Here are the nominees for the 2017 animago AWARDS / 962 Submissions from 58 Countries

The nominees for the 2017 animago AWARDS are in! An independent jury of experts sifted through nearly 1,000 submissions from 58 countries to find the final 33 nominees for the animago’s eleven categories. The 2017 animago AWARDS will be handed out on 7th September 2017 during the animago CONFERENCE (7-8th September 2017) at Munich Gasteig Cultural Centre. The animago AWARD is an international competition aimed at creatives from all around the world who are invited to submit their work in the realms of 3D ANIMATION & STILL, VISUAL EFFECTS, VISUALIZATION and DESIGN.

Here are the nominated projects of the animago AWARD 2017:

 

Best Visual Effects

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Warner Bros., Visual Effects by Rodeo FX, Canada
• Game of Thrones Season 6, HBO, Visual Effects by Rodeo FX, Canada
• Unleashing the Dragons, HBO, Visual Effects by PIXOMONDO, Germany

 

Best Shortfilm

• Afterwork, Matte CG, Uson Studios, Apus Estudios, Ecuador
• Darrel, Daniel Martínez, Marc Briones, Alan Carabantes, Spain
• Revelation – the City of Haze, Magic Animation, Mao Qichao, China

 

Best Character

• Ein Krötenlied, Robert Martin, Kariem Saleh, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Poilus, Guillaume Auberval, Léa Dozoul, Simon Gomez, Timothé Hek, Hugo Lagrange, Antoine Laroye, David Lashcari, ISART Digital, France
• Shine, Alexander Dietrich, Johannes Flick, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany

 

Best Game Cinematic

• Beyond Good and Evil 2 Cinematic Trailer, Ubisoft, Unit Image, France
• Skull and Bones Cinematic Trailer, Ubisoft, Platige Image, Poland
• The Crew 2 – E3 Cinematic Trailer, Ubisoft, Unit Image, France

 

Best Motion Design

• Adele, Psyop, Joe Ball, USA
• Dust My Shoulders off, Grass Jelly Studio, Taiwan
• Pause 2017 Opening Titles, Xiaolin Zeng, China

 

Best Advertising Production

• Canal Kitchen, Unit Image, France
• Lube-x, Noah Demirci, Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland
• Die Oster-Überraschung, Netto Marken-Discount, Jung von Matt, Germany

 

Best Visualization

• Antlion Audio / ModMic 5, DW Studio, Wales
• Huawai ‘Watch’, Glassworks Amsterdam, Raphael Vangelis, The Netherlands
• Nanos , Daniel Eisenschink, Simone Kellner, Simon Völkl, Technische Hochschule Deggendorf, Germany

 

Best Young Production (carries prize money contributed by DIGITAL PRODUCTION totaling €3,000)

• Asteria, Alexandre Arpentinier, Mathieu Blanchys, Lola Grand, Tristan Lamarca, Thomas Lemaille, Jean-Charles Lusseau, ESMA, France
• Less Than Human, Steffen Bang Lindholm, The Animation Workshop, Denmark
• The D in David, Michelle Yi, Yaron Farkash, Ringling College of Art and Design, USA

 

Best Still (public voting for the winner out of the three nominees)

• Her Eventual Hesitation, Marek Denko, Czech Republic
• Superman Decline, Dan Roarty, USA
• Timothy the autumn mouse, Jesus Fernandez Calderon, Costa Rica

 

Jury´s Prize

• In a Heartbeat, Beth David, Esteban Bravo, Ringling College of Art and Design, USA
• Overrun, Pierre Ropars, Antonin Derory, Diane Thirault, Jérémie Cottard, Matthieu Druaud, Adrien Zumbihl, Supinfocom Rubika, France
• The Passenger, Orlane Brouillet, Claire d’Intorni, Antoine Mariez, Lucie Martinetto, Réda Mehleb, Eva Seyeux, ESMA, France

 

Best Architecture Visualization

• Displacity, Frank ter Horst, The Netherlands
• Madinat Al Irfan, HHVISION, Germany
• Maisons Oxygène, Valentinstudio, France

  

