The winners of the first Collision Awards have been announced. The awards, dedicated to honoring excellence in animation and motion design in all its forms, were organized by the group that also runs the long-running Telly Awards.
Awards were handed out across six main categories: Marketing & Communications, Film, TV, Commercials, Experiential, and Games & XR. Over 150 awards have been handed out – a full list of winners is here. The organization did not announce how many entries were received, but submission costs ranged from $125-275. Winners have to pay an additional cost to receive physical awards.
“I’m truly impressed with the caliber, quality and variety of work and entrants in our inaugural season,” said Randeep Katari, Collision Awards general manager. “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. 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.”
Collision Awards winners will be celebrated with a screening and reception at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center in New York City next Tuesday, July 23, 2024.
Collision Award finalists were selected by the Collision Awards Founding Jury which included Joe Burrascano, Justin Cone, Sarah Cox, Marge Dean, Ronnie del Carmen, Patricia Claire, Maureen Fan, Holly Fraser, Ian Jones-Quartey, Jinko Gotoh, Jay Grandin, Julie Lockhart, Andrew Millstein, Mike Moloney, Gilles Monteil, Ramsey Naito, Phil Rynda, Charlie Sells, and Fred Volhuer.
The organization offered the following list of “winner highlights.” The full list of winners is linked above.
Marketing & Communications
General – Promotional Video
Nouns – Ordinary Folk
Craft – Character Animation
Google “Android Animation Refresh” – R/GA
Craft – Mixed Media
Cirque du Soleil “Thank You Las Vegas” – Cirque du Soleil
Craft – Character Animation
Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 4 – Oddfellows
Craft-Data Visualization
Strava – Year in Sport – Dept
Campaign-Social Impact
Keti Koti: Commemorating 150 Years – Buck
Film
Craft – Character Design
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation
Craft – Production Design
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures
Craft – Character Animation
Suzume – Crunchyroll
General – Kids & Family
Nimona – Netflix
Craft – Stop Motion
Impossible Maladies – SenzaTesta
Craft – Production Design
Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios
Craft – Production Design
Self – Walt Disney Studios
Television
Craft – Title Sequence
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – Studio AKA
General -Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Iwájú – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Craft – Music
Rugrats: Purim – Nickelodeon
Craft – Title Sequence
Sugar Main Title – Digital Kitchen
Series – Comedy
Star Trek – Lower Decks – Paramount/CBS Studios
Series – Kids & Family
The Mindful Adventures of Unicorn Island – Headspace
Craft – Best 3D/CG Animation
The Amazing Digital Circus “Pilot” – Glitch Productions
Series – Pre-School
Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go – Nelvana
Commercials
Craft -Best 2D Animation
Rover “To My Hooman” – Giant Ant
Craft – Best 2D Animation
Weetabix “Three Little Pigs” – Golden Wolf
Craft – Character Animation
“Mr. Beaver’s Yule Log” – Tonic DNA
Craft – Art Direction
“Year of the Rabbit” – Hornet
Craft – Stop Motion
“Fuzzy Feelings” – Passion Pictures
Craft – Motion Design
“Movies Live Here – Film in the Blank” – MTV Entertainment/CBS Studios
General – Sports
“L’Odyssée Grandeza” – BOL Production House
Craft – Best 3D/CG Animation
Dell “Precision 3000 Series” – Iamstatic
Experiential
General-Museum & Galleries
AMNH African Elephants Anatomy – American Museum of Natural History
General – Social Impact
Louisiana Civil Rights Museum, DreamCube – The-Artery
General – Theme Parks
Zootopia: Hot Pursuit – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Craft – Art Direction
Murals – Aggressive
General – Sports
Sacramento Kings 2023-24 Season Ribbons – Sacramento Kings
General – Experimental
INVISIBLE – Found
Games & XR
Games – Strategy & Puzzle
Let’s! Revolution! – Buck
Games – Strategy & Puzzle
Playground – Oddfellows
XR – Education & Training
Holocaust Museum Los Angeles: Augmented Reality Education App – Magnopus
Games – Kids & Family
Playing it Forward with Cartoon Network Game On! – Warner Bros. Discovery/Cartoon Network
