Schirkoa

Schirkoa (2016)

Perfection can be a little unforgiving sometimes

In the city of Bag-heads, a senate member faces a tough choice between political career, brothels and love for a mysterious woman. A choice that will transform his life and the city in unimaginable ways.

Date of release
2016-09-08
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
14m
Genres
Animation, Drama
Director
Ishan Shukla

Casting

Interesting facts

Schirkoa is an Indian 14-minute animated short film written, directed, and animated by Ishan Shukla. On its premiere, the short film qualified for The Academy Award after winning the 'Best Animated Short' award at LA Shorts Fest. It's the first Indian animated short to ever qualify for the Oscars. It also won the 'Best in Show' award at SIGGRAPH Asia.

Production

First conceived as a graphic novel in 2012, Shukla worked on it on and off along with a day job for four years. The short was created using Autodesk Maya, Adobe Creative Cloud and Redshift. Schirkoa was funded through personal savings. Shukla's wife Sharad Varma served as the producer of the film. Although the film is made in 3D, it has a stylized 2D look that's been achieved through a number of techniques.

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