Winners of the 2017 World Animation Celebration
Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in each category.
The 2017 World Animation Celebration received over 250 submissions from 40 countries and 75 schools around the world.
The World Animation Celebration 2017
Special Jury Award
Dear Basketball Directed & Animated by Glen Keane, Executive Produced by Kobe Bryant & Scored by Composer John Williams
Student Film Category
2D Computer Animation
1st – Siesta: Gabriel Arrellaga - (Sheridan College, Canada)
2nd – Kupala Night: Joanna K. Stopyra, Sarah Marschman & Vesela Stamenova - (Academy of Art University, San Francisco US)
3rd – The Other Side: Ching Cheng - (Vancouver Film School, Canada)
Traditional Animation
1st – Inn: Junheng Chen - (USC School of Cinematic Arts, US)
2nd – Danse Aqua: Cindy Foucault - (Cégep du Vieux Montréal, Canada)
3rd – A Priori: Maïté Schmitt - (Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg Animationinstitut, Germany)
CG Animation
1st – In a Heartbeat: Beth David & Esteban Bravo - (Ringling College of Art and Design, US)
2nd – Tom in Couchland: James Just - (Ringling College of Art and Design, US)
3rd – Deuspi: Corentin Yvergniaux , Oscar Malet, Camille Jalabert, Quentin Camus, Leo Brunel - (WIZZ Academy, France)
Stop Motion
1st – Between Sand and Tides: Rui Fan Wang - (Royal College of Art, UK)
2nd – Poles Apart: Paloma Baeza - (National Film and Television School, UK)
3rd – Laymun: Catherine Prowse & Hannah Quinn - (Kingston University, UK)
Experimental Animation
1st – Delicatessen: Fenglin Chen - (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US)
2nd – Aeon: Derek O’Dell - (Chapman University, US)
3rd – Eon: Nick Zweig - (RIT School of Film and Animation, US)
Professional Film Category
2D Computer Animation
1st – swiPed - David Chai - (US)
2nd – Jamshid: A Lament for a Myth: Moin Samadi - (Iran)
3rd – Menage a Tetris: Cam Blackley & Alex Derwin - (Australia)
Traditional Animation
1st – Dear Basketball: Glen Keane - (US)
2nd – Cop Dog: Bill Plympton - (US)
3rd – Notes on Monstropedia: Koki Yamamura - (Japan)
CG Animation
1st – Cuerdas: Pedro Solís García - (Spain)
2nd – The Gift: Kohei Kajisa - (Japan)
3rd – Playing House: Cenk Köksal & Özgül Gürbüz - (Turkey)
Stop Motion
1st – The Best Customer: Serghei Chiviriga - (Romania)
2nd – Bitz-The Whippet Made from Random Stuff:
James Pollitt - (UK)
3rd – Until That Day: Satoshi Kitagawa &
Katsumi Nagai - (Japan)
Experimental Animation
1st – The Wayward Kite: Yuting Hsueh - (Taiwan)
2nd – Glorious Victory: Will Kim - (US)
3rd – Fistbird and the Handdragon: Ty Tuin - (US)
Siesta: Gabriel Arrellaga - (Sheridan College, Canada)
