Lost & Crowned, the short film by Spanish director Borja Peña Gorostegui
Lost & Crowned, the computer graphics short film by Spanish writer and director Borja Peña Gorostegui, qualified for the Oscars. The production team revealed the news on Tuesday.
“It was a real honor to work on Lost & Crowned with this incredibly talented and passionate team of artists, who poured everything they had into our work of love, ”said Gorostegui. “Growing up as a big brother, I have experienced and learned from the same lessons that Peter and Larry face in the film (except dragons and explosions!), And have enjoyed and even obsessed with some of my adventure films. favorite childhood likes ET, The explorers e Goonies. I hope our little film can inspire our audience in the same way that the films I saw growing up did for me. ”
Inspired by Supercell's "CLASH" mobile video game, Lost & Crowned highlights the wonderful footage, visual effects, and animation of his creative content production studio, Psyop. The film is the first for award-winning Gorostegui as both a writer and director, as well as being the first of the Psyop films to qualify for an Oscar.
“I'm so grateful for the incredible team that brought our short to life,” he said Lost & Crowned Psyop's producer Amanda Miller. “Their extraordinary level of skill and artistry shines in every frame under the direction of Borja. It is an honor for us to join the other animations that can be considered and I am thrilled that our “little” film is about to find a new audience who love it! "
Lost & Crowned was released worldwide on September 12, 2020, and recorded over 100 million views across all platforms in the first two months online. He had previously finished his qualifying run under the revised 2021 AMPAS Oscars COVID rules.
Find out more about the sweet and comical short film in our BTS post here!
An expert visual storyteller, Gorostegui's previous work has also garnered hundreds of millions of online views and won several awards, including The One Show, AICP, and Addy. Since Gorostegui worked for some of the best independent studios, his "Swiss Army Knife" skill set has led him to be a designer, lead composer, 3D animator, CGI generalist, technical supervisor and project leader, and ultimately writer and director. In 2012, he accepted a directorial position with Psyop, honing his storytelling skills while working with high-end brands, such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Supercell, Nintendo, Samsung, Frito-Lay, McDonald's, Red Bull, Chobani, PlayStation And Delta Airlines.
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