On July 12 in New York, the International Flash Film Festival handed out this year's honors. Thirteen winners from the U.S. and around the world received the "arrow" award. The festival is the highlight of the Flashforward2001 conference and expo. The work of all 60 finalists, selected from over sixteen hundred nominations, was screened for the 200 attendees. The winners can be seen at: www.flashforward2001.com. Finalists and winners were selected by two panels of judges from the Flash community. Lynda.com and United Digital Artists, two of the nation's leading Web design education companies, hosted the Flash Film Festival. Below is a complete list of winners.



Art

PRESSTUBE by James Paterson; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

www.presstube.com



Cartoon

ARTBARN: WAR OF THE WORLDS by Artbarn and RKO Pictures; Portland, Maine, U.S.

www.art-barn.com/act/war.htm



E-Commerce

FLASHCAN by Zinc Roe Designs; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

www.flashcan.com



Experimental

THE CENTER OF THE WORLD by Hi-res!; London, England.

www.center-of-the-world.com



GAMES

SPIDER by Titoonic; Copenhagen, Denmark.

www.titoonic.dk/testarea/spider



Motion Graphics

WM Team; by WM Team; Hanover, Germany.

www.wmteam.de



Navigation

RELEVARE by Relevare; London, England.

www.relevare.com



Original Sound

HUNGRY FOR DESIGN: FLATNESS AMONG OTHERS by Hungry for Design; Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

www.hungryfordesign.com



Story

BRAINPOP by BrainPOP; New York, New York, U.S.

www.brainpop.com



Technical Merit

FINAL FOUR: BRACKETS by ioResearch; San Francisco, California, U.S.

www.finalfour.net/?/2001/brackets/index/brackets_index.html



3D

MANHATTAN TIMEFORMATIONS by The Skyscraper Museum; New York, New York, U.S.

www.skyscraper.org/timeformations



Typography

MINDSWAY by EPS Studios; Dallas, Texas, U.S.

www.mindsway.com



People's Choice Award

MINIGOLF by Electrotank; Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.

www.electrotank.com/games/miniGolf.html