Winners – Spring 2025
Best Stop Motion
Young – FALL
Zhengyan Li
China
College – The sex
Danhee Lee
United States
Professional(Group) – Meevil the Weevil: Breakfast of Champions
Kyle Arneson
United States
Professional(Individual) – Foil Guy vs ANVIL
Malcolm Lamont
United States
Best 2D Animation
Young – Rejection Monster
Antônio Carreira Alvim Macedo Soares
Brazil
Teen – Girls of Paradise
Deaghan Shea Connell
United States
College(Group) – Goober Madness
Taylor Boledovich
United States
College(Individual) – Rubber on the Ropes
Erim Xolo Cetinel
United States
Professional(Group) – Wishes: Windows & Nests
Ana Maria Mendez Salgado
Australia, Colombia
Best 3D Animation
College(Group) – Catch and Exterminate
Summer Purks
United States
College(Individual) – Irrational Geographic
Katie Gibbs
United States
Best AI Animation
Teen – The Civil Civic Chronicles
Neha Yalamanchi
United States
Professional(Group) – Distance Between Two Points Of Me
Illya Dutsyk
Ukraine
Best Director
The Boy who Cheated Death
Pipou Phuong Nguyen
France
Best Student Director
Le Petit et Le Géant
Isabela Costa
Brazil, France
Best Animation
Distance Between Two Points Of Me
Illya Dutsyk
Ukraine
Best Student Narrative Animation
Dating Woof
Petunia Qin
United States
Best Experimental Animation
The Corridor
Kourosh Mohammadi
Iran
Best Student Experimental Animation
Be careful of the vampire
Se In
Korea
Best Individual Animation
Girls Night Out
Ashley Sengstaken
United States
Best Individual Student Animation
Gibbous
Ang Yi Benet
United States
Best Character Design
Windows & Nests
Ana Maria Mendez Salgado
Australia, Colombia
Best Student Character Design
THE ANOMALY
Gene Krairiksh
Thailand