On Sunday, April 29, ASIFA-East awarded the prizes for its 43nd annual Animation Festival. StoryCorps/Rauch Brothers John and Joe took Best in Show.
Below is a complete list of winners.
BEST IN SHOW
John and Joe
StoryCorps/Rauch Brothers
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
1st Place
Taxonomy
Karen Aqua - Director
2nd Place
Two
Steven Subotnick - Director
3rd Place
Old Man
Leah Shore - Director
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
the light that died in my arms
Alan Foreman - Director
2nd Place
(Baby) It's You!
David Cowles, Jeremy Galante, Brad Pattullo - Directors
3rd Place
Le Soleil Chante (The Sun Sings)
Delphine Burrus - Director
INDEPENDENT FILMS
1st Place
Turning A Corner
David B. Levy - Director
2nd Place
Dr. Breakfast
Stephen Neary - Director
3rd Place
The First Time Cee-Cee Did Acid
Twins are Weird
Noelle Melody - Director
Joy Vaccese - Producer
Excellence in Animation
More Than Winning
Nick Fox-Gieg - Director
Susan Murray - Animator
Excellence in Design
The Girl and the Fox
Base14/Tyler J. Kupferer - Director
Excellence in Design
Orbis Park
Andrew Kaiko
Excellence in Soundtrack
Car Crash Opera
Skip Battaglia - Director
Jairo Duarte-Lopez, Michaela Eremiasova - Composers
Excellence in Writing
Wolf Dog Tales
Bernadine Santistevan - Director
COMMISSIONED OVER 2 MINUTES
1st Place
Miss Devine
StoryCorps/Rauch Brothers
2nd Place
Don't Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late
Mo Willems Studio/Weston Woods
Pete List - Director
3rd Place
I Can Be President
Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.
Michael Sporn - Director
Excellence in Education
Journey of a Water Molecule
The Knowledge Project/PS69x
Jose Maldonado, MB Hunnewell - Directors
Excellence in Writing
A History of Animation
Morgan Miller - Director
Morgan Miller, Josh Kleefeld - Writers
COMMISSIONED UNDER 2 MINUTES
1st Place
Head Start 'Window of Opportunity"
Curious Pictures/Matt Smithson - Director
2nd Place
Country Buildin'
Paganomation
David Pagano - Director
3rd Place
Person Pinball
Aaron Hughes - Director
Excellence in Animation
Red Brick Saga: Pirates of the Caribbean
Paganomation
David Pagano - Director
Jeff Wallenhorst, Sarah Wickliffe, Mick Bouschor, Erin Natal - Animators
STUDENT FILMS
1st Place
Apt. 5A
Leonardo De Luzio
2nd Place (tie)
Test Train
Brandon Denmark
2nd Place (tie)
Cowboy, Clone, Dust
Matt Christensen
Honorable Mention
Reddish Brown and Blueish Green
Samantha Gurry