Finishing up on June 4, 2000, The World Animation Celebration’s competition has announced its winners. Prizes in over 30 competition categories were awarded. There were over 500 entries from all over the world. Annecy 1999 and Cannes winning short WHEN THE DAY BREAKS by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis took home the grand prize. Taking the top prize for theatrical features was STUART LITTLE. The live-action/CGI animated feature beat out DreamWorks’ PRINCE OF EGYPT, which took home the second place prize. Below is a complete list of the winners.





Grand Prize


WHEN THE DAY BREAKS by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis





Special Jury Prize


FLYING NANSEN by Igor Kovalyov





Shorter than 5 Minutes


1st Prize: PROTEST by Steve Katz


2nd Prize: BILLY'S BALLOON by Don Hertzfeldt





Longer than 5 Minutes but Shorter than 15 minutes


1st Prize: AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH by Konstantin Bronzit


2nd Prize: MY GRANDMOTHER IRONED THE KING'S SHIRTS by Torill Kove





Longer than 15 Minutes but Shorter than 30 minutes


1st Prize: NIGHT OF THE CARROTS by Priit Parn


2nd Prize: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Alexander Petrov





Best Work Produced by a Student


1st Prize: THE CAKE/KOLAC by Daniel Suljic


2nd Prize: STANLEY by Suzie Templeton





Best Experimental Animation


1st Prize: ROOST by Amy Kravitz


2nd Prize: GRACE by Lorelei Pepi





Best Stop Motion Produced Professionally


1st Prize: SLIM PICKINGS by Anthony Lucas





Best Stop Motion Produced by an Independent


1st Prize: CLOPS III by Corky Quakenbush


2nd Prize: THE PERIWIG-MAKER by Steffen Schaeffler and Annette Schaeffler





Best First Work made by an Independent Animator intended for Public Exhibition


1st Prize: IN THE BOX by Michal Struss and Peter Veverka


2nd Prize: LUZ by Jose Javier Martinez





Best TV Commercial


1st Prize: Boddington's "Cream of Playboys" by Stig Bergquist and Jonas Dahlbeck


2nd Prize: Natwest - Credit Card/Airmilles "The Littlest Hobo" by Christopher Simon





Best Animated Music Video


1st Prize: Moby "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" by Susi Wilkinson, Hotessa Laurence and Filipe Alscada


2nd Prize: "Ranbo 13" by Pal Balazs





Best Public Service Announcement


1st Prize: "Head Scratch/Partner" by Steve Angel


2nd Prize: "Not So Clever Trevor at the Carnival" by Dave Thomas





Best Title Sequence


1st Prize: BATMAN BEYOND by Bruce Timm and Darwyn Cooke


2nd Prize: STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS PINKY, ELMYRA & THE BRAIN by Rusty Mills





Best Computer-Assisted Animation Produced by a Independent


1st Prize: THE SPECTACLE by Josh Look


2nd Prize: CHICKEN KIEV by Thomas Stellmach





Animation Produced for Educational Purposes


1st Prize: STONE CRUSHER by Toonz Animation India


2nd Prize: GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE "Manhole Cover First in Space" by Andrew Horne





Best Direct to Home Video Production


1st Prize: BATMAN & MR. FREEZE: SUBZERO by Boyd Kirkand


2nd Prize: WAKKO'S WISH by Rusty Mills, Liz Holzman and Tom Ruegger





Best Animation Produced for Daytime TV Series


1st Prize: THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES "Over the Edge" by Yuichiro Yano


2nd Prize: HILLTOP HOSPITAL by Robin Lyons





Best Animation Produced for Primetime TV Series


1st Prize: THE PJS "The Preacher's Life" by Marv Newland


2nd Prize: BOB AND MARGARET "Cuckoo In The Nest" by Karen Lessman and Doug Thoms