Animex Awards winners and runners up

A cosmopolitan winning line-up proves the global popularity of our annual Animex awards.

Winners and runners-up came from all over the world - France, South Korea, Canada and Belgium and of course the UK.

Ersha Sale from Teesside University was runner-up in the visual effects award for his composition Mara 'The Nightmare Sequence' which focused on recalling dreams.

The judges said of his work 'Excellent scene composition with the camera, solid technique and a good, tight edit. The dreamlike quality is consistent and the details of the environments have been carefully balanced to create a specific artistic vision.'

Justin Greetham, head of the Animex Awards, is delighted with the global spread of the awards: 'It's always great to see new work being submitted to Animex Awards from educational establishments which are new to this field.

'With the ever increasing interest in the 'art' of animation, at Teesside University we are constantly striving to develop new courses that not only accommodate the needs of the aspiring student but courses that also accommodate the requirements of an ever demanding games and animation industry.'

3D Animation Award

Winner: Inka Bola
Melody Cisinski, Jaques Jarczyk, Vincent Garcia, Floriane Marchix, G Oul'chen, P Pujalte from Gobelins L'ecole de L'image, France

Runner up: Recovered
Alfredo Cozzi, Joe Efstathiou, Alfredo Cozzi from University of Hertfordshire, UK

Runner up: Cloudy Day
Caabane, Flanquart, Malvat, Tussiot from ESMA, France

2D Animation Award

Winner: Lebensader
Angela Steffen, Swjegebauer Claudia Krueger, Clangoin, Andrea Muehlschlegel from Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Runner up: Lighthouse Keeper
David Francois, Rony Hotin, Jeremie Moreau, Baptiste Rogron, Gaelle Thierry, M Vallade from Gobelins L'ecole de L'image, France

Runner up: View
Nayoon Rhee from Hongik University, South Korea

Experimental Animation Award

Winner: Train of Thought
Ben Thomas, Leo Bridle, Tsu-Zin Kuo, Sara Riding, Andrew Robinson, Porico Quartet, Andrew Sound, Rachel Couceiro, Florence Kennard, Leo Bridle, Ben Thomas, Kelvin Clayton from The Arts University College at Bournemouth,UK

Runner up: Jeux Pluriel
Nicolai Troshinsky from La Poudriere, Ecole du film d'animation, France

Runner up: A Perte de Vue
Jimmy Kosolosky from La Poudriere, Ecole du film d'animation, France

Visual Effects Award

Winner: ITFS - Trailer Farbwerge
E Regina Welker, Nadja Hermann, Karol Obara from Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Runner up: Mara
Eresha Sale from Teesside University, UK

Runner up: A VFX reel
Yanir Kleiman, Matthew Thomas, Rob Wood from Vancouver Film School, Canada

Games Design Award

Winner: Draco
Nicholas He, Mayank Ladha, Solonas Makriyiannis, Ashley Sparling, Malcom Armstrong (Mo Arthur) from University of Hertfordshire, UK

Stop Motion Award

Winner: Heartstrings
Rhiannon Evans, Gareth Bonello from University of Wales, UK

Runner up: Cleaned out
Maarten Van Rooy, Bart Stevens, David Davidse, Sven De Ridder from RITS Film School, Belgium

Runner up: Goodbye Mr Pink
Helen Piercy, Purnima Phansalkar, Susannah Lawrence , Stuart Earl, Hazel Baillie, Luciano Spitaleri, Dora Gee, Ryan Gunning from The National Film & TV School, UK

Motion Graphics Award

Winner: Growing Up
Jorge Estrada, Kasey Lum, Marisa Torres and Alexander Badr from Vancouver Film School, Canada

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