Prize List
ESMA ranked 8th best animation school in the world by Animation Career Review 2022.
ESMA’s films have been selected for over 200 international festivals each year. Our students’ work has been rewarded with many prizes, including the “Best Student Project” award at SIGGRAPH for the film Je suis un Caillou, the “Film of the Year – 3D animation” award by The Rookies for the film Œil pour Œil, the “Best Art Director Award” for the film La Source des Montagnes at the Animayo! festival, and many others!
You can find a part of the list of winners below.
2016 Siggraph
Tea Time selected for the official category of the 2016 Siggraph
2016 Paris Digital Summit : an award
The Short Story of a Fox and a Mouse has won the “Genie Awards of best student film – VFX/CGI” at the Paris Digital Summit !
Festival d’Annecy 2016
The Short Story of a Fox and a Mouse et Château de Sable sélectionnés à Annecy dans la catégorie « Film de fin d’études »
2013 PanamAnim
Monkey Symphony : 2nd prize at the 2013 PanamAnim Festival
Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2014 : an award
Forward March awarded of the Jury’s Prize
2016 Annecy Festival
“La Fenêtre” selected at the Annecy Festival, in the “Final Year Film” category.
Un prix au Siggraph 2015
Amir & Amira : Prix du Jury au Siggraph 2015
Oscars Nominated Short Films 2015 – Additional Screening Category
Sweet Cocoon : Selected by Shorts.tv in the Additional Screening Category of the Oscars Nominated Short Films 2015
2012 Film Court d’Angoulême Festival : an award
Swing of Change : “Animation Prize” at the 2012 Film Court d’Angoulême Festival
CICAF 2012 : an award
Little Tombstone : “Golden Monkey King Award” at the 2012 CICAF
2007 Siggraph
Tong has won the 1rst prize of the “character” category