Saturday, July 10, 2010

Award-Winning Animated Short Film "Love & Theft"




This seven minute animated short film has been the recipient of numerous awards for both music and animation. With script, direction and animation by Andreas Hykade and artwork by Natalia Eck. (Full credits at the end of this post)



The name of the film, Love & Theft, was inspired by the Bob Dylan album:


"And I'm still carrying the gift you gave,
It's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved,
It'll be with me unto the grave
And then unto eternity."
(Bob Dylan)




stills from the video arranged by colored backgrounds, courtesy of Andreas Hykade:




CREDITS
Script, direction: Andreas Hykade
Design, animation: Andreas Hykade
Animation assistance: Angela Steffen
Art work: Natalia Eck
Compositing: Christof Hoffmann
Sound, Music: Heiko Maile
Funding: MFG and FFA
Production assistance: Simone Fischer
Production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann
Studio FILM BILDER 2010

Awards:
Sacem Award for original music
Vienna Independent Short Film Award
Music Award, International Film Festival Annecy, 2010
Music Award, International Short Film Festival Hamburg, 2010
Special Award, Animafest Zagreb, 2010
Music for Animation Award, Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart, 2010
Honorable Mention, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, 2010

And the short film has also been nominated at the Fantoche Festival, Animator Festival, FEST Espinho and Anima Mundi Festival,

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