Video game, animation and digital arts students, creators and bosses gathered Friday for the Second Annual Elan Awards in Vancouver.
FAMILY GUY creator Seth MacFarlane hosted, closing his performance with a singing "Stewie" act and won his first Elan.
Here are all the winners:
Animation Categories:
Best feature length animated production: BARBIE AS THE ISLAND PRINCESS (Rainmaker Animation, Jennifer Twiner-McCarron).
The Seven Group Award For Best Animated Production (Television Series): EDGAR & ELLEN (Bardel Entertainment, Delna Bhesania, Barry Ward, Trish Lindsay, Barbara Ferro).
Best Animated Short Subject: YELLOW STICKY NOTES (Jeff Chiba Stearns).
Best Direction In A Feature Length Animated Production: BARBIE AS THE ISLAND PRINCESS (Rainmaker Animation, Greg Richardson).
Best Direction In An Animated Television Series: RUBY GLOOM: VENUS DE GLOOMSVILLE (Nelvana Limited, Robin Budd).
Best Male Voice Over In An Animated Feature Or Television Production: Lee Tockar (GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE, Studio B).
Best Female Voice Over In An Animated Feature Or Television Production: Marÿke Hendrikse ("Susan Test" in JOHNNY TEST, Cookie Jar Entertainment).
Best Original Musical Score: BRUNO AND THE BANANA BUNCH (Cuppa Coffee Studios, Adam Goddard).
Best Storyboarding: GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE: "Naked Ape Man" (Studio B, Dennis Crawford / Lyn Hart).
Best Production Design Or Art Direction: EDGAR & ELLEN: "Crushed" (Bardel Entertainment, Greg Huculak and Zoe Evamy).
Best Writing In An Animated Production: STORM HAWKS (Nerd Corps Entertainment, Rob Hoegee ).
The Electronic Arts Award For Best International Animated Production (Television Series): FAMILY GUY (Fuzzy Door Productions, Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman, Chris Sheridan and Danny Smith).
The Inaugural Award For Best International Animated Production (Feature): BEE MOVIE (DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Lifetime Achievement Award In Animation: Kai Pindal.
Electronic Game Categories:
The Autodesk Game Of The Year: MASS EFFECT (BioWare/Microsoft Games).
Best Console Game: ASSASSINS CREED (Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed Development Team).
Best PC Game: COMPANY OF HEROES (Relic Entertainment, Ian Thomson).
Best New Video Game Company: Blue Castle Games (Rob Barrett for THE BIGS) and Slant Six Games (Brian Thalken for SOCOM U.S. NAVY SEALS: TACTICAL STRIKE)
Best Sound Design In Video Gaming: SKATE (Electronic Arts: Audio Director: Lance Brown; Sound Designers: Francois Lafleur, Bryan Rennie, Sean Webster and Terry Fairfield).
Best Original Musical Score In Video Gaming: ASSASSINS CREED (Ubisoft, Jesper Kyd).
Best Character In Video Gaming: "Commander Shepard" in MASS EFFECT (BioWare/Microsoft Games, Drew Karpyshyn).
Best Art Direction In Video Gaming: MASS EFFECT (BioWare/Microsoft Games, Derek Watts).
Best Handheld Game Of The Year: SOCOM U.S. NAVY SEALS: TACTICAL STRIKE (Slant Six Games, Brian Thalken).
Best Game Design Of The Year: MASS EFFECT (BioWare/Microsoft Games, Preston Watamaniuk).
Best Mobile/Casual/Arcade Game Of The Year: SKATE (Electronic Arts, David Manriquez)
Best Writing For A Game Production: MASS EFFECT (BioWare/Microsoft Games, Drew Karpyshyn).
The Nokia Award For Outstanding Innovation In Gaming: COMPANY OF HEROES: OPPOSING FRONTS (Relic Entertainment, Josh Mosqueira).
The Ernst & Young Award For International Video Game Of The Year: CRYSIS (Crytek/Electronic Arts USA, Cevat Yerli).
Video Game Hall Of Fame: Don Mattrick.
Student Animation And Electronic Game Categories:
The Government Of British Columbia's Award For Student Animated Or Motion Graphic Production Of The Year: LEGEND OF BORUTA (Emily Carr Institute, Bartosz Nowakowski).
Student Game Of The Year: BLOOM (Vancouver Film School Boring Games: Project Manager: Adrian Audet; Brennan Massicotte, Guilherme Ramos, Mike Wilson and Brian Vidovic).
Best Original Sound Design/Musical Score For An Animated Production Or Game: LE BUILDING (Vancouver Film School, Doug Woods).
Best Student Art Direction - Game Production: SEAS OF EUROPA (Vancouver Film School, Todd Agnello, David Bowring, Diego Rodriguez Pons and Ryan Stancl).
Best Student Art Direction - Animated Production: MANO SINISTRA (Emily Carr Institute, Kate Lee).
Best Student Writing For An Animated Or Game Production: DOCUMENTARY (Vancouver Film School, Lawrence Chung).
READY TO ROCKET: Bartosz Nowakowski (Emily Carr Institute).
