AEAF 2020 Reveals Animation & VFX Winners

The Animation & Effects Awards & Festival (AEAF) has announced its medaled winners across feature film, television, commercial, music video and other categories, showcasing a diversity of techniques and applications for animation and VFX skills. This year’s Best Feature Film – Animation honor was awards to Cinesite for The Addams Family — the studio also scored a Silver medal for TV Series with its work on The Witcher.

Select category winners below. The full list of winners and finalists is available online here.

Feature Film

The Lion King – MPC Film – GOLD

Godzilla: King of the Monsters – MPC Film – SILVER

Jumanji: The Next Level – Weta Digital – BRONZE

The Addams Family – Cinesite – BEST FEATURE FILM – ANIMATION

Jumanji: The Next Level – Method Studios – BEST SEQUENCE

Ford V Ferrari – Rising Sun Pictures – SPECIAL MERIT

Lady and the Tramp – Weta Digital – SPECIAL MERIT

TV Series

His Dark Materials – Framestore – GOLD

The Witcher – Cinesite – SILVER

Stranger Things – Season 3 – Rodeo FX – BRONZE

TV Series – Children

Raising Dion – Season 1 – Rodeo FX – GOLD

LEGO City Adventures – Season 1 – Passion Pictures – SILVER

Alphabet Street – Paper Moose – BRONZE

Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors? – Sticky Pictures & Flying Kite Pictures SPECIAL MERIT

Short Film

Bounty Hunter – UTS Animal Logic Academy – GOLD

Kino Ratten – Media Design School – SILVER

Tomorrow’s On Fire – Passion Pictures – BRONZE

Student

The Beauty – Pascal Schelbli – Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg – GOLD

Any Instant Whatever – Michelle Brand – Royal College of Art – SILVER

Chocolate Man – Murat E Gönültas – Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg – BRONZE

Interactive, VR Experience, Augmented Reality

City of Melbourne – Christmas Compass – Traffik and Red Cartel – GOLD

Mermaid – The Mysterious Pearl – Untitled Studios – SILVER

SubAqua – UTS Animal Logic Academy – BRONZE