The Magistical, an independent animated feature film from Out of Our Minds Studios, has added to its collection of film festival honors, taking the best animation award from the California Independent Film Festival.
The fairy tale story about a young boy who must believe in himself to save the ones he love was produced completely in-house with a little more than a dozen artists working on it at any one time.
Magistical is the studio’s first full-length feature, coming on the heels of several animated shorts and honors, including a 2004 BAFTA nomination. It was directed by Danny Oakley and John Cernak.
The film, which also has won awards at the Hollywood Film Festival, New Hampshire Film Festival and the Garden State Festival, is a selection of the currently running Newport Beach Film Festival, which will show the film April 26 at 2:30 p.m.
