ALMATY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
Escape Velocity
Overview
Escape velocity: the minimum speed needed for an object to escape from the gravitational influence of a massive body, without ever falling back.
An astronaut awakens in an abandoned cave of a strange planet. An interstellar vagabond, so to say. A light path leads him to the surface, where he looks at his compass and heads for his spaceship. He keeps glancing back, treading nervously, looking afraid. He has been chased by a creature for a long time, and his only way to break free is to escape this curious planet.
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Director Biography — Tamás Rebák
Tamás Rebák is a hungarian visual storyteller based in Budapest, obsessed with sadness and melancholy. His graduation short Escape velocity was selected in the competition programs of many international festivals, and won four times in best animated short category.
Director Statement
The title is a technical term related to space travel for good reason. It also symbolizes a final determination, which is a hard step to take. The idea itself came from a breakup, which left a deep impression on me. Later, I tried to make the personal energies more universal. This is how the result became an allegorical story of letting go embedded in a sci-fi context.
Credits
- Director
- Tamás Rebák
- Writer
- Tamás Rebák
- Animation director
- Tina Orosz
- ANIMATION & PAINTING
- Ildikó Baranyi
- ANIMATION & PAINTING
- Georgina Czanik
- ANIMATION & PAINTING
- Melinda G. Kiss
- ANIMATION & PAINTING
- Tina Orosz
- ANIMATION & PAINTING
- Tamás Rebák
- ANIMATION & PAINTING
- Ildi Szabó
- ANIMATION & PAINTING
- Viola Teleki
- ANIMATION & PAINTING
- Adrienn Zics
- Producer
- Melinda Kiss
- BACKGROUND
- Melinda G. Kiss
- BACKGROUND
- Tamás Rebák
- COMPOSITING
- Tamás Rebák
- MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN
- Gábor Erdélyi
- Tutors
- Klára Muhi
- Tutors
- Gábor Ulrich
- PRODUCTION MANAGER
- Krisztina Holló Leleszi
Specifications
- Original title
- Szökési sebesség
- Project type
- Animation
- Runtime
- 7 minutes 43 seconds
- Completion date
- September 1, 2019
- Country of origin
- Hungary
- Shooting format
- Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Film color
- Color
- First-time filmmaker
- No
- Student project
- Yes - Budapest Metropolitan University
- Digital Cinema Package
- Unavailable
Awards & Festivals
Primanima
Budaörs
Hungary
October 30, 2019
Hungarian premiere
Official selection
International Animated Film Festival Animateka
Ljubljana
Slovenia
December 6, 2019
Panorama program
Kinosaray Positive Film Festival
Obyrok
Ukraine
Best Animation
Kalmthout Short Film Festival
Kalmthout
Belgium
Best animated short
Dreamers of Dreams Film Festival
London
United Kingdom
Best animated short
Animalis Fabula Film Festival
Austin, Texas
United States
Best animated short
PIXEL Vienna
Wien
Austria
Best animated short