Past Winners OLD
Below find a list of all the past winners from every festival:
2022
Fellowship Award – Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding of Lupus Films
Best Feature Film – Nyola by Jose Miguel Ribeiro, Portugal, 2022
Best Short Film – Pachyderme by Stéphanie Clement, France, 2021
Special Mention – A Guitar in the Bucket by Boyoung Kim, South Korea, 2021
Best Student Film – Godzalina by Lucile Paras, France, 2021
Special Mention – Above the Clouds by Vivien Hárshegyi, Hungary, 2022
Best Commissioned film – Cold Heart by Raman Djafari, United Kingdom, 2021
Special Mention – Head and Shoulders: The Chase by CRCR, Japan, 2021
Best Immersive film – Glimpse by Michael O’Connor and Benjamin Cleary, United Kingdom, 2022
Special Mention – Lavrynthos by Amir Admoni & Fabito Rychter, Brazil, 2021
Best Children’s Film – Laika & Nemo by Jan Gadermann, Germany, 2022
Audience Award – Ice Merchants by João Gonzalez, Portugal, 2022
Industry Excellence Award: Scriptwriting – Alan Denton & Greg Hahn for Botbots ‘Crime and Bun-ishment’
Industry Excellence Award: Storyboarding – Estrela Lourenço for Botbots ‘Crime and Bun-ishment’
Industry Excellence Award: Character Animation – Guia Gandi for The Adventures of Paddington
Industry Excellence Award: Character Design – Arianna Gheller for Hypno Tidoo.
2021
Fellowship Award – Jorge R. Gutiérrez & Sandra Equihua
Best Feature Film – Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark, 2021
Best Short Film – Navozande, The Musician by Reza Riahi, France, 2020
Special Mention – Affairs of The Art by Joanna Quinn, UK, 2021, and All These Sensations in My Belly by Marko Dješka, Croatia, 2020
Best Student Film – BusLine35A by Elena Felici, Denmark, 2020
Special Mention – My Grandmother is an Egg by Wu-Ching Chang, Taiwan, 2020
Best Commissioned film – Save Ralph by Andy Gent, USA, 2020
Special Mention – What Really Happened During the Attica Prison Rebellion, USA, 2021
Best Children’s Film – Blue Curry by Magali Dunyach, Chien-Ju Hung, Jimin Jung, Vajra Pancharia and Léa Pietrzyk, USA, 2021
Audience Award – Night of The Living Dread by Ida Melum, UK, 2021
Industry Excellence Award: Scriptwriting – Sophie Dutton for Hey Duggee: The Pet Badge
Industry Excellence Award: Storyboarding – Graeme Young for It’s Pony
Industry Excellence Award: Character Animation – Phillip Ward for Obki
Industry Excellence Award: Character Design – Daniel Amar for Sunrise
2020
Fellowship Award – Alison Snowden and David Fine
Best Short Film – The Great Malaise Catherine LaPage, Canada, 2019
Best Student Film – Pearl Diver by Margrethe Danielsen, Norway, 2020
Special Mention – And Something Else by Olga Kłyszewicz, Poland, 2020
Best Commissioned film – Biplane Model Kit by Tine Kluth, United Kingdom, 2020
Special Mention – LLS – Grace by Natalie Labarre, United States, 2019
Audience Award – Shooom’s Odyssey by Julian Bisaro, France, 2019
Industry Excellence Award: Scriptwriting – Adam Redfern, Jon Foster and James Lamont for Paddington Christmas Special: The Lost Letter
Industry Excellence Award: Storyboarding – Estrela Lourenco for My Little Pony: Pony Life
Industry Excellence Award: Character Animation – Quentin Haberham for The Clangers
Industry Excellence Award: Character Design – Ross Phillips for Hey Duggee
2019
Best Short Film – Girl in the Hallway by Valerie Barnhart, Canada, 2018
Special Mention – Sweet Night by Lia Bertels, Belgium, 2019
Best Student Film – Border Line by Megan Earls, United Kingdom, 2019
Special Mention – The Stained Club by Mélanie Lopez, Simon Boucly, Marie Ciesielski, Alice Jaunet, Chan Stéphie Peang, Béatrice Viguier, France, 2018
Best Commissioned film – Do I See What You See? by Simon Ball, United Kingdom, 2018
Special Mention – Accents by Robertino Zambrano, Australia, 2018
Best VR Short Film – Gymnasia by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski, Canada, 2019
