46th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival Award Winners

And the Award goes to…

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2015 ASIFA-East Peggy Award for

Best in Show

Driving
Nate Theis

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Student Films

First Place

Birthday
Nick Tustin
School of Visual Arts

Second Place

Religatio
Jaime Giraldo
Vancouver Film School

Third Place

Panty Fairy
Juanwei Chen
School of Visual Arts

Honorable Mention

re+belief
Raymond McCarthy Bergeron
Rochester Institute of Technology

Honorable Mention

Midnight Snack
David Romero
University of the Arts

Honorable Mention

Monster
Thomas Shek & Stephanie Lin
School of Visual Arts

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Commissioned Films and Music Video Awards

Commisisioned Films Over 2 Minutes

First Place

Fun Times with Rez
Christopher Conforti
Nick Digital

Commissioned Films Under 2 Minutes

First Place

Scare Off
Nelson Diaz
Hallmark

Music Videos

First Place

Mojo Thunder Music Video
Benjy Brooke & Kris Merc
ATABOY Studios

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Independent Films

First Place

Between Times
Ru Kuwahata & Max Porter

Second Place

Pig
Steven Subotnick

Third Place

LATE
Christi Bertelsen

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Craft Awards

Excellence in Writing

Highway of Hell
Andy & Carolyn London

Excellence in Education

Why Are Some People Left-Handed?
Lisa LaBracio
TED-Ed

Excellence in Sound Design

Behind My Behind
David Chai

Excellence in Experimental

China Violet
David Ehrlich

Excellence in Animation

Duckling Gets a Cookie?!
Pete List
Weston Woods Studios

Excellence in Design

Chosin: Baptized by Fire
Chris DiFiore & Byron Gray

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Women In Animation Special Awards

Women in Animation Award for Student Animation

Eggplant
Yangzi She
University of California, Los Angeles

Women In Animation Award for Independent Animation

Give Luci
Mary Nittolo

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Congratulations to all our winners!!!!