COLLISION AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN ANIMATION AND MOTION DESIGN ANNOUNCE INAUGURAL FINALISTS

FINALISTS INCLUDE ELEMENTAL,TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, NIMONA, SUZUME, BUCK, CRUNCHYROLL, DEPT®, HEADSPACE, GOLDEN WOLF, HORNET, NICKELODEON, R/GA, SCAD, SVA, THE DAILY SHOW, PARTIZAN ENTERTAINMENT, PIXAR, WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS

Voting for Collision Audience Choice Awards Kicks Off Today at vote.collisionawards.com

NEW YORK, June 25th, 2024 – the Collision Awards – honoring excellence in animation and motion design across all its forms, announced its inaugural Finalists including American Museum of Natural History, American Red Cross, Bank of America, Bloomberg Media, BOL Production House, Cirque du Soleil, Magnopus, Moonraker VFX, MTV Entertainment Studios, Nathan Love, Odd Fellows, Ordinary Folk, Passion Pictures, Scholar and Studio AKA

Reflecting the tremendous growth and importance of animation in today’s media world, industry leaders joined forces with the organizers of The Telly Awards to launch the Collision Awards at the start of the year– the first global and holistic platform solely dedicated to honoring excellence in Animation and Motion Design in all its forms. Launched in partnership with key industry leaders and partners including Animation Magazine, Stash, WeTransfer, VIEW Conference and Unreal Engine among others, the mission is to celebrate the unique and incomparable creativity and technical talent in Animation and Motion Design across Marketing & Communications, Commercials, Television, Film, Experiential, Games & XR. This is the first time ever that animation across all disciplines will be honored by one set of awards.

All Finalists are eligible to win a Collision Award, selected by the Collision Award Jury, and the Collision Audience Choice Award, voted on by the community around the world. Voting for the Audience Choice award is now open through July 11th 2024 at vote.collisionawards.com

“In launching the Collision Awards, we set out to honor animation and motion design as a medium, globally, irrespective of genre or category. The breadth of work received, and now selected as finalists, truly spans the gamut of what’s creatively possible across Film, Commercials, Games and beyond,” says Collision Awards General Manager Randeep Katari. “Seeing the diversity of work from over 30 countries, you can truly see the importance of honoring animation across all forms, and how some of the most exciting, creative, and stylistic work is being done through animation.” 

Collision Award Finalists were selected by the Collision Awards Founding Jury which includes Kev Cheah (Partner, Brunswick), 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), Maureen Fan (Chief Executive Officer/Baobab Studios), 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), Claire Renton (Animation Director/Ludo Studio), Phil Rynda (Director of Original Animation, The Pokemon Company International) and Fred Volhuer (Co-Founder/Atlas V Group).

The inaugural Collision Awards Finalists underscore some key themes and insights across the industry; from the versatility of this medium with work ranging from feature film stand outs including Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem to work for and from brands including Headspace’s The Mindful Adventures of Unicorn Island to Passion Picture’s work for Apple, Fuzzy Feelings. Finalists also exemplify the quality of work from emerging talent at leading institutions including Savannah College of Art and Design and School of Visual Arts. Lastly, with finalists representing over 30 countries including North America, Australia, Italy, India, Japan and Singapore, the inaugural class exemplify and celebrate the global art form that transcends culture and audiences.

Collision Audience Choice Award voting ends July 11th, 11:59 PST and all winners will be announced on July 16th, 2024.

Inaugural Collision Awards Finalist Highlights

Marketing & Communications

• 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”
• 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”
• Glitch Productions, Craft -Best 3D/CG Animation, “The Amazing Digital Circus: Pilot”
• Nelvana, Series – Pre-School, “Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go”

Commercials 

• BUCK & 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”
• 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”
• Oddfellows, Games-Strategy & Puzzle, “Playground”

About the Collision Awards

The Collision Awards is the first global and holistic platform solely dedicated to honoring excellence in Animation and Motion Design in all its forms. Launching in partnership with various industry leaders, our mission is to establish a holistic platform that celebrates the unique and incomparable creativity and technical talent in Animation and Motion Design across Marketing & Communications, Commercials, Television, Film, Experiential, Games & XR. We recognize how an entire industry and community can benefit when the best work and talent is credibly recognized by its community and beyond. Follow @collisionawards for more details