Animex Awards 2011 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
Title: The Bricklayers Disaster
Director: Nathan Bajandas
Institution: Texas A&M University, USA

RUNNER-UP
Title: Elk Hair Caddis
Director: Magnus Igland Muller, Peter Smith
Institution: The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark

2ND RUNNER-UP
Title: Mobile
Director: Verena Fels
Institution: Filmakademie Baden Wurttenberg

2D Animation Award

WINNER
Title: Save Our Bacon
Director: Peter Baynton
Institution: Central St Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK

RUNNER-UP
Title: Hai Puka
Director: Lucie Mayjonade
Institution: Ecole Georges Melies, Orly, France (submitted by Premium Films)

Experimental Award

WINNER
Title: A Kaffa
Director: Joan Baz, Lionel Caruana, Margaux Demont, Martin Bastien
Institution: Supinfocom Valenciennes, France

Visual Effects Award

WINNER
Title: The Hope
Director: Nicolas Delrieu, Edouard Koen
Institution: Ecole Georges Melies, Orly, France (submitted by Premium Films)

RUNNER-UP
Title: Baptism of Fire
Director: Pierre Mousquet
Institution: ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium

Games Animation Award

WINNER
Title: Infinity War
Director: Liu Wei
Institution: IDMT, Shanghai, China

RUNNER-UP
Title: Pollex
Director: Matt Aldridge, Tim Mehmet
Institution: University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

Stop Motion Award

WINNER
Title: Bottle
Director: Kirsten Lepore
Institution: California Institute of the Arts, US

RUNNER-UP
Title: The Peacock Eye
Director: Gerlando Infuso
Institution: ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium