“Set in Stone” Wins “Best Animation” in Milan

Congratulations to the makers of the VFX short film “Set in Stone“, which has won “Best Animation” at the Milan Gold Awards.  

Directed by Derek Joel Eniolu, and produced by Akasha Devlin-Clovering,  “Set in Stone” was a collaboration between undergraduate animation students and VFX students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.  

Studio projects such as this one form part of The Escape Method; bringing together students with multiple talents to work in teams, responding to industry feedback – in this case from Industrial Light & Magic. This is its first festival award. 

Set in Stone
https://www.youtube.com/embed/owG_aIAlw_w?si=S1ybYCSXl-HxaSBE

About Set in Stone

In “Set in Stone“, a statue is given a chance at life, battling the odds to confess his love to another statue in the garden.

“Set in Stone” Credits

• Derek Joel Eniolu – Director, Animator 
• Akasha Devlin-Clovering – Producer, Animator
• Irene Gomez Emilsson – DOP
• Angharad Mathias – Editor 
• Holly Ackroyd – Art Director, Animator  
• Paul Bittman – Original score 
• Matthew O’Shaughnessy – 3D VFX Lead
• Tim Lewis – FX Artist 
• Rhiannon Kelly – 3D VFX  
• Eureka Silvester – 3D VFX  
• Ted Walker – 2D VFX Lead & Colourist 
• Charlie Cope – 2D VFX 
• Fiona Lee – 2D VFX
• Diana Ovcarova – 2D VFX
• Jasmine Patel – 2D VFX
• Michael Shaw –  2D VFX
• Maisy Rogers – Lead Animator 
• Joseph Kihiu – Rigging, Animator  
• Sabrino Addo – Animator 
• Anna Reyes Ramirez – Animator 

Escape Tutors
“Set in Stone“, was overseen by Escape Studios Tutors Marc Stevenson (Animation), Riccardo Zanarini (Houdini), Ilaria Colavito (3D VFX) and Sokratis Synitos (2D VFX). Irene Gomez-Emilsson assisted with Cinematography. 

Studio Assistants

Thanks also to our Studio Assistants Jess Hiles, Cheryl Chan and Matthew O’Reilly.

Industry Feedback – ILM

Industry feedback from Industrial Light & Magic

Industry feedback was generously provided by Industrial Light & Magic, from Hayden Jones, Melissa Leamon and Davi Stein.

“Set in Stone” at The IMDB

You can find “Set in Stone“ at the IMDB here. 

“Set in Stone” at The Official Escape Studios Showcase 

You can find “Set in Stone” at the Escape Studios Official Showcase here. 

Set in Stone at The Rookies

You can find Set in Stone here at The 2025 Rookies.

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