And the award for the best animated interpretation of classical music in a short film goes to “Preston,” a visceral mini-masterwork of pugilistic excess set to Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 – created by students at French animation/VFX school ISART Digital as their graduation project.

School: ISART Digital
3D Animation : Gabriel AMAR, Louis DOUCERAIN, Joseph HEU, William MARCERE, Terence TIEU and Morgane VAAST
Music & Sound Design : Dany BLIN, David GUINOT, Laurent KEROMNES, Caroline LAPINTE and Terence TOUSSAINT
Musique : “Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C sharp minor, S. 244” écrit par Franz Liszt, interprétée par Lang Lang