Homebird
Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind.
Homebird is an NFTS graduation short animation created entirely in paint on cel technique.
Festivals & Awards
2021: Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Indianapolis, US – Grand Prize for Animated Short (Oscar® qualifying) & Animated Audience Choice Award / Galway Film Fleadh, Galway, Ireland – Best International Short Animation
Process
initial character sketches
background design, colouring test
colouring example
NFTS Crew
Directed and Animated by Ewa Smyk
Producer – Leah Bethany Jones
Writers – Ralph Mathers & Ewa Smyk
Cinematographer – Pep Bosch i Calvo
Editor – Amy Pettipher
Composer – Natalia Tsupryk
Sound Designer – Tatiana Borges Alvares Sanches
Production Designer – Iasonas Houssein
CG Artist – Valerie George
Colourist & Online Editor – Marco Valerio Caminiti
Production Manager – Beatriz Honorio
Voice Actors – Laura Greenwood & Brian Ward
Production Coordinator – Tian Boyce
Production Assistant – Catherine Lynn
