ASIFA-East Announces Animation Festival Winners

Last night, ASIFA-East held their 42nd annual Animation Festival. The Best in Show prize went to Andy Kennedy’s Accumulonimbus, which we featured on Cartoon Brew last August. ASIFA-East president David Levy also won two of the top awards: Best Educational Film and 1st Place for Independent Film. He’s a nice guy so let’s all look the other way and pretend that’s not a conflict of interest.

Complete list of winners after the jump.

BEST IN SHOW
Accumulonimbus
Andy Kennedy

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Guard Dog Global Jam
Bill Plympton

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Dot Dot Dot: “Around the World (And Back)”
Bryan Brinkman

BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM
Sesame Street: “Word on the Street”
David B. Levy

INDEPENDENT FILMS
1st Place
Grandpa Looked Like William Powell
David B. Levy

2nd Place
Enrique Wrecks the World
David Chai

3rd Place
Barko
Allison Craig

Excellence in Animation
Masks
Patrick Smith

Excellence in Design
Nosy Bear
Fran Krause

Excellence in Humor
Bunny Bashing
John R. Dilworth

COMMISSIONED OVER 2 MINUTES
1st Place
Danny & Annie
The Rauch Brothers

2nd Place
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
Pete List & Mo Willems

3rd Place
The Human Voice
The Rauch Brothers

Excellence in Animation
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog
Pete List & Mo Willems

Excellence in Design
The Buddha: “Enlightenment”
Asterisk Animation

Excellence in Humor
Christmas Shoes
Brian Musikoff & John Kuramoto

COMMISSIONED UNDER 2 MINUTES
1st Place
Chilevision La Verdad
Juan Delcan

2nd Place
Midtown Twist
Gary Lieb

3rd Place
Catalyst
Bill Plympton

Excellence in Animation
Farley in “Thinking of You”
Greg Ford, Doug Compton, Adrian Urquidez

Excellence in Design
Urban Stencil
Christi Bertelsen

Excellence in Design
Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival
Bumper 2010
Joy Vaccese & Noelle Melody

STUDENT FILMS
1st Place
To Have and To Hold
Jessica Polaniecki

2nd Place
Book Girl and Cabinet Girl
Jane Wu

3rd Place
Prayers for Peace
Dustin Grella

ASIFA-East opening created by Dan Meth