"Visions of the impossible arise from daydreams in the kitchen; imaginings are born out of the mundane and every action has its surrealist counterpart; Tender creates an entire parallel universe." 

BEST Experimental/Abstract Animation

Peripetics – directed by Jamie Raap and Henrik Mauler, UK

"A series of lavish and mysterious vignettes which use 3-D animation to suggest sculptural metaphors suspended in space."

Honourable Mention for Passionate Art Making: Myth Labs – by Martha Colburn, Netherlands

"Flying in the face of respectable animation conventions, the director's approach is both aggressive and seductive." 

Adobe Prize for BEST High School Animation

Did U See That – by Yuri Rhee, Ha Jung Kim, Paul Kim and Hyun Jung Lee, Korea Animation High School, South Korea

"With simple and strong line drawings the filmmakers create a modern fairytale." 

BEST Undergraduate Animation

The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9! – directed by Jake Armstrong, School of Visual Arts, USA

"An expertly designed, scripted and animated tale of a space explorer and a monster who just wants to play fetch."

Honourable Mention:

Mak the Horny Mac Daddy – by Ian Miller, University of the Arts, USA

"Mac Daddy is worth this mention because of its uninhibited expressiveness in animation."

BEST Graduate Animation

Lebensader – directed by Angela Steffen, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany

"A moving portrait of a child's vision is created through the rich realization of natural form, dynamic animation and sophisticated design."

BEST Promotional Animation

Nick Idents – by Ljubisa Djukic, Ole Keune and Bettina Vogel, Dyrdee Media GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

"A funny, spare, well-conceived series of network IDs that use Nick's iconic orange colour to humourous and clever effect." 

BEST Music Video

Nullsleep "Dirty ROM Dance Mix" - by Stieg Retlin, USA

"A mix of pulsing 8-bit graphics and glitch imagery provide a jolting backdrop to the bloops and bleeps of video game-inspired music."

BEST Television Animation for Adults

Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, A Journal Diary) – by Bastien Dubois, France

BEST Short Animation Made for Children

Nicolas & Guillemette, directed by Virginie Taravel, France

Honourable Mention:

Enter the Sandbox, directed by Kevin Adams, Canada

BEST Television Animation Made for Children

Lost and Found, directed by Philip Hunt, UK

Honourable Mention:

Tom and the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam & Honey 'Tom's Band' / 'Tom and the Nice Family' (Tom und das Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig), directed by Andreas Hykade, Germany

The National Film Board of Canada PUBLIC PRIZE

Madagascar, A Journey Diary (Madagascar, carnet de voyage), directed by Bastien Dubois & Guilaine Bergeret, France

Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation

Le Tiroir et le Corbeau (The Drawer and The Crow) – by Frédérick Tremblay, Canada