MovieZone Nomination at the Holland Animation Film Festival

At the Holland Animation Film Festival 2016  we were nominated for a MovieZone HAFF Award.

Flattering words from the jury:

"The first nominated film is … Ticking Away by Michael Sewnarain

The contrast in colours accompanied by a mesmerizing soundtrack, gives this film a weight of emotion; told as loudly as a silent film possibly could. A story so captivating, it doesn’t leave your mind the moment it fades from the screen. Truly a masterpiece with an animation style that matches its excellence."

Here's the juryrapport.

VPRO Gids

Michael Minneboo did an interview with me for a special edition of the VPRO TV guide (a dutch broadcaster) dedicated to the Holland Animation Film Festival 2016.

You can read the interview here (in Dutch).

Ticking Away at the Holland Animation Film Festival 2016

The Holland Animation Film Festival 2016 will be held from the 16th to (and including) the 20th of March in Utrecht. Ticking Away will be having it's world premiere at this festival. Here are the screening dates and veneus for our film.

We have been selected for the National as well as the International Competition programs AND our film will be among the selection in the opening night program, screening what the HAFF considers to be the highlights of the festival!

We are very honored to have our film welcomed so warmly into the festival circuit.

World premier at the Holland Animation Film Festival

Great news, the Holland Animation Film Festival in Utrecht has selected our film for their 2016 edition! We are very honored that they wil be hosting the world premier!

Ticking Away will run in both the national AND the international competition.

Poster designed by BLEXBOLEX

Here's what they say in their announcement:

"We are happy to announce that we will be hosting the world premieres of the Dutch short Ticking Away by Michael Sewnarain [...]! ...


Ticking Away, Michael Sewnarain (2015)

Through the Cinecrowd crowdfunding website, filmmaker Michael Sewnarain secured sufficient funds to realise his dream short Ticking Away. The breathtaking result can be watched for the first time at our festival. Ticking Away tells the story of a soured watchmaker, who is lonely but likes his job. His life hasn’t exactly been easy. One evening, a strange man brings him a very special watch to repair...

Michael Sewnarain is an animation filmmaker, story-artist and illustrator with a field experience of over twenty years. His short film 'Rain' (2005) was selected and shown on many international film festivals. Apart from developing and working on his own film ideas, he regularly collaborates on commercial productions, television specials and feature films. Working with internationally renowned directors like Joanna Quinn, Peter Dodd and Piet Kroon.

Ticking Away is also selected for the competition Dutch animation."

See where they say the result is 'breathtaking'...? Makes us very proud!