Palindromo Wins Best Animation at Sci-On Fest

Many congratulations to Paolo Amadini, director of  "Palindromo", which has won its fifth festival award: "Best Animated Student Film" at the Sci-On Film Festival.

"Palindromo" is an animated short created at Escape Studios, written and directed by Paolo Amadini, and overseen by Supervising Tutor Amedeo Beretta. 

Palindromo

"Palindromo" is a science-fiction short exploring the logical conundrum behind time travel, written and directed by Paolo Amadini, a student at Escape Studios, studying for his MA in the Art of Computer Animation.  

"Palindromo" was completed as part of the final MA animation module, in which students complete a short film either as a solo project or as a group collaboration.

To watch "Palindromo", see the video below. It is just over two minutes long.

Palindromo - Animated Short Film Symmetric in Time and Space from Paolo Amadini on Vimeo.

About "Palindromo"
"Palindromo" translates into English as "palindrome", meaning a short sentence which is spelled the same forwards and backwards (a famous example of a palindrome is: "a man, a plan, a canal, Panama"). Why is Paolo's film called Palindromo? Watch the short to find out - it is just two minutes long.

Paolo Amadini

About Paolo Amadini
Paolo Amadini is a student at Escape Studios, studying for his MA in 3D Animation.  

A capable animator and 3D Generalist, Paolo also worked as an animator on the award-winning short film "Moon Rockz".  "Moon Rockz" recently won "Most Witty Animation" at the Animafantasia Film Festival, and also won "Best Sci-Fi" at the Flicks Film Festival.

Festival Success

This is the fifth festival award for "Palindromo", which has also won

• "Best Animated Student Film" at the Sci-On Film Festival
• Hon Mention at Screen Power Film Festival
• "Best Animation" and also "Best Sci-Fi" at the Flicks Film Festival in London 
• "Honourable Mention" at the Prague International Film Festival. 

"Palindromo" at the IMDB

You can find "Palindromo" at the IMDB here.  You can find the winners at the Sci-On Film Festival here.

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