These are the 2017 animago AWARD nominees!

Published on 13 July 2017 by Mirja Fürst.

We have found them! These 33 projects are animago-nominated. This year’s animago jury made their choice at the NEC premises in Munich.

Group of professionals standing together in conference room with presentation screen in background, smiling at camera.

Die animago AWARD Jury 2017 v.l.n.r.: animago-Chef Günter Hagedorn, Marc Gegenfurtner (Kulturreferat Landeshauptstadt München), Jürgen Enninger (Kompetenzteam), Maggy Fischer (Neverest), Juri Stanossek (Mackevision), Daniel Curio (Bayerisches Staatsministerium), Rolf Mütze (LAVAlabs), Melanie Beisswenger (Freelance-Artist), Robert Hoffmeister (Milkroom Studios), Mirja Fürst (DP), Jana Freund (animago), Thomas Richter (animago), Elisa Krenz (Freelance-Artist), Alexander Bouquet (Jung von Matt), Dominik Zimmerle (Trixter), Karin Lang (Detail Business Information)

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Best Newcomer Production

Asteria

by Alexandre Arpentinier, Mathieu Blanchys, Lola Grand, Tristan Lamarca, Thomas Lemaille, Jean-Charles Lusseau, ESMA, France

Contact with a new species can be exciting, or highly unpleasant. Especially when everyone wants to be the first to plant their flag in the soil of the unknown planet.

Software: RenderMan, Maya, Houdini

Less Than Human

by Steffen Bang Lindholm, The Animation Workshop, Denmark

After a devastating epidemic, the question of whether the zombies living in exile camps should be reintegrated into society is being considered. The press gets to the bottom of the matter during a home visit.

Software: ZBrush, Renderman, Maya, Nuke, Premiere

The D in David

by Michelle Yi, Yaron Farkash, Ringling College of Art and Design, United States

When you’re the new kid on the block, the other artworks can be pretty mean. They mock David’s nudity, causing Michelangelo’s most famous sculpture to flee the museum in search of a solution to his plight.