Photo credit: Silke Lapina
Sascha Vernik alias REVKIN is a filmmaker, animator, and storyboard artist based in Vienna, Austria.
His award-winning short film Losing It is available online.
His latest animated film Annoyance premiered at Vienna Shorts and is currently touring the festival circuit.
He is drawing new panels for the next chapter of Acid Accessories, a comic book collaboration with writer Daniel Andrew Wunderer.
He is creating animated adaptations of Verdi's Macbeth and Rossini's La Cenerentola for the Vienna New State Opera under the direction of Christiane Lutz.
He is an associate of Broken Rules, and is developing an animation project about giant hands controlling everything.
FILMOGRAPHY
Annoyance | 2:22 min | 2024 | animated short
Losing It | 9:30 min | 2022 | animated short
Embracing Lovers | 1:12 min | 2014 | animated short
AWARDS
Radar Pitch Award, AT 2025
Annoyance
Audience Award, Most popular film under 12 minutes, Vienna Shorts, AT 2024
Honorable mention for artistic achievement, Vienna Shorts, AT 2024
Losing It
Best Animated Short Film, Boston Short Film Festival, US 2022
Best Animated Short Film, Montelupo Fiorentino International Independent Film Festival, IT 2022
Best Animated Film, New York Super Shorts Film Festival, US 2022
Best Animated Film, Venice Film Week, IT 2022
Best Animated Film, Bruges International Film Festival, BE 2022
Best Animated Film, Toronto Arthouse Film Festival, CA 2022
Main Prize, Austrian Competition, Pixel Vienna, AT 2022
Best film in an analog / hybrid technique, Best Austrian Animation Festival, AT 2022