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Gruffalos's ChildThat’s what I have worked on in 2011. After finishing the movie that will be aired tomorrow. (Dec. 25th, 06.30pm, and then again Dec. 26th, 09.35 am on BBC1) I worked on the this years BBC gruffalo-themed christmas ident. I was responsible for the animatic, layout, voice selection and of course the animation.
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Enjoy … and don’t forget to turn on BBC one tomorrow :)
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Marry Christmas!

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ITFS 2011Award Winner ITFS 2011

Yesterday The External World won the Grand Prix at the “18. Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart”. Unfortunately David couldn’t be there so I had the honor to accept the award :) Thanks to the jury and the whole ITFS 2011 crew who did an amazing job.

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54th San Francisco International Film FestivalWinners 54th San Francisco Int. Film Festival

The External World won at the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival the Golden Gate Award Short Film in Animation

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8th Annual Irish Film & Television AwardsWinners 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards

The External World recently won at the 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards in the category Animation.

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The External WorldThe External World

Finally it’s online. Last year I worked on David O’Reilly’s latest Film. World Premiere was at the 67th Venice Film Festival. It was a blast working on it and I guess I’ll never again animate such crazy things. Lean back get some popcorn and enjoy something unexpected.

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The Gruffalo's ChildStudio Soi

Because the last few weeks were quite busy I had no time to update the site … fortunately the situation changed. I’m working on the Gruffalo’s Child at Studio Soi for the next six or seven month. So far it’s a lot of fun and we have a great team … Some old faces some new and definitely a lot of talented.

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Nominees for the 83rd Academy AwardNominees for the 83rd Academy Award
It’s incredible … The Gruffalo is nomnated or the 83rd Academy Award in the Category “Short Film (Animated)”. Lets keep fingers crossed for the 27th of February :)

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Sundance Fim Festival 2011Sundance Fim Festival 2011

The External World got a Honorable Mention at the these years Sundance Film Festival.

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AnimationMentor InterviewAnimationMentor Newsletter Feature “The Gruffalo”

Max, Alli, Maciej and me got interviewed for the AnimationMentor Newsletter December. It’s a nice summery about the time we worked on the Gruffalo which was just awesome … Again … thanks for the great time. Hopefully we’ll work together again on other great projects.

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Biennial of Animation BIBIANA 2010BIBIANA Winners 2010

It was a successful Biennial of Animation Bratislava for Studio Soi. The CIFEJ Award has been given to the the Gruffalo. The Little Boy and the Beast won the UNICEF Award.

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