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Announcement Thread! Exciting work coming your way in2021! 2 explainer animations, 6 short films, a scoring for a cross border collaboration, opening our second studio in Pindi! Lets start with our showreel and check out our brand new website http://www.puffball.pk (1/10)
@PuffballStudios is the official animation agency for @Facebook on a series of crucial animations and short films in URDU on bullyproofing your profile, digital literacy, safety, reporting mechanism and more on Instagram/FB. Here is a teaser on what to expect (2/10)
2021 will see @ShehriPakistan collaborating with @PuffballStudios to produce fresh urdu animated content that pushes the boundaries of digital storytelling in Pakistan like this 'Dadi learns to internet' series (3/10)
And here is a teaser for a timely short film - "Life of a WhatsApp Forward Message"! A fun and highly relatable PSA on online misinformation that you will show to your parents. Written and acted by Rasti Farooq and directed by Haseeb Rehman (4/10)
we want @PuffballStudios to be a space where young animators eventually direct their own films. The AD on @swipefilm Haseeb Rehman makes his directorial debut 8th Feb: a short on Jalianwalabagh as part of Colonialism series with @EdjamNetwork. spcl thx @taniasaeed (5/10)
we owe a great deal to the incredible book by @AU_Qasmi The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion for this short urdu explainer/film on the 1953 riots and a look into the spectrum of violence that we must all understand and acknowledge as part of our history (6/10)
I was recently introduced to @saadiagardezi who is part of @ProjectDastaan. We are incredibly lucky to bring her imaginative writings to life with 2 short films this year. here is a teaser poster for this surreal journey that this partition story takes you through (7/10)
next is a super exciting project we are working on for a video game. this one is going to push us as we bring fantastical beasts and lands to life through hand drawn animation. the LOTR fans in us are psyched! third director emerging out of @PuffballStudios Sanabil Hasan (8/10)
I am most excited about this bit. @PuffballStudios is diversifying into scoring for films around the globe - starting with a short film from India! Here is a score I did for @swipefilm. also hit me/us up if you re a film maker looking for a score (9/10)
lastly - i am very excited as @PuffballStudios finds its home in Pindi! we launched operations today. If you are a visual artist - reach out. we are spending 2021 telling all kinds of stories. be a part of the family we are creating in pindi/isl (10/10)
