Winners Announced For Inaugural Collision Awards

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