# 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 Hamburg Animation 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 (2D, 3D, stop-motion, puppet animation etc.) 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 and ceremony

Trophies with a total value of 11,000 euros are awarded annually.
* Hamburg Animation Award - 1st Prize: 4.000 Euro
* Hamburg Animation Award - 2nd Prize: 3.000 Euro
* Hamburg Animation Award - 3rd Prize: 2.000 Euro
* Harald Siepermann Character Design Award: 1.000 Euro
* Audience Award: 1.000 Euro
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

| Year | Animation Award | Animation Special Award for Best Script | Animation Special Award for Best Design | Country Award |
| 2003 (26 June) | Anke Ahlers, Petra Herberger, Elke Junker, Nicola Maier-Reimer, Oliver Smit, Uwe Alexander Tödt forElement 9 | Christian Kaiser, Christina Kohlmus, Andrea Krolzick, Nils Oskamp, Kerstin Puigmarti Concha for Voodee | Patrick Bandau, Pia Binder, Ljubisa Djukic, Dominik Heilig, Nadja Klews for Soundcop |
| 2004 (2 September) | Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Potsdam-Babelsberg for Pantoffelhelden | animation-school-hamburg for Snowbody | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg for Wie ich mich traf | Dänemark: A Knight Film by The Animation Workshop |
| Year | 1st Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize | Country Award | Audience Award |
| 2005 (3 November) | animation-school-hamburg for Bo | Fachhochschule Mainz, Till Nowak for Delivery | Internationalen Filmschule Köln for For Sale and German Film School, Elstal for Rough AppRoach | Turkey: Anadolu Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, Eskisehir for Love & Marriage | Fachhochschule Mainz, Till Nowak for Delivery |
| 2007 (28 June) | Milen Vitanov for My Happy End | Maike Ramke und Christian Retzlaff, Potsdamer Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen for Dreckmonster | Paul Schicketanz, Max Stöhr und Tobias von Burkersroda, German Film School for Wanted | United Arab Emirates: Mohammed Saeed Harib, American University Dubai for Freej | Milen Vitanov, Potsdamer Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen for My Happy End |
| 2008 (26 June) | Mads Johansen, Torben Søttrup, Karsten Madsen und Lærke Enemark for Office Noise | Tomer Eshed and Dennis Rettkowski for Our wonderful nature | Alexander Pohl forTrickster | Austin Hillebrecht for The Missing Sock | Tomer Eshed and Dennis Rettkowski for Our wonderful nature |
| 2009 (25 June) | Bodie Jahn-Mulliner, Sylvester Rishöj Jensen, Rasmus Hansen and Rasmus Ustrup for Trainbombing | Onni Pohl für Frequenz Morphogenese | Cameron Smith, Hsulynn Pang, Leo Hutson, Chis Medley-Pole, Mark Pearce, Nagaraju Thandu, Yoshihiro Harimoto for Time to fly | Stanislava Mikusová for About the first domestic cat | Aneta Kýrová for Whoops, mistake |
| 2010 (5 July) | Angela Steffen for Lebensader | Jacob Frey, Harry Fast for Bob | Tobias Gundorff Boesen, Katrine Kiilerrich Poulsen, Frederik Villumsen, Christoph Peladen for Out of a Forest | Romain Bourzeix, Damien Levaufre, Thibaut Gache, Aude Glondu for 9 vies | Jacob Frey, Harry Fast for Bob |
| Year | Hamburg Animation Award | Innovative Design Award | Country Award | Audience Award |
| 2011 (23 June) | Conrad Tambour, Nicolas Palme, Jonas Jarvers, Karsten Wagenknecht, Michael Schulz, Julia Ocker for Der Besuch | Bo Mathorne, Arthur Gil Larsen, Thomas Grønlund, Rie Nymand, Tue Toft Sørensen, Mads Simonsen for The Backwater Gospel | Zhang Wang Cheng, Zhao Yu Chao, Wu Yu Le, Dai Jie Jun, Zhu Xiao Mai, Lu Xiao Yun for Ein Gedanke im August | Tomer Eshed and Dennis Rettkowski for Flamingo Pride |
| Year | Hamburg Animation Award | Innovative Design Award | Country Award | Audience Award |
| 2012 (6 June) | Johannes Schiehsl, Thorsten Loeffler, Alexander Zlamal,Julia Ocker, Conrad Tambour, Harry Fast, Jacob Frey, Michael Schulz für 366 Tage | David René Christensen, Kristoffer W Mikkelsen, Mark Kjærgaard, Lasse Nænaa Smith, Blake Louis Overgaard, Malte Burup, Jeppe Broo Døcker für Load | Daniel Rieley, Holly Vear, Matt Frost, Carmen Mason, Jamie Muir, Zara Carnegie, Christer Hongisto für A life well-seasoned | Maren Collet, Mareikje Kersting für Bootyful |
| Year | Hamburg Animation Award | 2nd Preis | 3rd Preis | Harald Siepermann Character Design Award | Audience Award |
| 2013 (6 August) | Robert Löbel for Wind | Jakub Kouril for M.O. | Kyra Buschor, Anna Habermehl, Constantin Päplow for Rolling Safari | Robert Löbel for Wind | Ben Genislaw, Yonni Aroussi for Happily Ever After |
| Year | Hamburg Animation Award - Shorts | Hamburg Animation Award - Games | Hamburg Animation Award - Advertising | Harald Siepermann Character Design Award | Audience Award |
| 2014 (24 June) | Michael Bidinger, Michelle Kwon (Directors), Sarah Kambara (Producer) for Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou | Mathias Fischer, Michael Kluge, Clemens Kügler, Marc Victorin, Vanessa Zeeb for Scherbenwerk - Bruchteil einer Ewigkeit | Sandin Puce, Dominik Berg, Sven Gossel, Anna Nekarda for Frenki | Charlie Aufroy, Renaud Deloupy, Benjamin Fenouil, Robin Geille, Alisson Guyot, Tristan Lebas, Célia Prou, Adrien Sibi for Emile | Michael Bidinger, Michelle Kwon (Directors), Sarah Kambara (Producer) for Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou |
| Year | Hamburg Animation Award | 2nd Award | 3rd Award | Harald Siepermann Character Design Award | Audience Award |
| 2015 (30. June) | Anni Oja for The Moustache | Nataliya Metlukh for Fears | Laurent Moing, Guitty Mojabi for Duo | Salvatore Centoducati et al. for Office Kingdom | Mads Weidner for Parrot Away |