The submitted works are viewed and evaluated by an independent jury of experts. Hamburg-based graphic designer and freelance editor Günter Hagedorn, who has managed the animago competition since it was founded 21 years ago, acts as head of the jury. This year’s jury members are the character animator and filmmaker Melanie Beissswenger (Happy Feet, Happy Feet 2, Iron Man 3), Alexander Bouquet, Head of Postproduction at the ad agency JUNG VON MATT, Maggy Fischer, Head of Postproduction at Neverest, Digital Production Editor Mirja Fürst, Milkroom Studios’ Managing Director Robert Hoffmeister (Pirates of the Caribbean 2,3 and 4, Star Wars Episodes 2 and 3), the graphic & motion designer Elisa Krenz, Rolf Mütze, co-founder and Managing Director of the VFX and animation studio LAVAlabs moving images, Juri Stanossek, VFX Supervisor at Mackevision Medien Design and Dominik Zimmerle, VFX Supervisor at TRIXTER Munich.

This year’s guest jurors include Daniel Curio, Head of Film Policy and Audiovisual Media at Bavaria’s State Ministry for Economics and Media, Energy and Technology, Jürgen Korbinian Enninger, Head of Munich’s Expert Team on Culture and the Creative Industries, and Marc Gegenfurtner, Head of Department I for the Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Film, Literature, Music, City History & Science in Munich’s Cultural Division.

The jury for the Special Architecture Prize is made up of the architect, editor, graphic designer and concept designer Pedro Ferreira alongside Editor-in-Chief of the architecture magazine DETAIL Dr. Sandra Hofmeister, owner and interior architect/designer at Plan2Plus Ralf Peter Knobloch and DETAIL editor Peter Popp.

The animago CONFERENCE offers a programme of keynote addresses, lectures and workshops that serve to connect the creative community with an audience of international experts and film and media enthusiasts.

Sponsor partners for the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE 2017:

 Autodesk: A global leader and provider of 3D design, planning and entertainment software, www.autodesk.de.

Avid: Avid delivers the industry’s most open, innovative and comprehensive media platform connecting content creation with collaboration, asset protection, distribution and consumption, www.avid.com.

Chaos Group: Chaos Group is a worldwide leader in computer graphics. We create the technology that helps artists and designers create photoreal imagery and animation for design, television, and feature films. Our physically-based rendering and simulation software is used daily by top design studios, architectural firms, advertising agencies, and visual effects companies around the globe. Our research and development in cloud rendering, material scanning, and virtual reality is shaping the future of creative storytelling and digital design, www.chaosgroup.com.

Dell EMC: Dell EMC is a part of Dell Inc., enables organizations to transform their data center using industry-leading converged infrastructure, servers, storage and data protection technologies. This provides a trusted foundation for businesses to transform IT, through the creation of a hybrid cloud, and transform their business through the creation of cloud-native applications and big data solutions, www.delltechnologies.com.

Esri: Esri is the world’s leading software manufacturer of geo information systems (GIS). This technology uses in large part 3D, graphic data processing, visualization, animation and other multimedia resources, www.esri.com.

Maxon Computer: Manufacturer of high-end 3D modelling, animation and rendering software. Their Cinema 4D and BodyPaint 3D programmes have received multiple awards, www.maxon.net.

NEC Display Solutions Europe: This globally active company currently holds the leading position in the “Display Market” and offers efficient and productive “Total Display Solutions”, www.nec-display-solutions.com.

PNY Technologies: Market-leading manufacturer of high-end IT products that provide state-of-the-art solutions from NVIDIA® QUADRO® and TESLA™ for designers, engineers and scientists, www.pny.eu.

Vogelsänger: Photo, Film, Multimedia, Event, Consulting – five elements include five specific services: In any combination plus inspiring each other. www.vogelsaenger.de.

Wacom: Leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays and digital interface solutions, www.wacom.com.

All events will be supported by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economics and Media, Energy and Technology and by the Team of Excellence Culture Creative Industries City of Munich.

animago is organised by the special-interest German-language magazine known as DIGITAL PRODUCTION, www.digitalproduction.com. DIGITAL PRODUCTION is published by DETAIL Business Information GmbH, www.detail-business.de/en/.