‘Tweet Tweet’ Takes Best Short at animago 2018

Zhanna Bekmambetova’s first animated project among 12 winners chosen at the 22^nd edition of the AWARDS & CONFERENCE.

The 22^nd annual animago competition for 3D animation, visual effects, visualization and VR/AR/360 has announced their 2018 winners in a ceremony held last Thursday evening at Munich’s Gasteig Cultural Centre. The awards were the highlight of the two-day animago AWARD & CONFERENCE, where top animation experts and VFX luminaries gave keynote presentations on their current projects and discussed the latest industry trends and perspectives with over 1,000 participants.

An independent jury of experts sifted through 851 submissions from 51 countries to find the final 36 nominees, from which the following 12 winners were chosen:

Best Feature Film

Jim Button & Luke the Engine Driver

Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Malao Film, Studio Babelsberg, Warner Bros., Germany

Best VR/AR/360°

Huxley

Exit Adventures, Sven Haeberlein, Germany

Best Still

Albert Einstein

LotusArt, Alexander Beim, Germany

Best Young Production

This category includes € 3,000 in prize money sponsored by the host of animago, DIGITAL PRODUCTION magazine.

The Stained Club

Mélanie Lopez, Simon Boucly, Marie Ciesielski, Alice Jaunet, Chan Stéphie Peang, Béatrice Viguier, Supinfocom Rubika, France

Best Visual Effects

Jim Button & Luke the Engine Driver

Chimney, Mackevision Medien Design, RISE | Visual Effects Studios, Scanline VFX, Trixter, for Rat Pack, Warner Bros., Studio Babelsberg and Malao Film, Germany