PRAZINBURK RIDGE
PRAZINBURK RIDGE is an award-winning ten-minute short film written, directed and animated by Martin Bell using Unreal Engine and real-time animation techniques.
Read further adventures of Duggy Clark in his autobiography by Martin’s brother, Steven Bell! Available from all good bookstores via Pitch Publishing.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS
WINNER - Best Animation, Wigan & Leigh Film Festival 2022
WINNER - Best Animated Film, Dispatches of War Kyiv FF 2022
WINNER - Best Patriotic Education FIlm, Dispatches of War Kyiv FF 2022
WINNER - Best Animated Film, Barnes Film Festival 2023
WINNER - Best Animated Film, Wimbledon Int’l Short Film Festival 2023
WINNER - Grand Prize, FILMshort 2023
FINALIST - International Sport Film Festival 2022
SHORT FILM OF THE DAY - Shorted
SHORTLIST - Performance Insurance Short Film Award 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION - SPARK Animation 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Clones Film Festival 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tbisili Int’l Animation Festival 2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Barcelona Sports Film Festival 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Milan Machinima Festival 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Kino London Short Film Festival 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Palm Springs Int’l Animation Fest 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Ramsgate Film Festival 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Kingston International Film Festival 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Harrogate Film Festival 2023
OFFICIAL SELECTION - This Is England, Rouen Film Festival 2023
HONORABLE MENTION - Los Angeles Animation Festival 2023
SYNOPSIS
The Great War is upon Britain. With his international sporting career cut short, Yorkshire rugby hero Douglas Clark has enlisted in the army, and finds himself on the mud-soaked battlefields of Ypres, in Belgium, during the Battle of Passchendaele. He’s driving a truck to deliver munitions to the artillery battery. During the ammo drop, his team are attacked with gas and shell, and Clark finds he must rely on his old rugby training, and the inspiring speech of his old rugby coach to save himself and his fellow soldiers.
REVIEWS
“Real film-making… cut like a Hollywood movie.” - Wimbledon International Short Film Festival
“Absolutely brilliant. I was hooked.” - London Kino Short Film Festival
“…a sophisticated, moving narrative about the courage of Douglas Clark… a true triumph for animation storytelling.” 7.3/10 - Shorted
“Exceptionally well done… Perfect execution.” - And Now For Something Completely Machinima
“Captures the heroism of Douglas Clark and puts it on full display.” 8/10 - Film Threat
“[A] 10 minute masterwork… seems increasingly likely that the film will turn heads and demand applause come festival season.” - Film Daily
WRITTEN PRESS
Future Of Film - “MARTIN BELL ON PRAZINBURK RIDGE”
Indie Film Hustle - “How I Made A 10-Minute Animated Short With Virtually No Budget”
Film Daily - “‘Prazinburk Ridge’ is a Passion Project Come to Life”
Newswire - “Hollywood Animator's First Solo Production Powered by Noitom's Perception Neuron”
Virtual Producer - “Prazinburk Ridge Showcases Impressionistic Real-Time Animation”
MEDIA
The Process - Making A Film Inside Unreal Engine On His Own!
Super Motion Collective - Interview with Writer/Director Martin Bell