SUB CATEGORY :

ANIMATION (IN-CAMERA OR DIGITAL)

COMPANY ENTERING :

ALT.VFX, BRISBANE

TITLE :

TILE - LOST PANDA

BRAND :

TILE

ADVERTISER :

TILE

AGENCY :

DEUTSCH, LOS ANGELES

CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER :

PETE FAVAT

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

GUTO ARAKI

CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

ERIC MANCHESTER/NEAL DESAI

COPYWRITER :

JEB QUAID

DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED PRODUCTION :

VIC PALUMBO

COMPUTER ARTIST :

NICK ANGUS

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR :

CHRISTI JOHNSON/MARK THOMPSON

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE :

JESSICA FERRI

STRATEGIC PLANNING DIRECTOR :

KELSEY HODGKIN

EXECUTIVE INTEGRATED PRODUCER :

DAN KAPLAN

INTEGRATED PRODUCER :

MARIANA PERIN

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY :

SMUGGLER, LOS ANGELES

CO-FOUNDER :

PATRICK MILLING SMITH/BRIAN CARMODY

DIRECTOR :

MARK MOLLOY

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

SHANNON JONES

FILM PRODUCER :

GUSTAV GELDENHUYS

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY :

ALT.VFX, BRISBANE

EDITOR :

STEWART REEVES

POST PRODUCER :

BRIAN SCHARWATH

COLORIST :

TOM POOLE

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY :

ALT.VFX, BRISBANE

VISUAL EFFECTS :

COLIN RENSHAW

ANIMATOR :

CHRIS RENTOUL

HEAD OF 2D :

MATTHEW CHANCE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

CHRIS FIELDHOUSE

SPECIAL EFFECTS PRODUCER :

JESS CALVERT

RIGGER :

JORDAN MCINNES

SOUND PRODUCTION COMPANY :

LIME STUDIOS, LOS ANGELES

SOUND DESIGNER :

MARK MEYUHAS

SOUND STUDIO PRODUCER :

KAYLA PHUNGGLAN

MUSIC COMPOSER :

STEPHAN ALTMAN

MUSIC ARRANGER :

STEPHAN ALTMAN

ASSISTANT MIXER :

PETER LAPINSKI

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

SUSIE BOYAJAN

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

THE ‘LOST PANDA’ STORY WAS INSPIRED BY AN ACTUAL TILE CUSTOMER, A YOUNG GIRL WHO LOST HER STUFFED ANIMAL IN A BUSY CITY, ONLY TO BE REUNITED LATER WITH THE HELP OF THE TILE COMMUNITY. TELLING THE STORY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ERNIE, A STUFFED PANDA, AND TO BRING TO LIFE WHAT HIS OWNER, LUCY, MIGHT HAVE IMAGINED HER ‘BEST FRIEND’ GOING THROUGH IN TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY BACK TO HER. IN HER IMAGINATION, ERNIE GETS MORE AND MORE LOST WHILE LOOKING FOR HER, ONLY TO BE HELPED HOME BY THE ‘GOOD NEIGHBORS’ HE MEETS—A METAPHOR FOR THE TILE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE, IN REALITY, ERNIE STAYS IN THE EXACT PLACE HE WAS LIKELY DROPPED BY LUCY, ONLY TO BE FOUND BY A LOVING FATHER WHO HAD THE FORESIGHT TO PUT A TILE IN ERNIE’S POCKET.