Winners – Fall 2024
Best Stop Motion
Young – Scavenger
12 children aged 9 to 12
Belgium
Teen – The Bird Infestation
Oliver Hale
United States
College – The Lonely Life of Lint
Sarah Sklar
United States
Professional – Happy Life
Sara Caldwell
United States
Best 2D Animation
Young – 1minWaterStarMedicine
Ilysa Spencer
United States
Teen – The Bat and the Boy
Ailyn Cook, Deaghan Connell, Antonia Slater, Harper Beasley
United States
College(Group) – Memento mori
ido moshe & bartukan mangasha
Israel
College(Individual) – Heartland
Helen Peng
Canada
Professional(Group) – Her Wish
Baoxingchen YI
China
Professional(Individual) – Boys Night in Sidera Institute
Adam Musa Othman
United States
Best 3D Animation
Teen – Life Isn’t Fair
Chad Stewart
United States
College(Group) – Thao’s Garden
Paige Hickman
United States
College(Individual) – Metal Flower
Seoyun Kim
South Korea
Professional(Group) – Darwin the Dreamer
Don Dixon
United States
Best AI Animation
College(Individual) – Metal Flower
Yunhee Hwang
South Korea
Professional(Group) – One More Round
Guanghan LI & Seezr
China
Professional(Individual) – Dips Fake
Anne Horel
France
Best Director
Little Shrew (Snowflake)
Kate Bush
United Kingdom
Best Animation
Little Shrew (Snowflake)
Kate Bush
United Kingdom
Best Student Animation
The Bird Infestation
Oliver Hale
United States
Best Narrative Animation
Little Shrew (Snowflake)
Kate Bush
United Kingdom
Best Student Narrative Animation
Little Shrew (Snowflake)
Kate Bush
United Kingdom
Best Experimental Animation
Gentle Fiddling
Darren Douglas Floyd
United States
Best Student Experimental Animation
Birth Controlled
Isa Fraga-Abaza
United States
Best Individual Student Animation
Birth Controlled
Isa Fraga-Abaza
United States
Best Character Design
Who Do We Appreciate
Chad Stewart
United States