Awards

Bunny by Chris Wedge.

Prix Ars Electronica Winners Have Been Announced! The winners of the 13th Prix Ars Electronica '99 have been announced. Held in Linz, Austria, Prix Ars Electronica is a competition for works in the categories of Computer Animation/Visual Effects; Interactive Art; Internet; and Digital Music. There were 2119 entries. The Prix Ars Electronica '99 awards presentation will be held in conjunction with the Ars Electronica Festival on Monday, September 6, 1999 at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional Studio. The best works from each category will be shown in an exhibition at the O.K. Center for Contemporary Art in Linz, beginning September 4, 1999. For more information contact Prix Ars Electronica, Europaplatz 3, 4010 Linz, Austria, fax: +43-(0)732-6900-24510; e-mail: info@prixars.orf.at; or visit: prixars.orf.at.

The winners in the Computer Animation/Visual Effects Categories are:

Golden Nica, Computer Animation, Bunny by Chris Wedge, Blue Sky Studios.

Golden Nica, Visual Effects, What Dreams May Come, visual effects by Digital Domain, Mass Illusions, POP, Shadowcaster, Giant Killer Robots, Mobility, and Lunarfish.

Award of Distinction, Computer Animation, Snack And Drink by Bob Sabiston and Tommy Pallotta, Flat Black Films.

Award of Distinction, Computer Animation, A Bug's Life by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, Pixar Animation Studios.

Award of Distinction, Visual Effects, Guiness "Surfer" by Computer Film Company.

Award of Distinction, Visual Effects, A Viagem by Alain Escalle, TRIX.

Twelve Honorary Mentions, Computer Animation
Tightrope, computer animation by Daniel Robichaud, Digital Domain.
Stationen, computer animation by Christian Sawade-Meyer.
Bike by Dietmar Offenhuber.
Ghostcatching, computer animation by Paul Kaiser, Bill T. Jones, Shelley Eshkar, Riverbed.
Ronin Romance by Bruce Pukema, Ronin Animation.
Polygon Family by Jun Asakawa, Polygon Pictures.
The Fly Band by Seiji Shiota, Tohru Patrick Awa, Polygon Pictures.
Bingo by Christopher Landreth, Greg Kotis, Alias|Wavefront.
Ultima Forsan by William Le Henanff, CNBDI.
Un Temps Pour Elle by Erwin Charrier, Heure Exquise!
En Derive by Patrice Mugnier, Heure Exquise!
"Bad Night" by Lev and Emre Yilmaz, Protozoa, Inc.

Six Honorary Mentions, Visual Effects
"Evil Aliens From Outer Space" by Juan Tomicic Muller, STRoMBoLi Animation S.A.
"Fantasy" by Manu Horrillo Fernandes, Daiquiri/Spainbox.
Virus by Phil Tippett & Craig Hayes, Tippett Studio.
Metal Desert & Metal City by Ray Giarratana, Digital Domain.
Original Copies by Miles Murray Sorrell, Fuel.
No Way by Geoffrey Guiot, Bruno Larde, Jerome Maillot, Heure Exquise!

A QuickTime movie clip and more from Bunny is featured in The AWN 1999 Oscar Showcase.

Brad deGraf and Emre Yilmaz of Protozoa wrote "Puppetology: Science or Cult" in the February 1999 issue of Animation World Magazine.

The Queen's Monastery by Emma Calder. Courtesy of Pearly Oyster Productions.

Bradford Festival Announces Results. The 6th Bradford Animation Festival, which took place June 19-24 in Bradford, England, has announced the following winners. The Bradford Animation Festival is a project of the newly-renovated National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in England.

Non-Professional, Under 16: Milan by Animation Station and Young Asian Girls Group
Experimental: Hit Parade by Animation Films Vienna
Adults, Non-Professional: Night Watch by James Hall
Digital: Bunny by Chris Wedge
Films for Children: The Bear by Hilary Audus
Professional: The Queen's Monastery by Emma Calder.

The Bear was featured, with a QuickTime clip, in "The Oscar Short List" in the April 1999 issue of Animation World Magazine.

A QuickTime movie clip and more of Bunny is featured in The AWN 1999 Oscar Showcase.

Jolly Roger by Mark Baker.

Cartoon Announces The 1999 Cartoon D'or Nominees. CARTOON has announced this year's nominees for the coveted Cartoon d'Or. Making the list for best European animated short films are: L'arme Du Crocodile by Eric Blesin (Belgium), El Carminante by Debra Smith (UK), Jolly Roger by Mark Baker (UK), Migration by Constantin Chamski (France), Le Cyclope De La Mer by Philippe Julien (France), and Saltkvernen by Pjotr Sapegin (Norway). The annual Cartoon Forum, where the Cartoon d'Or is awarded, is organized by AEFA Cartoon, the European Association for Animated Films. A major event for European animation producers, Cartoon Forum is crucial for obtaining co-production funding and making deals. This year the Forum will focus on TV animation and take place September 22-26, 1999 in Cordoba, Spain. For more information e-mail Alexandra Tholance Conseil at athol@club-internet.fr.