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'Eyes of Silence' first animation film to grab five international awards.


Byline: ANI

Chandigarh Chandigarh (chŭn`dēgər), union territory (2001 provisional pop. 900,914), 44 sq mi (114 sq km) and city, NW India. The city is the capital of both Haryana and Punjab states. , June 15 (ANI): 'Eyes of Silence' has becomes the first animation film from India to win five international awards and to be selected for screening in as many as 11 international film festivals.

The film has so far won five awards internationally, including the highly coveted cov·et  
v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets

v.tr.
1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy.

2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire.
 Accolade Award of Merit in Animation at The Accolade 2009, Best Animation Award at the Rockport Film Festival 2008, Aloha Award for Excellence in filmmaking film·mak·ing  
n.
The making of movies.
 at the Honolulu International Film Festival 2009, Silver award for Best Animation at the Lake arrowhead Lake Arrowhead may refer to:
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 Film Festival 2009 and Best Drama and Animation at the Firstglance Hollywood Film Festival 2009.

Two engineers, who set their own animation studio Animation studio can refer to:
  • a studio where animation is created—see the List of animation studios.
  • Any three dimensional software animation package such as 3ds Max, Blender 3D, Cinema 4D, Lightwave, Maya, Houdini, or XSI.
 'Virtual Realms Productions', have made the five-minute animation film.

"After a lot of work being done in the architectural field, we decided to take an initiative in short film making. We are passionate about film making, that is how the idea came up and we started working on the project," said Avi Sidhu, director of the film.

It was also the first ever Indian short animation film to be showcased at the recent Festival de Cannes 2009 in the Emerging Filmmakers category.

The film has also been invited for screenings in the US, France, Russia, Germany, Italy and Egypt. (ANI)

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