**Award Winning** CGI 3D Animated Le Gouffre Short Film by Lightning Boy Studio - Carl Beauchemin, Thomas Chrétien, David Forest. Featured on br An inspiring tale about friendship, sacrifice and conquering the impossible.br br Le Gouffre is the first animated short film produced and directed by Lightning Boy Studio, a young creative team based in Montreal. The film tells the story of two spirited travelers who come across an incredibly wide chasm on their journey and decide to build a bridge to cross it. Released in February 2015, the project had first gained a lot of attention following the huge success of its Kickstarter campaign, which allowed the creators to finance the movie's post-production. Many were impressed by the passion and determination of the small team of three animators, who spent more than two full years creating the 10-minute film.br br As of now, Le Gouffre has been selected in more than 60 festivals around the world and won nine awards, four of them for "Best Animated Short".br br - CREDITS -br Directed by : Carl Beauchemin, Thomas Chrétien, David Forestbr Music : Dan Cullen, Deryn Cullenbr Foley and Sound Design : Mark Donisbr Animation and Rigging : Carl Beaucheminbr Art Direction and Animation : David Forestbr Visual Effects and Compositing : Thomas Chrétienbr Voice Actors : Nicolas Charbonneaux, Charles-André Gaudreau, Élisabeth Forestbr Final Sound Mixing : Jean-Pierre Bissonnettebr Online : Birck Fulhambr br - AWARDS -br Best CG Animation Short - 3D World Magazine CG Awards 2015br Award of Excellence in Filmmaking or Screenwriting - Canada International Film Festival 2015br Jury Special Prize - Cinéma des Peuples Festival 2014br Best Animation - Harlem International Film Festival 2014br Best Animation - San Jose International Short Film Festival 2014br Best Animation - Youngcuts Film Festival 2014br Audience Favorite - SPASM Festival 2014br Audience Favorite - Animated Short - 2nd Placebr Palm Springs International ShortFest 2014br Best Visual Effects - Golden Orchid International Animation Festival 2014br br - THE TEAM-br Lightning Boy Studio was born in 2012 out of a shared passion: to tell great stories. The three founders met in animation school in 2009 and have dreamed ever since to be able to work together on projects of their own. Le Gouffre is the result of their first collaboration. The team is now working on a new idea for an animated feature film and is looking for partners and investors to join in on this adventure.