Project Durian (named "Sintel") was the Blender Institute’s third movie. The movie started production in September 2009 and was premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival at the end of September 2010. With a much larger team and bigger budget, the targets were very ambitious, resulting in a 15 minute short film that has found much acclaim on the web; story telling and editing were top priorities for the team.
Development targets mainly focused on getting the Blender 2.5x series more stable and usable, improving the sculpting tools, efficient detail rendering and global illumination. - Excerpt from blender.org
Sintel was the first project that convinced Kent Trammell of Blender's legitimacy as a professional-quality 3D production software. It also landed on Tim Von Rueden's radar when it was shown in class while he was in college studying 3D animation - yeah, 3D animation. Join Kent, Tim, and Lampel as they dive into the film!
Lol that's the kind of Blender nerding-out we like to see here, Phil 👌
They probably linked em in ;)
That's a good question
just thinking about how appending works....who took the time to uniquely name every bird flying?
haha true Omar 😆
Those might be Sean kennedy's birds
I agree Zach - Pretty powerful opening sequence
This opening is my favorite part of the film! Those mountains look pretty good! lol
We can calculate how many movies the Blender Institute will make if we know how many fruits there are in the world
Tears of Steel was mango