Best Character
Poilus
School: Isart Digital – Team: Guillaume Auberval, Léa Dozoul, Simon Gomez, Timothé Hek, Hugo Lagrange, Antoine Laroye & David Lashcari – Country: France
CG bunnies in soldiers’ uniforms – the challenge of this task and the attention to detail in the design motivated the animago jury to present this short film with the award for the most successful characters.
Best Visual Effects
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
VFX-Studio: Rodeo FX – VFX-Supervisors: Tim Burke & Christian Manz – Client: Warner Bros. – Country: Canada – Software: Maya, Houdini, Nuke
Rodeo FX realised 126 VFX shots for the “Harry Potter” spin-off, including many of the New York building shots, the headquarters of the magical world and a large number of the magical creatures.