for the Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project- VES 2018".
  8. ↑ "Hybrids, SITGES WINNER LIST".
  9. ↑ "Hybrids, Prizes list 2017 - Poitiers Film Festival".
  10. ↑ "Hybrids, 16th Annual VES Award 2018".
  11. ↑ "Hybrids - COLCOA 2018 AWARDS WINNERS".
  12. ↑ "Hybrids (2017) - Annecy 2018 Palmares".
  13. ↑ "Hybrids (2017) - Award winners of the 25th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film".


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