Audience Award – Travel Oregon Only Slightly (More) Exaggerated by Kylie Matulick & Todd Mueller, United States, 2019
MAFter Dark Award – Wild Love by Paul Autric, Quentin Camus, Léa Georges, Maryka Laudet, Zoé Sottiaux, Corentin Yvergniaux, France, 2018
Industry Excellence Award: Scriptwriting – Greg Levine for Littlest Pet Shop: Fetch the Story Stick
Industry Excellence Award: Storyboarding – Max Loubaresse for 101 Dalmatian Street
Industry Excellence Award: Character Animation – Mark Nute for Bluey
Industry Excellence Award: Character Design – Agnes Lecreux for Dimitri and a Fun Surprise
2018
Fellowship Award – Barry Purves
Best Short Film – Bloeistraat 11 by Nienke Deutz, France, 2018
Special Mention – Egg by Martina Scarpelli, France, 2018
Best Student Film – Travelogue Tel Aviv by Samuel Patthey, Switzerland, 2017
Special Mention – Somewhere Soft by Satoe Yoshinari, Norway, 2018
Best Commissioned film – Mark of a Free Society by Robert Grieves, United Kingdom, 2017
Best VR Short Film – Back to the Moon by FX Goby & Helene LeRoux, United States, 2018
Audience Award – Facing It by Sam Gainsborough, United Kingdom, 2018
Industry Excellence Award: Scriptwriting – Daniel Postgate for The Clangers: The Block
Industry Excellence Award: Storyboarding – Vince James for 70 MPH Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk
Industry Excellence Award: Character Animation – Fabrice Pieton for The Clangers
Industry Excellence Award: Character Design – Leigh Hodgkinson for Olobob Top
2017
Fellowship Award – Josh Weinstein
Best Short Film – Manivald by Chintis Lundgren, Estonia, 2017
Special Mention – Wicked Girl by Ayce Kartal, Turkey, 2017
Best Student Film – Cabin Pressure by Matthew Lee, United Kingdom, 2017
Special Mention – Cops and Robbers by Florian Maubach, Germany, 2017
Best Commissioned film – The Great British Bake Off by Parabella, United Kingdom, 2017
Special Mention – Hockney at Tate Britain by Thomas Harnett O’Meara, United Kingdom, 2017
Best VR Short Film – The Adult Swim Meatwad Dome by Golden Wolf, United Kingdom, 2016
Audience Award – Grandpa Walrus by Lucrèce Andreae, France, 2017
Industry Excellence Award: Writing for Animation – Francesca Adams for Digby Dragon: Star Wishes
Industry Excellence Award: Storyboarding – Valentina Ventimiglia for Sarah & Duck: Planetarium Aquarium
Industry Excellence Award: Character Animation – Emma Wakley for Simon’s Cat: Fish Tank
Industry Excellence Award: Character Design – Kris Hofmann for Not Just a House
2016
Fellowship Award – Aardman Animations
Best Short Film – Cold Coffee by Stephanie Lansaque and Francois Leroy, France, 2015
Special Mention – The Inverted Peak by The Brothers McLeod & Tom Angell, United Kingdom, 2016
Best Student Film – Cowboyland by David Stumpf, Slovakia, 2015
Special Mention – White Silence by Hyomi Kim, South Korea, 2016
Best Short Short – Stems by Ainslie Henderson, United Kingdom, 2016
Best Commissioned film – Vitamin X: About to Crack by IMOV Studios, Belgium, 2016
Audience Award – Mr Madila by Rory Waudby-Tolley, United Kingdom, 2015
Industry Excellence Award: Writing for Animation – Mark Oswin and James Griffiths for Danger Mouse: Greenfinger
Industry Excellence Award: Storyboarding – Mireia Serra Puig for Puffin Rock: The First Snow
Industry Excellence Award: Character Animation – Will Eades for SMITE: To Hell & Back
2015
Fellowship Award – Brian Cosgrove
Best Short Film – Guida by Rosana Urbes, Brazil, 2014
Special Mention – We Can’t Live Without Cosmos by Konstantin Bronzit, Russia, 2014
Best Student – Edmond by Nina Gantz, United Kingdom, 2015
Special Mention – Tusk by Rory Waudby-Tolley, United Kingdom, 2014
Best Film by Children – Kung Fu Badger by Paper Panther and the transition Year class of Coláiste Eoin, Stillorgan
Special Mention – Oddbod by 22 Chilbren, Belgium, 2015
Special Mention – The Magic Garden by Saona Hilton, United Kingdom, 2015
Audience Award – MANOMAN by Simon Cartwright, United Kingdom, 2015