The Kinsale
Nominations Shortlist is live and Three Wise Monkeys’ Tomas Vergara is
shortlisted for Best Animated Short. The category jury for this year is Sally-anne Dale – Chief Creation Officer at Droga5
in NYC, Simon Wells – Controller of Funded Content at Channel 4 and John Doris -
Director of Content Production at Saatchi & Saatchi in NYC. The winners
will be announced on 10th September.
A
self-taught animation artist, designer and director, Vergara’s recent short
film ISOLATED is a high-tempo animated journey through a city on the brink of
destruction. Chilling and graphic, the film adopts a hyper-real aesthetic that
provides an intense and immersive experience of a world on the edge of an
acopolypse. The impressive five minute film is a Vimeo Staff Pick delivering
full-blown tension that draws the audience into the unfolding on-screen drama.
Chilean
born and Santiago based, Vergara’s experience lies across the film and advertising
industries generating
computer graphics imagery that pushes the boundaries of imagination and budget
standards. Working through his own boutique shop, Peak Pictures, in Santiago
and now exclusively with Three Wise Monkeys in the UK.
Carl
Grinter says, ‘Tomas Vergara
is an enormous talent whose hard work and perseverance to create something that
hasn’t been seen before in computer animation marks his appetite as a Director to do great things. We are hoping the Kinsale Shark
nomination for Best Animated Short is the first of many for him’.
To view the work please go to the Three Wise Monkeys home page.