Winners – Winter 2025
Best Stop Motion
Young – On vacation
Tatyana Vorobyova
Russia
Teen – Hang
Sam Slowik
United States
College – FREE SNAKES
John Quinn
United States
Professional(Group) – I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado
Mark Roberts
United States
Professional(Individual) – Loch Ness 1303
Joshua Chawner
United Kingdom
Best 2D Animation
Teen – Ghost
Emy Main, Ethan Nadeau, Carlos Gonzanlez, Sebastian Frazier, Max Hill, Madison Brodie, Isabel Alonso, Samantha Pinder
United States
College(Group) – polliwog
Julia Skala
Germany
College(Individual) – Dancing in the rain
Chao-chun Yeh
Taiwan
Professional(Group) – Inequality destroys everything
Henedy Macias, Paloma Barreto, Alejandra Piña, Rafael Luna, Daniel Farrera
Mexico
Professional(Individual) – Snow Bear
Aaron Blaise
United States
Best 3D Animation
College(Group) – The Dream Factory
Jiyoon Oh, Hyojin Shim
United States
College(Individual) – Give it to Me Hot
Abigayle Schroder
United States
Professional(Group) – Christo The Civilized Barbarian
Shaddy Safadi
United States
Professional(Individual) – Hept
Jorge Baldeon
United States
Best AI Animation
Professional – The Best Day of My Life
Kurt Yaeger
United States
Best Director
Snow Bear
Aaron Blaise
United States
Best Animation
Snow Bear
Aaron Blaise
United States
Best Student Animation
Mystic Ties
David Michael Bender
United States
Best Narrative Animation
Stoned for Christmas
Morgan Young
United States
Best Student Narrative Animation
Tule
Jocelyn Estrella Garcia
United States
Best Experimental Animation
Stoned for Christmas
Morgan Young
United States
Best Individual Animation
Snow Bear
Aaron Blaise
United States
Best Individual Student Animation
Mystic Ties
David Michael Bender
United States
Best Character Design
Snow Bear
Aaron Blaise
United States