Animation and Motion Design Winners for the Inaugural Collision Awards Are Announced

The winners of the first Collision Awards ,which honor animation across all disciplines (marketing and communications, commercials, TV, film, experimental, game and XR), were announced this morning. The awards honor work by studios, production companies, brands, agencies and individuals with a varied list of categories specifically focused on the intersection of creativity and technical skills unique to this community and inclusive of everyone working in the medium of animation and motion design.

“I’m truly impressed with the caliber, quality and variety of work and entrants in our inaugural season. We set out to cement the concept of animation as a medium across a breadth of media and disciplines, and I feel like we’re on our way to achieving it,” says Randeep Katari, Collision Awards General Manager. “From the biggest films in the world to localized campaigns, our winners exemplify that animation is truly a global medium, and I’m excited to see what the future of animation brings,” he continues.

Collision Award Finalists were selected by the Collision Awards Founding Jury which includes: Sarah Cox (Executive Creative Director/Aardman), Marge Dean (Head of Skybound Animation Studio and President/Women in Animation), Ronnie del Carmen (Co-director & writer of Pixar’s Inside Out), Patricia Claire (Founder, Free Agents), Maureen Fan (Chief Executive Officer/Baobab Studios), Holly Jinko Gotoh (Producer Finding Nemo), Jay Grandin (Co- Founder and Executive Creative Director/Giant Ant), Julie Lockhart (Co-Founder and President of Production/Locksmith Animation), Andrew Millstein (Co-Head/Annapurna Animation), Mike Moloney (Founder and Executive Creative Director/Art&Graft), Gilles Monteil (Animation Expert/Ubisoft), Ramsey Naito (President/Paramount Animation and President/Nickelodeon Animation), Phil Rynda (Director of Original Animation, The Pokemon Company International) Charlie Sells (Joint MD/Creative Director at Jelly), and Fred Volhuer (Co-Founder/Atlas V Group).

Collision Awards Winners will be celebrated with a screening and reception at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center on July 23rd, 2024

Marketing and Communication

• Ordinary Folk, General – Promotional Video, “Nouns”
• R/GA, Craft – Character Animation, “Google – Android Animation Refresh”
• Cirque du Soleil, Craft – Mixed Media, “Cirque du Soleil – Thank You Las Vegas”
• Oddfellows, Craft – Character Animation, “Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 4”
• DEPT®, Craft-Data Visualization, “Strava – Year in Sport”
• BUCK, Campaign-Social Impact, “Keti Koti: Commemorating 150 Years”

Film

• Sony Pictures Animation, Craft – Character Design, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Paramount Pictures, Craft – Production Design, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
• Crunchyroll, Craft – Character Animation, Suzume
• Netflix, General – Kids & Family, Nimona
• SenzaTesta, Craft – Stop Motion, Impossible Maladies
• Pixar Animation Studios,Craft – Production Design, Elemental
• Walt Disney Studios, Craft – Production Design, Self

Television

• Studio AKA, Craft – Title Sequence, Queen Charlotte: a Bridgerton Story
• Walt Disney Animation Studios, General -Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Iwájú
• Nickelodeon, Craft – Music, Rugrats: Purim
• Digital Kitchen, Craft – Title Sequence, Sugar Main Title
• Paramount/CBS Studios,Series – Comedy Star Trek – Lower Decks
• Headspace Series – Kids & Family, The Mindful Adventures of Unicorn Island
• Glitch Productions, Craft – Best 3D/CG Animation, The Amazing Digital Circus: Pilot
• Nelvana, Series – Pre-School, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go

Commercials

• Giant Ant, Craft -Best 2D Animation, “Rover: To My Hooman”
• Golden Wolf, Craft – Best 2D Animation, “Weetabix: Three Little Pigs”
• Tonic DNA,Craft – Character Animation, “Mr. Beaver’s Yule Log”
• Hornet, Craft – Art Direction, “Year of the Rabbit”
• Passion Pictures, Craft – Stop Motion, “Fuzzy Feelings
• MTV Entertainment/CBS Studios, Craft – Motion Design, “Movies Live Here – Film in the Blank”
• BOL Production House, General – Sports, “L’Odyssée Grandeza”
• Iamstatic, Craft – Best 3D/CG Animation, Dell – Precision 3000 Series

Experiential

• American Museum of Natural History,General-Museum & Galleries, “AMNH African Elephants Anatomy”
• The-Artery,General – Social Impact, “Louisiana Civil Rights Museum, DreamCube™”
• Walt Disney Animation Studios, General – Theme Parks, “Zootopia: Hot Pursuit”
• Aggressive,Craft – Art Direction, “Murals”
• Sacramento Kings,General – Sports, “Sacramento Kings 2023-24 Season Ribbons”
• Found, General – Experimental, “INVISIBLE”

Games & XR

• BUCK,Games – Strategy & Puzzle, “Let’s! Revolution!”
• Magnopus, XR – Education & Training, “Holocaust Museum Los Angeles: Augmented Reality Education App”
• Warner Bros. Discovery/Cartoon Network, Games – Kids & Family “Playing it Forward with Cartoon Network Game On!”
• Oddfellows,Games – Strategy & Puzzle, “Playground”

To view the full list of winners, visit: collisionawards.com/winners

You can watch the winners’ reel below: