Eoin Clarke's DEVIANT! won the Best of Festival award at the first New York
Animation Festival. The first New York Animation Festival presented a
diverse international program of film and video animation from May 13-15 in
New York City. Over 2500 attended the three-day event which was held in
Greenwich Village at The New School for Social Research's Tishman
Auditorium. Here is the complete list of winners: Best of Festival:
DEVIANT! by Eoin Clarke; Honorable Mention: ONE SELF: FISH GIRL by Emily
Hubley; Level 13 Entertainment Skidmore Award for Best Overall Short:
BILLY'S BALLOON by Don Hertzfeldt; Best Experimental Film: GOLDEN SHOES by
Adam Gravois and Dame Darcy; Student 1st Prize: ORGAN CRANKER by Jon Foulk;
Student 2nd Prize: THE ITCH by Guy Harlap; Student 3rd Prize: LEASHLESSNESS
by Stefan Gruber; Best New York Film (sponsored by Kim's Video): THE BATS
by Jim Trainor; Judges' Citation for Humor: CALL ME FISHMAEL by Steven
Dovas; Judges' Citation for Humor: UNTALKATIVE BUNNY by Graham Falk;
Judges' Citation for Art Direction/Sound & Design: HAIL MARY by Maureen
Selwood; Judges' Citation for Direction: LILY & JIM by Don Hertzfeldt;
Director's Citation for Technique: BUCKSTOP by Rhian Hinkley and THE SECRET
STORY by Janie Geiser. The Digital Program Awards were as follows: Best
Digital Film: BUNNY by Christ Wedge; Honorable Mention: THE SMELL OF HORROR
by Mitch Butler; Best Character Animation (Student): LETTER FROM THE
WESTERN FRONT by Daniel M. Kanemoto; Honorable Mention: PLUM by Mui
Shokouhi; Judges' Citation for Most Promising Student Animator: JAVA NOIR
by Raf Anzovin; Director's Citation: WANTED by Milla Moilanen.


In "From Small Potatoes to SIGGRAPH Smash: My Odyssey" Mitch Butler talks
about his film, THE SMELL OF HORROR, in the January 1999 issue of Animation
World Magazine


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