Zero and The Maker: Award-Winning Stop-Motion Films By Christopher and Christine Kezelos

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Posted on: November 2, 2012 / Last Modified: November 2, 2012

In 2010, film-making husband and wife duo Christopher and Christine Kezelos screened their first stop-motion animation called Zero in over 50 international film festivals, winning 15 awards. In 2011 their follow-up stop-motion short called The Maker is proving to be and even bigger hit.

The Maker is set in a fantasy world where a strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.

Director Christopher Kezelos says “The Maker explores the preciousness of our moments on earth, the short time we have with loved ones and the enjoyment of ones life’s work and purpose. In their fleeting existence our characters experience joy, love, hard work, purpose, loss and loneliness. As the tagline suggests, ‘life is what you make it’ and we are all makers in this world”.

The project was an international collaboration bringing together the same Australian production crew from Zero, with the addition of puppet designer Amanda Louise Spayd from Ohio, USA and post production facility Monkey Hut from London, UK. Producer Christine Kezelos says “We used the Internet to pull together a team of people we really wanted to work with. As filmmakers we’re no longer constrained by budgets and borders, only by how resourceful we can be”.

The Maker was inspired by one of Australia’s most popular and innovative composers of classical music, Paul Halley. Blending elements of traditional classical styles with a distinctive modern edge, his beautifully infectious composition Winter, serves as the soundtrack for the entire film.

The Maker has currently screened at over 60 festivals and won 11 awards, including top honours at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival and SICAF 2012.

The Maker: Life Is What You Make It

 

The music score for The Maker is called ‘WINTER’ and was composed by Paul Halley. You can download it from his website by going tohttp://www.paulhalleymusic.com/albums/string-quartets

Zero: How Can Nothing Be Something

In a world that judges people by their number, Zero faces constant prejudice and persecution. He walks a lonely path until a chance encounter changes his life forever: he meets a female zero. Together they prove that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.

Zero has screened in over 50 festivals and has won 15 awards including ‘Best Animation’ from LA Shorts Fest and the Rhode Island International Film Festival and has been nominated for an AFI Award in the ‘Best Short Animation’ category.

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