On Sunday May 15th, we held the 47th ASIFA East Animation Festival awards ceremony. Congratulations to all the winners, thank you to all the contributing filmmakers, and we couldn’t have done it without all of our members.
BEST IN SHOW: Slow Wave – Andy Kennedy
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UPDATE: Photos from the event are now available!
INDEPENDENT FILM Category
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1st Place: There’s Too Many of These Crows – Morgan Miller
2nd Place: Filthy But Fine – Arthur Metcalf
3rd Place: The Ballad of Holland Island House – Lynn Tomlinson
STUDENT FILM Category
1st Place: Ring Around the Mulberry Bush – Nicholas D’Agostino, California Institute of the Arts
2nd Place: Scent of Geranium – Naghmeh Farzaneh, Rochester Institute of Technology,
3rd Place: Breathe – Ma-eum Ko, Hanyang University
Honourable Mentions: The Misadventures of Chubzilla – Dominik Koscinski, Elizabeth Lee, SVA; The Green Monster – Cyrus Cumming, NYU; Taking the Plunge – Elizabeth Ku-Herrero, Nicholas Manfredi, Marie Raoult, Thaddaeus Andreades, SVA
COMMISSIONED FILM Category (Under 2 min)
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1st Place: Happy Birthday Ada! – Rob O’Neill, Inklings Creative, The Productive
COMMISSIONED FILM Category (Over 2 min)
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1st Place: More Stuff – Simone Giampaolo, Joe Kinch, Blue Zoo Animation Studio
2nd Place: Mirror – Chris Ware, John Kuramoto, The New Yorker, This American Life
3rd Place: Moonlight Storytime: The Wooly Dragon – Villamor M Cruz, Jr, Kirsten Lepore, Bix Pix Entertainment, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
CRAFT AWARDS
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Best in Writing (tied): Suffering Is the Easy Part – Jaime Ekkens, & Blankfillers – Celeste Lai, Peyton Skyler
Best in Education: What “Orwellian” Really Means – Jeremiah Dickey, TED-ED
Best in Soundtrack: Voyager – Loïc Magar, Roman Veiga
Best in Experimental: Little Girl – Steven Subotnick
Best in Animation: Life Line – Brian Larson
Best in Design: Perfect Houseguest – Ru Kuwahata & Max Porter
and from our partner…
The WOMEN IN ANIMATION Awards
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WIA Best in Show: The Ballad of Holland Island House – Lynn Tomlinson
WIA Student Film: Sleep Awake – Nora Meek
WIA “Rising Star”: The Dream – Taylor Andrews (Parkway High School)
UPDATE: We would also like to thank Tristian Goik, John Walter Lustig, Stefie Gan, and Oscillator / Modulator for all their hard work on this year’s signal festival!
Congratulations ASIFA 2016! I admire the showcase of winners. Animation forever!