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)