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.
Corti Per Bambini Award
The film Mesozoic Alternative won the Corti Per Bambini award at the Umbria Film Festival – Italy
Best Kids Audience Choice Award
The film Mesozoic Alternative received the Best Kids Audience Choice Award at the Tirana International Film Festival – Albania
“Honorable” Mention
The film Luna 25 received an “Honorable Mention” at the Deep Focus Film Festival – USA
Children’s Audience Award
The film Mesozoic Alternate won the Children’s Audience Award at the Taichung International Animation Festival – Taiwan
Children Short Award Silver
The film Mesozoic Alternative received the Children Short Award Silver at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival – Japan
Double award at Korterraza Short film Festival
The film Hold Up has been awarded the Double Prize at the Korterraza Short film Festival (Spain):
- Korterraza Txiki Award
- Korterraza Txiki Araba Award
Multi awards at 2D & 3D Animation Film Festival
The Italian 2D & 3D Animation Film Festival has awarded several films:
- Baraka fries
- Luna 25
- Merry Big Mess
- Mesozoic Alternative
Children Prize
Ice Pepper won the “Children Prize” in the 12 years old category at the Takorama Film Festival – France
Audience Choice Award
The film Mesozoic Alternate won the Audience Choice Award at SIGGRAPH – USA
FESTinha SUB12 Award
The film Un mal pour un bien received the FESTinha SUB12 award at the New Director | New Films Festivals – Portugal
Double award: prize and mention
For the 1st edition of the Audun S’anima Animation Film Festival – France -, the film Pinocchio won the Jury Prize and Raconte-moi une histoire received a Special Mention from the Youth Jury
Audience Choice Award
The film Un mal pour un bien won the Audience Choice Award at the Cactus Film Festival in Italy.
