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Espero? (short film)

 ESPERO? (HOPE?)

graduation film created at Bournemouth university

Graduation film created at the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth (UK) by Simone Giampaolo, Yifan Hu and Henrik Linnes.

ESPERO? (HOPE?) is a humorous, entertaining but also educational animated comedy which sarcastically shows how Gaia, our planet Earth, met humankind years and years ago, and all the problems which followed. A criticism of our modern society and of the way we've been "evolving" over the centuries. Apart from having a quite original visual style, ESPERO? (HOPE?) is also the very first 3D animated film fully dubbed in Esperanto, a beautiful universal language created over a hundred years ago to foster peace and international understanding between people.

Awards:
• BLUE-ZOO Award for Best Major Project (Bournemouth, UK)
• Children’s Prize at Dieciminuti Film Festival 2014 (Italy)
• Best Animation at Ecozine Film Festival (Spain)
• Silver Award at the 2nd Northeastern Asia International Ani-Com Competition
• Best Animation at Kino-Teatro-Festivalo (USA)
• Best Animation at SEFF - Sisak Eco Film Festival (Croatia)
• GOLDEN GAZELLE & Best Director of Animation Film at the 5th Iran International Green Film Festival

Official Selections:
• MIA Animation Festival 2013 (USA)
• Canterbury Anifest 2013 (UK)
• Offline Film Festival 2013 (Ireland)
• Animation Festival Anima-São (Brazil)
• EcoCup Film Festival (Russia)
• Chitrakatha’13 (India)
• Golden Orchid International Animation Festival (USA)
• Animae Caribe Animation Festival (Caribbean)
• Animax Skopje Fest 2013 (Macedonia)
• Libelula Festival (Spain)
• Curtain Raiser The Malta Children´s Film Fest
• NOFI World Festival of Student & Non-commercial Films
• Dieciminuti Film Festival (Italy)
• Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital (USA)
• Watersprite: The Cambridge International Student Film Festival (UK)
• Animated Exeter 2014 (UK)
• St Albans Film Festival (UK)
• 2014 Chester International Film Festival (UK)
• EcoFocus Film Festival (USA)
• Skepto International Film Festival (Italy)
• Bangkok International Student Film Festival
• National Film Festival for Talented Youth 2014 (USA)
• ISFFI 2014 (India)
• The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival (USA)
• ANNECY 2014 (France)
• Ecozine Film Festival 2014 (Spain)
• 4th Kalat Nissa Film Festival (Italy)
• International Animation Festival GOLDEN KUKER (Bulgaria)
• International Children’s Film Festival (Poland)
• Malta Animation Film Festival
• Seattle International Film Festival (USA)
• KIKI - international film festival for kids (Croatia)
• ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL (Czech Republic)
• SICAF 2014 (Korea)
• Anima Mundi International Animation Festival (Brazil)
• International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival (Turkey)
• FICAIJ - International Film Festival for Children and Youth (Venezuela)
• The Frederick Film Festival (USA)
• Festivali Filmit Ballkanik Dhe Artit Kulinar (Albania)
• Supertoon International Animation Festival (Croatia)
• Comicron Film Festival (Italy)
• Anibar International Animation Festival (Kosovo)
• 2nd Northeastern Asia International Ani-Com Competition
• C.A.K.E. - Creative Animation Knowledge Exchange 2014
• Golden Anteaters 2014 (Poland)
• Esperanto Performing Arts and Film Festival (USA)
• Athens Video Art Festival 2014 (Greece)
• 30th Interfilm Berlin (Germany)
• CologneOFF X – Cologne International Videoart Festival (Germany)
• 2014 Ethiopia International Film Festival
• 10th Annual Children’s Film Festival Seattle (USA)
• Comedy Short Film Festival at Plaza Romania
• Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival (GUKIFF2016)