Winners – Summer 2025
Best Stop Motion
Young – Black & White
Kovsar Gurban
Azerbaijan
Teen – Taco Tragedy
Brooks Middleton, Gray O’Connor, Ramzey Tahboud, Elijah White
United States
College(Group) – Eleven Sixty
Yoonjeong HAN
South Korea
College(Individual) – My Friend the Dandelion
Athena Greenleaf
United States
Professional(Group) – The Littlest Angel
Drew Hodges
United States
Professional(Individual) – Running Late
Alistair Nicholls
United Kingdom
Best 2D Animation
Young – Što sve može jedna crna točka (What all one black dot can do)
Iva Cepović, Zara Cepović, Lucija Čalopa, Adrian Dimovski, Šimun Kenji, Vito Knez, Erik Nordio, Jure Poljan, Tom Weber, Kiara Zadravec
Croatia
Teen – Joaquim e Call The beginning of everything
Antônio Carreira Alvim
Brazil
College(Group) – Night of the Living Fish
Taiah Hay
United Kingdom
College(Individual) – How To Build A Sand Castle
Nour Khamis
Ecuador
Professional(Group) – Little Persimmon
Thy Vo, Ivan Gozali, Yusra Shahid, Florence Young, Noël Wiggins, Tracy Liu
United States
Professional(Individual) – ROLL ‘EM Lola
Fred Burns
United States
Best 3D Animation
Teen – OOOPS !
Kennedy Int. Animation club
United States
College(Group) – Deadringer
Tommy Adzema
United States
College(Individual) – Silent Spring
Minhyuk Jung
South Korea
Professional(Group) – Masha and the Bear. Frogbook
Mikhail Medvedev
Russia
Professional(Individual) – A Door to Open
Azmi Hakam Guntoro
Indonesia
Best AI Animation
College(Group) – KING SEJONG: THE PEOPLE’S KING
A+ Heroes
United States
College(Individual) – BUBBLE
Xuqin SUN
Hong Kong
Professional(Group) – Sakura Gansha
Sijin Liu
Taiwan
Professional(Individual) – Echoes of the Upload: 50 Years After the Shift
Hunter Fine
United States
Best Director
Operation: Blast
King Jeff
United States
Best Student Director
The Pit
Yizhang Jin
United States
Best Animation
Masha and the Bear. Frogbook
Mikhail Medvedev
Russia
Best Student Animation
O’ Bingo!
Ian Kelewae
United States
Best Narrative Animation
Pizza Ninjas: Pizza Pets
Ken Oghayore, Xiang Ling
United States
Best Student Narrative Animation
Marginalia
Alex Gentemann
United States
Best Experimental Animation
AIR
Anna Firth
United States
Best Student Experimental Animation
G-Keygen
Luer Wang
United States
Best Individual Animation
Formless Love
LINGFENG HAO
China
Best Individual Student Animation
My Van Goghs
Alex Daayon Lee
United States
Best Character Design
Masha and the Bear. Frogbook
Mikhail Medvedev
Russia
Best Student Character Design
Marginalia
Alex Gentemann
United States
Best Student Visual Effects
The Knight of Serendip
Aaron Alam
United States