The second season of Lakeside Animation’s horror anthology sequence Purple Iron Highway will launch with the world premiere of “In The Warmth” on the prestigious Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition in France (June 1-17). The crime thriller story is the one Canadian mission chosen for the TV Movies competitors, the place it’ll compete with titles from main gamers corresponding to Netflix’s Agent Elvis, The Sandman and ONI: Thunder Gods Story, and HBO Max’s Scavengers Reign.
The episode is the second brief movie produced in collaboration with Look Mother! Productions, and helmed by the award-winning group of director Sam Chou and author Ellery Vandooyeweert. They beforehand collaborated on pageant favourite “VRDLK: Household of Vurdulak.” The season one episode premiered on the Fantasia Worldwide Movie Competition in 2022, and since then has garnered a dozen pageant awards worldwide.
Purple Iron Highway is created by Aljosha Klimov and Iouri Stepanov, produced by Lakeside Animation and Studio Metrafilms Moldova. The primary season options six episodes based mostly on the works of well-known European authors. The “In The Warmth” episode was tailored from the brief story of the identical identify, by the “Russian queen of horror,” Anna Starobinets.
“In The Warmth” is a gripping 17-minute animated thriller that defies style conventions. The story begins with investigators interrogating a person disguised as Santa Claus over a heinous crime. Because the plot unfolds, the detectives change into more and more absorbed within the case, realizing that the end result is intertwined with their very own previous experiences. The scenario turns into extra intricate and twisted (and horrific) because the investigators embark on a stunning journey that can preserve viewers on the sting of their seats.
“We’re thrilled to see our continued collaboration with Sam, Ellery and the group at Look Mother! has been acknowledged by Annecy. Sam and Ellery are splendidly proficient and richly deserve this honor. We’re all excited to share this story with the pageant viewers this June,” commented Lakeside CEO & Govt Producer Stepanov.
Chou, Inventive Director of Growth for Look Mother! Productions, stated, “Being chosen for the Annecy Movie Competition is an absolute honor and a profession spotlight. Competing with the very best in animation on tv is a surreal expertise. It’s a lifelong dream that I’ve labored onerous for in my profession, and being acknowledged by Annecy is a humbling achievement.”
Purple Iron Highway has circled the globe as episodes have premiered at movie festivals all over the world. Since its premiere final yr, episodes have screened in festivals together with Toronto After Darkish, Lusca Implausible Movie Fest (Puerto Rico), FilmQuest (Utah), Rojo Sangre Horror Movie Competition (Buenos Aires), New York Metropolis Horror Movie Competition, Tokyo Anime Awards, Nevermore Movie Competition (North Carolina) and a number of other others, with over 14 awards and recognitions so far.
Lakeside Animation’s Stepanov and Chief Content material Officer Aron Dunn shall be in attendance at Annecy to debate the Purple Iron Highway sequence and the studio’s slate of initiatives in improvement.
Look Mother! Productions’ Managing Director Josh Bowen and episode director Chou can even be in attendance at Annecy.
