About
Hello
There!
My name is Michael Coutto, I'm an Animator, Writer, Director, and Designer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and founder of the Solekreative Productions. I love to tell my own stories through animations and I end up creating entire short films all on my own.
My first short film was NEUROSI5, and in 2020 I released another short film on the same "universe" called Momento. This short was my greatest achievement because granted me invitations for film festivals and the honor to have my animation screened in theaters around the world, and thanks to this, I won awards for best animation in some festivals. In 2021 I released a fun "opening" animation called Runner Girls!
Professionally I worked for 2P Studios on their League of Legends Battle Academia 2021 and League of Legends Wild Rift Brazil projects for Riot. I also did amazing covers for Megan McDuffy, of who I'm a huge fan.
And I will be still here, making my own productions and releasing my own short films.
Interview
- Interview for the Retrospective of Jupiter Impact Space – “How to make a Shortfilm Alone“. June 2020
- Interview for the Podcast Rok With You Episode 17 – (Cringe English Warning lol) – Sep 2020
- Interview for the The GeanerikC Podcast - Learning Animation - May 2022
Honors
- Momento is part of Retrospective of Jupiter catalogue.
- Momento was Frontpaged on Newgrounds, June 5, 2020
- Momento is part of the FlickFlair movies catalogue.
- The movie Momento is also registered on TMDb and Letterboxd. And tons of other websites that reads both IMDb and TMDb lists.
- Momento is part of the Animation Fest 2020 on Newgrounds that highlights the best animations of 2020.
- Runner Girls! Was frontpaged on Newgrounds, May 16, 2021
- Michael was honored as User of the Day on Newgrounds June 6, 2021
- Runner Girls! was honored as best of the May 2021 by Newgrounds.
- Momento is now part of the DUST Catalogue
Awards and Recognitions
- Thundr Short Film Showcase, Momento won Best Production Value, July 2020.
- Hollywood Gold Awards, Momento won the Gold Award of Best Animation of July 2020.
- Monthly Indie Shorts, Momento won as the Best Animation of the Month, August 2020.
- ROS Film Festival, Momento was a Semi-Finalist for best Cyberpunk Animation.
- LASA International Film Festival, Finalist for the Best Animation of 2021.
- Southeast Regional Film Festival Won as Best Animation of 2021.
Film Festivals Around the World
Neurosi5: Momento
- Screened at Andromeda Film Festival in Turkey
- Screened at the Golden Wheat Awards, selected by the Community of Cinema.
- Selected for the Thundr Short Film Showcase, screended online.
- Screened at the Vesuvius International Monthly Film Fest in Campania Italy.
- Selected for the Monthly Indie Shorts August 2020
- Selected and Finalist for the Hollywood Gold Awards, July 2020
- Screened in a Online VR Theater at the Iso Film Fest, Aug 2020
- Screened at the Southeast Regional Film Festival in Florida USA, Aug 2020
- Screened at the Chaniartoon International Comic & Animation Festival in Greece, Aug 2020
- Selected for the London International Film Festival – Lonely Wolf in England, September 2020
- Selected for the ROS Film Festival in Spain, screened in Nov, 2020.
- Selected for the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International in Canada, Fev 2021
- Selected for the Animadooo – Festival of Animated Short Films in Brazil, Fev 2021
- Selected for the LASA International Film Festival in Brazil, Abr 2021
- Selected for the Animotion Film Festival in Italy, Jul 2021
- Selected for the Savona International Film Event. Nov 2021
