Winners of the 53rd ASIFA-East Animation Festival!
Best In Show
| The Peggy Award | My Dear Mr. Whitman | Jeremiah Dickey |
Craft Awards
| Craft Award: Excellence in Animation | Pour Games | Patrick Smith |
| Craft Award: Excellence in Design | Tangent 61 | Dan McHale |
| Craft Award: Excellence in Writing | The Late Show Presents: A Very Cold War Christmas | Bruce Knapp, Late Night Cartoons, Inc. |
| Craft Award: Excellence in Sound Design | Light Play (Vicious Cycles #3) | Wobbe F. Koning |
| Craft Award: Excellence in Education | More than I Want to Remember | Amy Bench |
Independent Films
| 1st Place | Little Hurts | Debra Solomon |
| 2nd Place | Last Nite at Sam’s | Devon Manney |
| 3rd Place | Llama’s At the Laundromat | Martha Grant |
Commercial
| 1st Place | Today’s Holiday Moments are Tomorrow’s Memories | Judy Tam | Hornet Studio |
| 2nd Place | Sandwich Shape-Off – Sesame Street | Mike Luzzi | Terribly Terrific Productions |
| 3rd Place | Year of the Rabbit | Judy Tam | Hornet Studio |
Experimental
| 1st Place | Animation Hotline 2022 (Ohio Edition) | Dustin Drella |
| 2nd Place | By Water | Chris Hastings |
| 3rd Place | Sing, David, Sing | David Ehrlich |
Music Videos
| 1st Place | Call Me the Breeze | Jeff Scher |
| 2nd Place | Tick Tock | Chris McDonnell |
| 3rd Place | Memo I | Martha Grant |
Student Films
| 1st Place | Together/Apart | David Amberg | University of Southern California |
| 2nd Place | The Vending Machine | Sumin Cho | California Institute of the Arts |
| 3rd Place | Parallels at Hand | Emma Sawyer | School of Visual Arts |
Women In Animation Awards
| WIA Award: Independent | More than I Want to Remember | Amy Bench |
| WIA Award: Student | Something’s Brewing | Amanda Chew |
