FILMS
The Tell-Tale Heart
2023
The Tell-Tale Heart • 2023
Dir. Max Hendrickson
A stop motion re-telling of the classic Edgar Allen Poe short story, in which a man is driven to insanity by the presence of his older companion's pale blue eye.
- Young Animator of the Year, Fresh Film Festival (Ireland)
- Best Animation, First Cut Youth Film Festival (Ireland)
- Finalist, Sun Valley Film Festival (USA)
- Honorable Mention, Utah Film Festival (USA)
- Great Award Winner, Internation Students Mini, Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival of Brazil
- 1st Place, Stoneybatter Film Festival (Ireland)
Official Selections: Austin Film Festival (Texas, USA) • Festival Animanie (Czech Republic) • KIDS FIRST! Film Festival (USA) • Tbilisi Sunrise International Youth Film Festival (Georgia) • China International Teen Short Film Festival • Sioux City International Film Festival (Iowa, USA) • Camera Zizanio (Czech Republic) • Cinemagic Young Filmmaker (Northern Ireland) • Newport Beach Film Festival (California, USA) • Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indianapolis, USA) • LA Shorts International Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA) • Hellbender Film Festival (Pennsylvania, USA) • Coronado Island Film Festival (California, USA) • On the Pulse Short Film Festival (Northern Ireland) • Culver City Youth Film Festival (California, USA) • CineYouth Film Festival (Chicago, USA) • All American High School Film Festival (New York, USA) • Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film Festival (Wisconsin, USA)
Awards
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The Oubliette
2022
The Oubliette • 2022
Dir. Max Hendrickson
After moving into a small apartment in a big city, a man notices strange and mysterious occurrences.
- Best Animated Short, Hellbender Student Film Festival (Missouri, USA)
- Best Animation, China International Teen Short Film Festival (Beijing, China)
- Best High School, ANMTN! - Online Animation Awards
- 2nd Place, Young Irish Filmmaker, Fresh Film Festival (Limerick, Ireland)
- Youth Council Award, First Cut Film Festival (Cork, Ireland)
Official Selections: Animation Dingle (Ireland) • NFFTY - National Film Festival for Talented Youth (Seattle, USA) • Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival (California, USA) • LA Shorts International Film Festival (California, USA) • Camera Zizanio (Pyrgos, Greece) • A-FILMTEENFEST (Prague, Czech Republic) • Cinemagic (Belfast, Northern Ireland) • CineYouth Film Festival (Chicago, USA) • KIDS FIRST! Film Festival (New Mexico, USA) • Youth Collective Film Festival (New York, USA) • Tucson Film and Music Video Contest (Tucson, USA) • The Children's International Film Festival of Wales (Tredegar, UK) • Festival Animanie (Plzeň, Czech Republic) • Animator FEST (Jagodina, Serbia) • Newark IFF Youth Film Festival (Newark, USA) • Giffoni Macedonia Youth Film Festival (Skopje, Macedonia) • Culver Youth Film Festival (California, USA) • Newport Beach Film Festival (California, USA) • 1:11 High School Film Festival (North Carolina, USA) • All American High School Film Festival (New York, USA) • Mobile Youth Film Festival (Alabama, USA) • VAFI & RAFI (Varaždin, Croatia)
Awards
Gallery
Planet Play Pause
2022
Planet Play Pause • 2022
Dir. Max Hendrickson
This short animation was created for the 2022 Animation Dingle Festival, and recieved the Young Animator of the Year Award sponsored by the Disney Channel.
“Even without character animation, it tells a moving, magical, cosmic story and provokes a strong emotional response through its mood, music and beautiful combination of hand-made and electronic design. It starts small and really builds to something powerful.”
-Orion Ross, Vice President, Animation, Disney
Awards
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I-CHANGE Active Travel
2022
I-CHANGE Active Travel • 2022
Comissioned by UCD
Gallery
Wendigo
2021
Wendigo • 2021
Dir. Max Hendrickson
An intrepid graduate student investigates a mysterious historic fire and finds himself in a strange reality.
- 1st Place - Camera Zizanio (Pyrgos, Greece)
- 2nd Place - Young Irish Filmmaker - Fresh Film Festival (Limerick, Ireland)
- 2nd Place - Wicked Wales (Wales, UK)
- Best International Film - Enimation Film Festival (Maribor, Slovenia)
- Best Animated Film - Hellbender Film Festival (Missouri, USA)
- Best Screenplay - Children's International Film Festival of Wales (Wales, UK)
Official Selections: National Film Festival for Talented Youth (Washington, USA) • All American High School Film Festival (New York, USA) • Seattle International Film Festival (Washington, USA) • LA Shorts (California, USA) • Newark International Film Festival (New Jersey, USA) • 1:11 High School Film Festival (North Carolina, USA) • Twisted Dreams Film Festival (Wisconsin, USA) • Shenandoah Youth Film Festival (Virginia, USA) • First Cut Film Festival (Cork, Ireland) • CineYouth Film Festival (Chicago, USA) • Coronado Island Film Festival (California, USA) • Kids Movie Fest (Kiev, Ukraine)
FOMO (dir. Kevin Meggs)
2021
Enkata
2019
Enkata • 2019
Dir. Max Hendrickson
A journey through an allegorical world of the senses.
- Animation 1st Place - Reel Spirit Film Festival (Kansas City, USA)
- 2nd Place - VAFI & RAFI (Varaždin, Croatia)
- Winner U15 - Cinemagic Film Festival (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Best Animation - Freeze Frame (Manitoba, Canada)
- Best Animation - Wicked Wales (Wales)
- Highly Commended for Concept - Fresh Film Festival (Limerick, Ireland)
Official Selections: Anim!Arte International Student Animation Festival (Brazil) • All American High School Film Festival (New York, USA) • Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival (California, USA) • First Cut Film Festival (Cork, Ireland)
Big City, Bright Lights
2018
Big City, Bright Lights • 2018
Dir. Max Hendrickson
Drawn to the excitement of the city, our hero soon finds a reappreciation for his country life.
- Best Animation - First Cut Film Festival (Cork, Ireland)
- Best Animation - Noise Flicks Film Festival (Dublin, Ireland)
- 2nd Place - Reel Spirit Film Festival (Kansas City, USA)
- Honorable Mention - Dublin Animation Film Festival (Dublin, Ireland)
- Honorable Mention - Fresh Film Festival (Limerick, Ireland)
- Honorable Mention - Cinemagic Film Festival (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Official Selection - VAFI and RAFI Animation Film Festival (Croatia)
