Bippy the Little Robot, the newest animated short film from Glenna Burmer, was recognized for Best Animation with awards from three international film festivals.
The Sunny International Film Festival, located in Berlin, promotes a variety of film genres, providing a platform for both new talent and more seasoned professionals. In announcing the award, Sunny festival organizers noted that “the film truly stood out and touched our hearts. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.”
Besides the Sunny Film Festival, Bippy also won Best Animation awards from the Mei International Film Festival and the Indie Cine Tube Awards, both in India.
The story of Bippy the Little Robot takes place in the future after humans are annihilated; all that remains are broken and forgotten machines. But the bleak landscape does not deter Bippy, a perky little trashcan, who sets out with his android-cat sidekick on a journey to find if other machines still exist.
In an abandoned music studio, the little robot discovers a broken-down piano where he improvises a jazz piece that awakens a pink toaster named Anna. In a swirling dance sequence using innovative motion capture, Anna and Bippy perform a dreamy pas de deux and the future, once dismal, grows a little brighter.
This inspirational message of hope is resonating with audiences worldwide. Besides winning awards at the Berlin and India film festivals, Bippy was also selected for the Best Animation CGI/VFX Award at the prestigious Golden Swan Zurich festival. Last fall, Bippy won awards at film festivals in Paris, Milan, Florence, Zurich, Turkey, Berlin, and Albania, as well as the U.S.
Bippy is the second animated film produced by Glenna Burmer in collaboration with Deep Sky & Imaginary Planet. The team’s first joint project was Nana korobi, Ya oki, completed in spring 2021, which also is a favorite on the film festival circuit, winning more than 60 awards worldwide.