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AKWARYUM

Akwaryum follows the adventure of a seahorse from her wild and vibrant ocean home that is filled with corals and familiar faces right to the hands of humans where the environment is a little too real for her to handle.

  • LIKHAPAT
    Director
  • Ronnel Detoito Palenzuela
    Director
  • Ivan Kim Espinetra Javier
    Writer
  • Aliah Calica Candaza
    Animator
  • Jester Alan Fetalino Miñon
    Animator
  • Aliah Calica Candaza
    Character Designer
  • Jester Alan Fetalino Miñon
    Character Designer
  • Jester Alan Fetalino Miñon
    Background Design
  • Aliah Calica Candaza
    Background Design
  • Aliah Calica Candaza
    Storyboard Artist
  • Ronnel Detoito Palenzuela
    Music Composer
  • Ryan Richard H. Guadaña
    Adviser
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Student
  • Genres:
    Realistic Fiction, Adventure
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 6, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    Philippines
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - National University-Manila
  • Animahenasyon 15: The 2021 Philippine Animation Festival

    Philippines
    November 12, 2021
    Top 20 Finalist
Director Biography - LIKHAPAT, Ronnel Detoito Palenzuela

LIKHAPAT is a four-member creative team that started at National University-Manila. Consists of Aliah Candaza, Ivan Kim Javier, Jester Alan Miñon, & Ronnel Palenzuela that create multimedia content and comepelling stories to tell.

If art is a battlefield, then Ronnel Palenzuela's primary weapon is words. He writes poems that evoke emotions. Participated in several poetry competitions, not to win but to inspire. He believes that words are the strongest piece of art as they can create something and destroy it at the same time. He also composes musical pieces for short films wherein piano is his all-out favorite, a romantic’s dream instrument. Every tap and vibration resonates deep within the soul like someone is speaking to him with a soothing voice. These two skills, when combined build a compelling work of art that can be admired by many, and that is what motivates him to keep going.

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Director Statement

Akwaryum is a modern tale of a character who is displaced to its dwelling. It is a classic "man vs nature" type of conflict wherein the protagonist deals with forces that are outside of her control. Akwaryum, being the title and the central point of the film, serves as an environment for aquatic lifeforms that is conceivably a safe haven in exchange for their freedom. The idea of creating Akwaryum was to produce not just a “feast for the eye” type of visual experience but an instrument for change.