Little Gestures Best Director at Golden Nugget

Best Student Director at Golden Nugget Fest

Congratulations to the makers of "Little Gestures", which has won its fourth festival award: "Best Student Director" at the Golden Nugget Film Festival. 

"Little Gestures" is a short story about an artist's maquette which comes to life.  The film was directed by Richard O'Hanlon and Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin and Dominic Strachan. 

Little Gestures - Official Vimeo Showcase

Little Gestures from Nickoel Izharudin on Vimeo.

Award-Winning Team

"Little Gestures" was directed by Richard O'Hanlon and Daniel Brand-Sinyinza, and produced by Nickoel Izharudin and Dominic Strachan. 

Nickoel Izharudin is an experienced producer who has already produced two short films at Escape Studios, the award-winning Hotel Aloha and also Quarantine Chorus, which has won eight festival awards to date.  Daniel Brand-Sinyinza has also worked as editor and animator on the award-winning short "Animal Lover", and as cinematographer on the award-winning teaser/trailer "Death From Above". 

Module PR6001

"Little Gestures" was completed as part of the third year animation Module PR6001, a Studio Project worth 60 Credits, overseen by UG Program Leader Michael Davies.   In PR6001 our animation students and VFX students combine forces to produce a short film combining live action and animation, shooting live action plates and then integrating these with animation, tracking the assets to create a seamless composite.

"Little Gestures" Credits

• Richard O'Hanlon - Director
• Daniel Brand-Sinyinza - Co-Director, Animator
• Nickoel Izharudin - Producer, Lead Animator
• Dominic Strachan - Co-Producer, Editor
• Clement Gharini - Director of Photography
• Cameron Shanks - VFX Supervisor, 2D VFX Lead
• Harvey Osborne - 3D VFX Lead 
• Tequila Mason - Animator
• Eilin Berrio Pena - Animator
• Karla Rojas Tarazon - Animator
• Niki Varela - Animator

Festival Success

This is the fourth festival award for "Little Gestures":

• Best Student Director at the Golden Nugget Film Festival
• "Five Stars Award" at the BIAFF
• Honourable Mention in the category of Best Director at the Athens Film Festival

  

  Daniel Brand Sinyinza

• "Best Super Short" at the Vesuvius International Film Festival in Naples.

Little Gestures at the IMDB

You can find Little Gestures at the IMDB here. 

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