-Winner: Award of Excellence in Filmmaking, Canada International Film Festival 2010, Vancouver Canada
-Winner: Best Animated Student Short
AniMazing! Spotlight animation festival 2009, Los Angeles, CA
-Winner: 1st Place SIGGRAPH 2009, Space and Time Industry Animation competition, Louisiana
-Official Selection: 2010 Sacramento International Film Festival, CA
-Official Selection: 2010 Honolulu International Film Festival, Hawaii
-Official Selection: Smogdance Film Festival 2009, CA
-Official Selection: Heart of Gold International Film Festival 2010, Australia
-Official Selection: Puchon International Student Animation Festival 2009, Korea
-Official Selection: MetroCAF, 7th Annual Metropolitan College Computer Animation Festival 2009, NYC
-Official Selection: Canadian Film Centre's SHORTSNONSTOP festival
-Featured on Motionographer.com, motionographer.com/2009/08/03/alek-vacura-without-arms-qa/
-Featured on Channel Frederator
frederatorblogs.com/channel_frederator/2009/12/30/without-arms-with-alek-vacura/
My Thesis for Pratt Institute MFA in Digital Arts, Spring 2009. A 3D animated short that took 3 semesters, 2 of which were spent at The Mill Group's facility completing this film.
Software used: Maya 2009, The Setup Machine, ZBrush3, Adobe After Effects CS4, Final Cut Pro 4.5 HD.
Music: Fantasy in D- by Mozart, performed by Harrison Gradwell Slater, used with permission