Animago Awards Presented In Germany
September 8, 2017

Animago Awards Presented In Germany

MUNICH, GERMANY — This year’s Animago Awards were recently handed out, regognizing work in a total of 11 categories. Roughly 1,000 digital artists from 58 countries submitted projects for consideration as part of this international competition focusing on the amazing work being done by artists working in 3D animation, stills, visual effects (VFX), design and visualization. The awards ceremony marked the highlight of the two-day Animago Award & Conference (www.animago.com/en) held at Munich’s Gasteig Centre. The event was sponsored by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economics and Media, Energy and Technology and the City of Munich’s Team of Excellence for the Cultural & Creative Industries.
The following is a list of winners: 
 
Best character 
“Poilus“
Guillaume Auberval, Léa Dozoul, Simon Gomez, Timothé Hek, Hugo Lagrange,
Antoine Laroye & David Lashcari, Isart Digital, France
 
Best Visual Effects
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them“
Rodeo FX, Canada
 
Best Adverstising Production 
“Canal Kitchen“
Unit Image, France
 
Best Short Film 
“Afterwork“
Matte CG, Uson Studio, Apus Estudios, Ecuador, Peru, Spain
 
Best Game Cinematic
“Beyond Good and Evil 2“ Cinematic Trailer
Unit Image, France
 
Best Still
“Her Eventual Hesitation“
Marek Denko, Czech Republic
 
Best Motion Design
“Dust My Shoulders Off“
Grass Jelly Studio, Taiwan
 
Jury’s Prize
“In a Heartbeat“
Beth David & Esteban Bravo, Ringling College of Art and Design, United States
 
Best Young Production
“Less Than Human“
Steffen Bang Lindholm, Anna Eckhoff Ohrt Nissen, Ditte Marie Ludvigsen, Lasse Steinbeck, Matilde Søltoft, Morten Vestbjerg Bøgelund Lassen, Julie Rebecca Billeskov Astrup, Ida Marie Søndergaard, The Animation Workshop, Denmark
 
Best Visualization 
“Huawei Watch“
Glassworks London, Great Britain
 
Best Architecture Visualization 
“Maisons Oxygène“ Villa 3D Animation
Valentinstudio, France
 
Animago is organised by the special-interest German-language magazine known as Digital Production (www.digitalproduction.com).