Congratulations to the makers of “Keep Cooking“, which has won “Best Animation” at the Eastern Europe Film Festival. Keep Cooking was created by our third year graduating class of 2D Animation students at Escape Studios.
Keep Cooking was written and directed by Nathan Blackman and produced by Mai Lu. Chieri Kagata was the Lead Animator, and Gustav Chin was the Art Director. This is its first festival award.
Keep Cooking
Keep Cooking
In a quiet diner, deep in the snowy forest, Pat spends his days cooking meals for hunters who bring in the monsters they’ve slain. He keeps to himself, haunted by dreams of battle and the feeling that he’s meant for something more. When a hunter leaves behind a heavy axe, Pat is tempted to prove he’s more than just a cook. With only his cat, Potato, to keep him company, he begins to see that his real strength might lie not in fighting but in the life he’s already made.
“Keep Cooking” Credits
- Nathan Blackman – Director, Writer, Storyboards, Character Design, Animation
- Mai Lu – Producer, Animator
- Gustav Chin – Art Director, Character Design, Animator
- Chieri Kagata – Character Design, Background Art, Lead Animator,
- Mark Morris – Animator, Lead Compositor, Editor
Music
- Scott Buckley – “Terminus”
- E’s Jammy Jams – “Book Bag”
- TrackTribe – “A Night Alone”
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