Ishan Shukla

Animation Writer & Director

Blog

  • Schirkoa finishes a year

    It’s been a year since Schirkoa‘s completion. And it’s been wonderful. The story of bagheads, the protagonist 197a’s own demons and Schirkoa – the city’s beautiful claustrophobia was a story worth telling.  The film has done considerably well in it’s run at the festivals. It qualified for the Oscars by winning LA Shorts, won top… Read more

  • Distribution for Schirkoa

    It’s a pleasure to announce that Schirkoa will be distributed all across the world through New Europe Film Sales, Poland. This means over the coming months you might be able to watch Schirkoa on various TV channels and platforms apart from film festivals. To start things off, those in Spain can catch Schirkoa ‘tonight’ on various… Read more

  • TEDx talk at BITS Pilani

    Here is the talk I gave at the TEDx event at BITS Pilani. It revolves around the story of Mr 197a – the protagnist of Schirkoa and his relationship with me. Schirkoa OST – Nicolas Titeux. Read more

  • Mid 2017 updates

    I have been busy with some very interesting upcoming projects. Just finished a Music Video (hint- Schirkoa). And another is slowly building up. Had a pitch produced for a superhero comics project. Still in early stages of development. Testing some new technologies to make the rendering and animation workflow a bit more efficient for indie… Read more

  • Seminar in Thailand

    I gave a seminar on the ‘Making of Schirkoa’ at BIDC (Bangkok International Digital Content Festival). It was fun to talk to the students and professionals from Thailand and all around Asia. Discussing the technical and artistic details of Schirkoa with like minded artists is always exhilarating. The BIDC Team was great and I am really looking… Read more

  • Blue District Breakdown from ‘Schirkoa’

    A quick breakdown of one of the many locations from my short film – Schirkoa (www.schirkoa.com). More breakdowns to follow soon. Thanks to the cool folks at CG Meetup, Lesterbanks and CG Channel for sharing this breakdown! Read more