winners of animago AWARD 2015
Munich/Potsdam, 16 October 2015: The winners of the animago AWARD 2015 have been announced. The prominent international awards for 3d animation, visual effects (VFX) and visualization were presented on Thursday evening at a festive event in the Metropolis Hall at Filmpark Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany.
Winners List:
Best Postproduction:
“SUNDAYS – VISUAL EFFECTS”
PostPanic, The Netherlands
Best Short Film:
“NONE OF THAT”
Isabela Littger, Anna Hinds Paddock, Kriti Kaur
Ringling College of Art and Design, United States
Best Character:
“ESCARGORE”
Oliver Hilbert
Media Design School, New Zealand
Best Visualization:
“AMBITION”
Platige Image, National Space Agency, Poland
Best Advertising Production:
“LYCRA MOVES YOU”
Glassworks, Great Britain
Best Trailer/Opener:
“THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT LAUNCH CINEMATIC”
Digic Pictures, CD Projekt RED, Hungary
Best Young Production:
“LES LIENS DE SANG (BLOOD TIES)”
Manon Lazzari, Sophie Kavouridis, Marion Louw, Thomas Ricquier, Simon Pannetrat
Ecole Georges Meliès, France
This category is endowed with € 3,000 prize money from the animago host DIGITAL PRODUCTION magazine.
Best Still: Readers Prize DIGITAL PRODUCTION:
“ON THE TRAMP”
Manuel Peter, Germany
The winner has been chosen by a public voting among the readers of DIGITAL PRODUCTION magazine and the animago community.
“COSMOS LAUNDROMAT”
Mathieu Auvray, Blender Institute, The Netherlands
A total of 1,008 projects from 58 different nations were submitted for consideration as part of the 2015 animago competition. An independent jury comprising experts drawn from the areas of film, post production, industry visualization, science & education initially nominated 45 projects in ten categories (five in each category) and chose the final award-winning productions from among these nominees.
The award ceremony is the highpoint of the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE currently taking place (15/16 October) in Potsdam-Babelsberg. The event brings together high-ranking national and international VFX luminaries, animation experts and roughly 1,000 participants.
More information and press material: http://www.animago.com/
