Hamburg Animation Award


The Hamburg Animation Award is an annual international competition for emerging creative talent in animated design. It was initiated in 2003 by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and the animation-school-hamburg.

Competition

The Award is a platform for showcasing new talent in the field of animation and a networking opportunity for new artists and producers.
It addresses students, alumni and young professionals from art and technical schools, academies and universities all over the world.
The best animated short films using any technique will be nominated by the expert jury. Submission criteria are a length up to 10 minutes and the creator being a newcomer. The entry can be a graduate project or a short film finished up to three years after graduation. The projects are selected in terms of the components "style" and "story". The competition is looking for an inventive and coherent story told in a fresh or intriguing way, with a style that stands out from existing styles.
Apart from the three main prizes, there are the Harald Siepermann Character Design Award and the Audience Award. A "country award" existed up to 2012 among the entries of all young graduates and animation designers from an annual changing partner country. All submitted shorts for the country award were automatically admitted to the main competition as well. Until 2012 the partner countries included China, France, Denmark, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand and the Czech Republic.

Awards & Ceremony

Trophies with a total value of 11.000 Euro are awarded annually.
The prizes are awarded at a festive gala ceremony in Hamburg every June. In 2016, the Animation Award will take place at the Börsensaal of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. The locations of previous award ceremonies have included the Cinemaxx Dammtor, Streits Filmtheater, the Abaton Cinema and Schmidts Tivoli.
The award ceremony is rounded off by talks, panels and networking events. Until 2014, the Made in Hamburg - Animation Jam took place on the day following the award, a fair and lecture event for professional animators and the animation, advertising, film, games and visual effects industry.

Award winners

Year1st Prize2nd Prize3rd PrizeCountry AwardAudience Award
2005 animation-school-hamburg for BoFachhochschule Mainz, Till Nowak for DeliveryInternationalen Filmschule Köln for For Sale and German Film School, Elstal for Rough AppRoachTurkey: Anadolu Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Eskisehir for Love & MarriageFachhochschule Mainz, Till Nowak for Delivery
2007 Milen Vitanov for My Happy EndMaike Ramke und Christian Retzlaff, Potsdamer Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen for DreckmonsterPaul Schicketanz, Max Stöhr und Tobias von Burkersroda, German Film School for WantedUnited Arab Emirates: Mohammed Saeed Harib, American University Dubai for FreejMilen Vitanov, Potsdamer Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen for My Happy End
2008 Mads Johansen, Torben Søttrup, Karsten Madsen und Lærke Enemark for Office NoiseTomer Eshed and Dennis Rettkowski for Our wonderful natureAlexander Pohl forTricksterAustin Hillebrecht for The Missing SockTomer Eshed and Dennis Rettkowski for Our wonderful nature
2009 Bodie Jahn-Mulliner, Sylvester Rishöj Jensen, Rasmus Hansen and Rasmus Ustrup for TrainbombingOnni Pohl für Frequenz MorphogeneseCameron Smith, Hsulynn Pang, Leo Hutson, Chis Medley-Pole, Mark Pearce, Nagaraju Thandu, Yoshihiro Harimoto for Time to flyStanislava Mikusová for About the first domestic catAneta Kýrová for Whoops, mistake
2010 Angela Steffen for LebensaderJacob Frey, Harry Fast for BobTobias Gundorff Boesen, Katrine Kiilerrich Poulsen, Frederik Villumsen, Christoph Peladen for Out of a ForestRomain Bourzeix, Damien Levaufre, Thibaut Gache, Aude Glondu for 9 viesJacob Frey, Harry Fast for Bob

YearHamburg Animation AwardInnovative Design AwardCountry AwardAudience Award
2012 Johannes Schiehsl, Thorsten Loeffler, Alexander Zlamal,Julia Ocker, Conrad Tambour, Harry Fast, Jacob Frey, Michael Schulz für 366 TageDavid René Christensen, Kristoffer W Mikkelsen, Mark Kjærgaard, Lasse Nænaa Smith, Blake Louis Overgaard, Malte Burup, Jeppe Broo Døcker für LoadDaniel Rieley, Holly Vear, Matt Frost, Carmen Mason, Jamie Muir, Zara Carnegie, Christer Hongisto für A life well-seasonedMaren Collet, Mareikje Kersting für Bootyful

YearHamburg Animation Award2nd Preis3rd PreisHarald Siepermann Character Design AwardAudience Award
2013 Robert Löbel for WindJakub Kouril for M.O.Kyra Buschor, Anna Habermehl, Constantin Päplow for Rolling SafariRobert Löbel for WindBen Genislaw, Yonni Aroussi for Happily Ever After

YearHamburg Animation Award - ShortsHamburg Animation Award - GamesHamburg Animation Award - AdvertisingHarald Siepermann Character Design AwardAudience Award
2014 Michael Bidinger, Michelle Kwon, Sarah Kambara for Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky LouMathias Fischer, Michael Kluge, Clemens Kügler, Marc Victorin, Vanessa Zeeb for Scherbenwerk - Bruchteil einer EwigkeitSandin Puce, Dominik Berg, Sven Gossel, Anna Nekarda for FrenkiCharlie Aufroy, Renaud Deloupy, Benjamin Fenouil, Robin Geille, Alisson Guyot, Tristan Lebas, Célia Prou, Adrien Sibi for EmileMichael Bidinger, Michelle Kwon, Sarah Kambara for Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou

YearHamburg Animation Award2nd Award3rd AwardHarald Siepermann Character Design AwardAudience Award
2015 Anni Oja for The Moustache Nataliya Metlukh for FearsLaurent Moing, Guitty Mojabi for DuoSalvatore Centoducati et al. for Office KingdomMads Weidner for Parrot Away