What a harvest! The Shadywoods pilot managed get three nominations and two awards at the Top Indie Film Awards in Tokyo!
Awards
The awards were given for Best Animated Short and Best Humor. The best humor award is not only an achievement for the writing crew (Kilian Muster, Greg Wong), but also for the people who delivered the humor so perfectly, namely the voice actors Ginger Sue (Procella), Shogo Miyakita (Rudwin, Mossbeard, Inn Keeper) and Nasim Benelkour (Leopold).


Nominations
The nominations, were for Best Writing, Best Sound and Best Original Idea, where the pilot apparently was able to leave a well-rounded overall very solid impression.



Directed and animated by Kilian Muster, the Shadywoods pilot introduces the main characters Frank Findelholtz, his daughter Procella, the house kobold Humbug and the resident poltergeist Rudwin. The pilot is a proof of concept for an animated series about the escapades of Frank, last heir of Findelholtz castle, struggling to make a buck and raise his activist young adult daughter in the middle of a bewitched forest with the help of a poltergeist and an overzealous kobold housekeeper.
Pilot Synopsis
When the power plant cuts Frank off, his daughter Procella runs away to live a sustainable life in the forest. Frank and his poltergeist embark on a treasure hunt, culminating in a showdown with a warlock gang and an exploding stork.