Animation Film bags award

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: ‘Shelter’, an animation film produced by Technopark-based Vyga Animations, won the award for the best animation film at the 6th CMS Vatavaran Environment and Wildlife Film Festival and Forum, held in New Delhi from December 6 to 10. It also bagged Technical Excellence Award for Best Editing.  ‘Shelter’, a 4-minute animation film, conveys the theme of environment conservation through a simple narration. Raghu Gopalan, founder-director of Vyga Animations, did the concept, script and direction of ‘Shelter.’According to the jury citation, “the film effectively captures the message that mankind’s endless quest for materialistic desires can actually destroy the very basis that provides shelter, in the first place. The story of a man who takes shelter from rain under a tree during a thundershower and then colonises the tree with fatal consequences achieves that magical combination of conveying the maximum impact with extreme delicacy”.Reghu has been working in animation field for the past twelve years. ‘Shelter’, screened at the fourth International Documentary Short Film Festival of Kerala, is the directorial debut of Reghu. “The story gives thrust to environment conservation. Anoop Sreeli and Dilip gave the creative support for the film. Viswajith did the background score. The background music has been pepped up with the use of instruments like ‘chenda’,” Raghu said.“The film will soon be screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival,” he added.