Schirkoa

Schirkoa
Directed by
  • Ishan Shukla
Produced by Sharad Varma
Written by
  • Ishan Shukla
Starring
Music by Nicolas Titeux
Release date
  • 8 September 2016 (2016-09-08)
Running time
 14 minutes
Country India
Language English

Schirkoa (ʃɪrkoʊa:) is a 14 minute animated short film written, directed, and animated by Indian filmmaker Ishan Shukla.[1][2] On its premiere, the short film qualified for The Academy Award after winning the 'Best Animated Short' award at LA Shorts Fest.[3] It's the first Indian Animated short to ever qualify for the Oscars.[4] It also won the 'Best in Show' award at SIGGRAPH Asia.[5]

Premise

In the city of Bag-heads, a politician is torn between his career, brothels and his love for a shadowy woman.[6]

Production

First conceived as a graphic novel in 2012, Shukla worked on it on and off along with a day job for four years. The short was created using Autodesk Maya, Adobe Creative Cloud and Redshift. Schirkoa was funded through personal savings. Shukla's wife Sharad Varma served as the producer of the film.[7][8][2] Although the film is made in 3D, it has a stylized 2D look that's been achieved through a number of techniques.[9]

Accolades

Schirkoa has been screened in over 50 film festivals all over the world. It will continue its festival run till mid 2018.[10]

List of Awards and Nominations
Year Award Category Result
2017 American Movie Awards Best Animated Short Won[11]
2017 ARFF International Best of the Best Nominated[12]
2017 Athens Animfest Special Mention Won[13]
2016 Tapiales International Film Festival Best Animated Short Won[14]
2016 SIGGRAPH Asia Best in Show Won[15]
2016 The Great Indian Film and Literature Festival Best Animated Short Won[16]
2016 Oaxaca Film Festival Best Animated Short Won[17]
2016 Venice Film Week Best Animated Short Won[18]
2016 LA Shorts Fest Best Animated Short Won[3]

Reception

Schirkoa has been listed in the Zippy Frames Annual list of Top animated shorts of the 2016.[19] Jeroen Van Rossem of Kortfilmcalls it "frequently reminiscent of Blade Runner, Brazil, Children of Men and 1984.[20] Cult Critic Magazine praises the mature theme of the animated film, calling it "a prototype for a much longer feature or series".[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Screen Anarchy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-16.
  2. 1 2 "Animation World Network Feature". Archived from the original on 2016-12-18.
  3. 1 2 "LA Shorts 2016 Winners". Archived from the original on 2017-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Yahoo". Archived from the original on 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  5. ↑ "Siggraph Asia 2016 Winners". Archived from the original on 2016-11-25.
  6. ↑ "Schirkoa Official Website". Archived from the original on 2016-11-03.
  7. ↑ "Tribune India". Archived from the original on 2017-01-08.
  8. ↑ "Indian Express". Archived from the original on 2017-01-19.
  9. ↑ "Cartoonbrew Article". Archived from the original on 2017-01-06.
  10. ↑ "Schirkoa Screenings". Archived from the original on 2017-11-23.
  11. ↑ "American Movie Awards 2017 Winners". Archived from the original on 2017-04-23.
  12. ↑ "ARFF Berlin Screenings". Archived from the original on 2017-11-23.
  13. ↑ "Athens Animfest Winners". Archived from the original on 2017-01-16.
  14. ↑ "Leedor Tafic Winners 2017". Archived from the original on 2016-12-09.
  15. ↑ "Siggraph Asia 2016 Winners". Archived from the original on 2017-07-21.
  16. ↑ "Hindustan Times Coverage". Archived from the original on 2017-04-21.
  17. ↑ "Rolling Stone Mexico". Archived from the original on 2016-10-27.
  18. ↑ "Venice Film Week 2016 Winners". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06.
  19. ↑ "Zippy Frames". Archived from the original on 2017-01-02.
  20. ↑ "Kortfilm Review". Archived from the original on 2017-11-23.
  21. ↑ "Cult Critic Magazine". Archived from the original on 2017-02-01.
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