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Arek Zasowski Wins Gold Telly Award for Best 3D Animation in Film & Shorts
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Zasowski’s winning entry, the sci-fi holiday special Guardians of the Secrets of the Luminara Challenge, was created entirely in Unreal Engine—a cutting-edge 3D design platform where not a single frame was captured using a physical camera. Zasowski not only produced the short film but also crafted every digital environment himself, transporting viewers from a sleek London office into the heart of the mystical Yucatán jungle on a daring quest to uncover the ancient Luminara Temple.
“This Gold Telly is a really special moment in my artistic journey,” said Zasowski. “I’ve poured my heart into learning Unreal Engine, and now I get to share these magical digital worlds I’ve imagined from scratch—jungle vines, waterfalls, temples—everything you see, I built one element at a time.”
Zasowski’s win comes amid a record-breaking year for the Tellys, with over 13,000 global submissions. This year’s winners include major players like Pixar Animation Studios, MTV Entertainment Studios, NASA, LinkedIn, and the LA Clippers, cementing Zasowski’s place among top-tier creative talents.
Telly Awards Managing Director Amanda Needham remarked, “Our industry is innovating at warp speed, especially when it comes to storytelling through new technologies. The Tellys celebrate those bold enough to experiment and break new ground.”
While this is Zasowski’s first Gold Telly, he previously earned three Bronze Telly Awards for his popular late-night talk show Actors by Actors Show, which features candid conversations with creatives from across the film industry.
“I’m truly honored to stand alongside such a powerful roster of this year’s Telly winners,” Zasowski added. “To know that my work resonates—especially in such a competitive year—means the world to me. There’s clearly an audience for bold, immersive storytelling driven by passion and new technology.”
The Telly Awards Judging Council included industry leaders such as Brian Toombs (Roku), Lucy Shen (Patreon), Rosalind Pressman (Pluto TV), James Young (BBDO New York), and Adam Faze (Gymnasium), among others.
For the full list of winners, visit: www.tellyawards.com/winners
For press inquiries, visit the Telly Awards Press Center.
About Arek Zasowski
Arek Zasowski is a Polish-born, Scotland-based filmmaker, actor, director, and 3D environment design artist. He is known for blending cinematic storytelling with digital innovation. His past credits include Detective Jack Berdett, Call Me, Let Go: Letting Go, and the award-winning Actors by Actors Show. With four Telly Awards to his name and counting, Zasowski is a rising force in the future of digital filmmaking.
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Seattle Car Dealer’s Memoir Recounts Building the Internet’s First Auto Marketplace
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Martin S. Rood, a longtime Seattle-area automobile dealer, has published a memoir about founding DealerNet, which he describes as the first automotive online marketplace and one of the earliest commercial ventures on the internet. The book, titled "First Click: The Story of DealerNet The World’s First Automotive Online Marketplace," was published through Christian Faith Publishing.
According to the announcement, Rood’s path into e-commerce began in 1994 with a postcard invitation to a University of Washington seminar on the World Wide Web, at a point when few Americans had any direct experience of it. He had no background in programming or software development, the release states, but moved to put his Nissan and Volvo inventory online, a step he says had not been attempted before in the auto trade.
The memoir recounts the practical obstacles of that period: skeptical reporters, uncooperative internet service providers, and the basic work of explaining what a browser was to people who had never used one. Rood went on to found four more software and internet startups over the following decade, per the announcement, and the book also touches on his community involvement, including his role in his local church.
The narrative connects DealerNet’s rise to Seattle’s emergence as an early hub of internet commerce, a period that preceded Amazon’s growth in the same city. "This book captures not just the story of DealerNet, but the electricity of being present at a genuine inflection point in history," Rood said in the announcement. "I wanted readers to experience the uncertainty, the late nights, and the exhilaration of building something the world didn’t yet understand."
The publisher positions the book as a memoir for entrepreneurs and technology audiences, framed around risk-taking and timing as much as the mechanics of the business itself. "First Click" is available through major booksellers and online retailers including Amazon, Apple iTunes, Google Play, and Barnes and Noble.
Studio CarryOnHarry finds the more interesting story here less about the book itself than the window it offers into how ordinary, non-technical business owners stumbled into building internet infrastructure before anyone had a name for what they were doing.
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Children’s Author Kerry Padrick Releases “In Search of Sweet Dreams,” a Bedtime Story About Faith and Nighttime Fear
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Kerry Padrick, a retired educator with three decades in the classroom, has released a new children’s book, "In Search of Sweet Dreams," published through Christian Faith Publishing.
The story follows a girl named Marley as she tries to settle her mind at bedtime, contending with imagined marshmallow blobs and monsters that keep her awake. According to the publisher’s synopsis, Marley learns over the course of the book that she doesn’t have to manage her fear entirely on her own — the story frames her eventual rest as something that comes through faith rather than willpower alone, built around the verse from Proverbs 3:24: "When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet."
"I wanted to create a story that speaks directly to children’s real nighttime anxieties," Padrick said in the announcement, "showing them that faith isn’t abstract or distant, but a present comfort they can hold onto when darkness feels overwhelming."
After retiring to Tennessee, Padrick transitioned from full-time teaching to writing children’s books. "In Search of Sweet Dreams" follows an earlier book, "In Search of Happy," which centers on a boy searching for joy — a companion theme to the new release’s focus on nighttime fear. Both books are aimed at young readers and pitched to parents and educators as tools for talking through specific childhood emotions.
"In Search of Sweet Dreams" is available in paperback and through major online retailers including Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, and Barnes & Noble.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees this as part of a steady pattern in faith-based children’s publishing: small, emotion-specific stories pitched directly at a single bedtime or mealtime struggle. It’s a narrow lane, but one with a built-in, repeat audience of parents looking for exactly that kind of book.
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