Sintel

Sintel
Sintel promotional poster
Directed byColin Levy
Written byEsther Wouda
Produced byTon Roosendaal
StarringHalina Reijn
Thom Hoffman
Music byJan Morgenstern
Layouts byDavid Revoy
Distributed byBlender Foundation
Release dates
  • 27 September 2010 (2010-09-27) (Netherlands Film Festival)
  • 30 September 2010 (2010-09-30) (Online)
[1]
Running time
14 minutes 48 seconds
CountryNetherlands
LanguageEnglish
Budget€400,000[2]
Sintel (2010). 14 minutes, 48 seconds.

Sintel (code-named Project Durian during production) is a 2010 animated fantasy short film. It was the third Blender "open movie". It was produced by Ton Roosendaal, chairman of the Blender Foundation, written by Esther Wouda, directed by Colin Levy, at the time an artist at Pixar and art direction by David Revoy, who is known for Pepper&Carrot, a free and open source webcomic series.[3] It was made at the Blender Institute, part of the Blender Foundation. The plot follows the character, Sintel, who is tracking down her pet Scales, a dragon. Just like the other Blender "open movies," the film was made using Blender, a free and open source software application for animation, created and supported by the Blender Foundation.

The name comes from the Dutch word sintel, which can mean 'cinder',[4] or 'ember'.[5]

  1. ^ "Durian Open Movie Project » Blog Archive » Sintel official premiere". Durian Open Movie Project Blog. 1 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Blender Foundation Releases Open Source Movie Sintel". NewTeeVee. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Interview with Sintel's art director David Revoy | Libre Graphics World". libregraphicsworld.org. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Definition of Cinder". Dictionary.net.
  5. ^ "Logo/identity design". Durian.blender.org.