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| “Sparky” wins ‘Best Indie Narrative Short” in Milan |
Many congratulations to the makers of the VFX short “Sparky“, which has won ‘Best Indie Narrative Short” at the Milan Gold Awards.
“Sparky” was a collaboration between students studying the Art of Computer Animation and the Art of Visual Effects. Rae Silapasoonthorn was the writer, director and producer.
Sebastian Armstrong stars as the gamer. You can watch Sparky at Vimeo here. This is its first festival award.
Sparky
“Sparky” is the story of a robot dog that comes to life, and was a collaboration between students studying the Art of Computer Animation and the Art of Visual Effects.
Sparky Credits
- Rae Silapasoonthorn – Writer, Director, Producer, 2D Comp, Editor
- Aaron Shadbolt – Co-Writer, 3D Lead, Generalist
- Sebastian Armstrong – Gamer
- Jose Da Silva – 3D Modeling, Texturing
- Sebastian Trujillo – 3D Modeling, Texturing
- Sanju Reddy – Rigging, Animation
- Secander Sadat – Animation
- Teshua Lal – Co-Writer, 2D Lead, compositing
- Avery Gill – Storyboards, 2D Compositing
- Jack Wengrow – 2D Compositing
Tutors
“Sparky” was overseen by Escape Studios tutors Sokratis Synitos (2D comp) and Ilaria Colavito (3D).
Sparky at Vimeo
You can find Sparky at Vimeo here
Sparky at The Rookies
Awards
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| Sparky wins “Best VFX” at Escape Studios Expo 2026 |
Sparky has won
- “Best Visual Effects Project 2026” at the Escape Studios Expo on 3 June 2026
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