The nominees for the animago AWARD 2010 have been announced.

The winners in the 11 different categories will be announced on Thursday, 28 October, at the animago AWARD 2010 ceremony in Babelsberg during the animago Conference, which is on 26-28 October 2010. The animago AWARD is an important prize for 3D, VFX and interactive technologies. For the 14th time, the awards will be presented by the trade magazine DIGITAL PRODUCTION. A jury of experts have selected five nominees for each category, chosen from around 900 international entries.

“Many high-quality international productions have participated in the competition this year," said Jana Freund, head of marketing for the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE. "This clearly shows that the prize is internationally recognised and from the point of view of the ambitious digital content creation industry it is here to stay."

The categories and nominees:
Best Postproduction:
-         Audi Perfection, Parasol Island, Germany
-         Civilization V. Digic Pictures, Hungary
-         Get Out, Charlotte Boisson, Julien Fourvel, Pascal Han-Kwan, Tristan Reinarz, Fanny Roche, France
-         Im Schnee, Mackevision Medien Design, Germany
-         Sintel, Colin Levy, Blender Institute, Netherlands

Best Advertising Production:
-         Die Daheim WM 2010, The Soulcage Department, Germany
-         Grunwald. Battle of the Sescentenary II, Platige Image, Poland
-         Lada Niva Edition Roscosmos, Florian Friedrich Dünzen, Germany
-         Mercedes G-Class  "Fireworks", INFECTED Postproduction, Germany
-         Noem Mix Urgut, LIGA_01 COMPUTERFILM, Germany

Best Visualisation:
-         Animated Guide to Polish Success, Platige Image, Poland
-         Animated History of Poland, Platige Image, Poland
-         Kaefer "Insulation sulotions", Deli Pictures, Germany
-         Lufthansa A380 – Teaser, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Germany
-         Philips Healthcare, REBUSmedia, Germany

Best Still:
-         Lamborghini: Street, Philipp und Keuntje, Ralf Lechner, Germany
-         Lufthansa A380 - Visuals 08, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Germany
-         Rainy Night, Morteza Najafi, Turkey
-         Porsche Panamera 3, recom, Germany
-         Woistderdeinardt, lichtecht, Germany

Best Short Film (Films up to about 25 min.):
-         BABIOLES, Matray, Autour de Minuit, France
-         Chicory 'n' Coffee, Dusan Kastelic, Slovenia
-         LOGORAMA, H5, Autour de Minuit, France
-         Perfeito, Mauricio Bartok, Brasil
-         RUBIKA, Guillaume Plantevin, Autour de Minuit, France

Best Technical Realisation:
-         ARTIFICIAL PARADISE, INC, Jean-Paul Frenay, Autour de Minuit, France
-         Compositing Reel, Sandro Blattner, USA
-         PIXELS, Patrick Jean, Autour de Minuit, France
-         "PREDATOR" DANFORTH, Sabotage Studio, France
-         LOOM, polynoid, Germany

Best Up-and-Coming Artist:
-         Farbzwerge, Regina Welker, Germany
-         MOBILE, Verena Fels, Germany
-         The Tale of Mr. Revus, Marius Herzog, Germany
-         Time for Change, Jun Ying Xu, Priyan Jayamaha, Kirsten Pretorius, Rupert Ashton, Jonathan Hagan, New Zealand
-         Dr. Banana - Fruit Clinic, Enrico Damm, Oliver Kling, Wilhelm Molderings, Kai Schadwinkel, Caroline Weidenhiller, Germany

Best Mobile Production:
-         SketchBook Pro, Autodesk, Germany
-         iDough, CrateSoft, USA
-         Layar Reality Browser, Layar, Netherlands
-         Storyboard Composer, cinemek, USA
-         Ghost, Effekt-Etage, German

Best Interactive Production:
-         3D-PDF - animierte Wassersimulation, Schreiber & Friends, Germany
-         A tangible experience –architectural design brought to life, Kommerz, Austria
-         aLife 1.0, q-bus Mediatektur GmbH, Germany
-         Der Ghostwriter, digital Images, Germany
-         Kubadilishana, Motiva, Spain

Best Game Design:
-         God Of War III, Sony Interactive, USA
-         Heavy Rain, Sony Interactive, USA
-         Mafia 2, 2K, Czech Rebublic
-         Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games, USA
-         Alan Wake, Microsoft, USA

Jury’s Award: Submissions that the jury have taken notice of due to a successful idea and outstanding combination of imagery and technical achievements:
-         Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Digic Pictures, Hungary
-         Bob, Jacob Frey, Harry Fast, Anna Matacz, Germany
-         LOOM, polynoid, Germany
-         Thesis, Tomasz Cechowski, Grzegorz Paluch, Poland
-         Zerebrale Dichotomie, Andreas Atteneder, Florian Juri, Valentin Ortner, Sabine Pils, Christoph Struber, Austria.

The Jury, under the lead of DIGITAL PRODUCTION, is made up of Tim Borgmann (bt-3d), Sebastian Dosch (DOSCH Design), Sascha Eichler (Maxon), Maik Euscher (DIGITAL PRODUCTION), Günter Hagedorn (DIGITAL PRODUCTION), Rangeen Katharina Horami (Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg), Matthias J. Lange (DIGITAL PRODUCTION), Andrea Peters (media.net berlinbrandenburg), Alexander Schillinsky (Liga 01) and Frank Alexander Zahn (exozet).

The main sponsor of the awards ceremony is Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, with additional sponsorship from AVID, eyeon, Maxon, PNY, 3Dconnexion and mStore.



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