Alma is Rodrigo Blaas’ first short film as a director. Originally from Spain, Rodrigo Blaas has worked in animation for more than ten years, in Spain and in the United States.

Seizing the possibility of directing his first independent short film, Rodrigo Blaas asked some of the best artists in their field to take part in this independent project: French animator Bolhem Bouchiba, character designer Carlos Grangel and Sergio Pablos, ArtDirector Alfonso Blaas, music composer Mastretta and sound designer Tom Myers.

Written and Directed by: Rodrigo Blaas
Produced by: Cecile Hokes
Music: Mastretta
Art Director: Alfonso Blaas
Lighting Supervisor: Jonatan Catalán
Character Technical Supervisor: Jaime Maestro
Character Design: Bolhem Bouchiba, Carlos Grangel,
Sergio Pablos, Santi Agustí
Animation: Daniel Peixe, ManueBover, Remi Hueso
Sound Design: Tom Myers and David Hughes
Post Production Coordinator: David Heras
Special Thanks: Keytoon, Next Limit, UserT38 ,The people at 1200 Park Ave.
Cutu Mazuelos, Eva Pérez, Andy & Martina Schmidt,
Alan Barillaro, Pepe García-Valdecasas, Paul Cichocki,
Ross Stevenson, Patty Kim, Carlos Baena, Jordi Grangel, Tesauro,
Juan Tomicic, Raul Bernabé, Levin Kinsey, Jesús Fernández Zarza,
Alejandro Blaas, Curro Muñoz

AWARDS:

Best Animation

13th LA Shorts Fest, 2009
Jury Honorable Mention

36th SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, 2009
Special Mention – Animation

5th Fantastic Fest, 2009
3rd Place

11th 24fps International Short Film Festival, 2009
Best Sound Design

11th 24fps International Short Film Festival, 2009
Best Animation – National

12th La Boca del Lobo International Short Film Festival, 2009
Best Andalusian Audiovisual Creation

5th Animacor: International Animation Festival, 2009
Best of Festival

Animazing Spotlight, 2009
Grand Prize

16th Bradford Animation Festival, 2009
Best Debut

14th I Castelli Animati: International Animated Film Festival, 2009

   Tags: 3d, 5-15 min, alma, animation, spain