We are thrilled to present the 2017 Motion Awards by Motionographer Nominees!

Only one entry from each category will be crowned the winner. Please note: it is possible not all categories will have a winner. See the FAQ for more information on the judging process and criteria.

(Nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Full credits will be listed for all Winners.)

Commercial

Campaign

• Coca-Cola Christmas Cards by Le Cube
• Spotify – Pride Stories by Giant Ant
• The Fight for Good – The Salvation Army by Moth Studio

Single Spot

• Amazon Launchpad: The First Mark by MediaMonks
• Cartoon Network – 25th Anniversary by Oddfellows
• Everything in Black and White by Vetor Zero / Lobo
• Five Go On A Great Western Adventure by Friends Electric
• Invention of Together by Buck
• Molton Brown – A Show of Stars by Jody McAlavey / Jonathan Lindgren
• Red Room Poetry – “Poetry Object” by KAPWA Studioworks
• Sprint Vector Trailer by Chromosphere

Social Media

• Canadian Icons by Giant Ant
• Chupa Chups: 3D Skull Campaign by MediaMonks
• Dash Studio Brand Idents by Dash
• Disney Holiday Loops by Giant Ant
• McDonald’s World Car-Free Day by Le Cube

Events

Live Event Graphics

• How to Make Music for Advertising by Buck
• MTV Video Music Awards 2017 by Elastic

Title Sequence

• 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards by Imaginary Forces
• Pause 2017 Opening Titles by Zaoeyo (Xiaolin Zeng)
• Semi Permanent Festival 2017 by Framestore
• TEDx Sydney Titles by Substance
• The Blend Is Near by Oddfellows

Film

Film Graphics

• Early winner will be announced May 2nd, 2018

Title Sequence

• Spanish Western by Dosdecadatres
• Spider-Man: Homecoming Title Sequence by Perception
• The Endless Scare by The Drawing Room
• The Heiress by SPILLT
• Wonder Woman by Greenhaus GFX

Interactive

AR/VR

• Eclipses in Ancient Lore by CNN Motion
• Predator by Jam3
• Sonaria by Google Spotlight Stories / Chromosphere
• Sweet Talk – Saint Motel by Wheelhouse Media

Installation/Experiential

• 150 Media Stream by Leviathan
• Aarhus Stories by M2Film
• Cascade by Beyond Words Studio / Territory Studio
• Make Moves: A Crowdsourced Animation by Dash
• Very Very Kung Fu by Mixcode Studio

UX/UI

• #myAndroid Taste Test by Slanted Studios
• Google Home App by Gunner
• Year With Uber by Le Cube / Final Frontier

Short Form

Experimental

• All The Things by Chris Guyot / Paul McMahon
• Hey Pressto by DBLG / Animade
• REACTION by DFMN
• The Creature by Zhang Longfei
• The Ma(d)chines by YELL
• WEIRD by Fausto Montanari

Music Video

• Frances – Grow by Le Cube / Not To Scale
• JAY-Z ‘The Story of O.J.’ by The Mill
• Ma Mama by Katy Wang
• Makin’ Moves by Kouhei Nakama
• Opal Waltz by Vincent Tsui
• Organa by Sabine Volkert
• Pentakill – ‘Mortal Reminder’ by Friends Electric
• Uterine Death And Life by Daniel Bruson
• Washed Out: Floating By by Computer Team

Short Film

• American Gods: Coming to America 25,000 Years Ago by Tendril Design + Animation
• Cocoon by Tyler Morgan / Sarah Beth Hulver
• Deskercise by Foreign Fauna
• Giorgio by Nicolo Bianchino
• Here’s the Plan by Fernanda Frick Studio
• IPN – The Unconquered by Juice
• Love in Conflict by CNN Motion
• Monsters by Method Studios
• Rooms by Andrew Zimbelman
• The Space Explorers by Gunner

Solo Project

Solo Project > Short Film

• Complaining about Complaining by Doug Alberts
• Etsy: Design Your World by JP Rooney
• Giorgio by Nicolo Bianchino
• M A C R O by Harrison Vincent
• Power Hungry by Benjy Brooke
• REPEAT by Melvin Le Riboter
• Silly Robots by Chris Lloyd

Solo Project > Visual Essay

• Don’t be a bully, loser by Emanuele Colombo
• The Myth of Responsibility by Joe Bichard

Sound

Music Composition for Animation

• Imaginary Friends Society – ‘Feeling Sad’ by Ambrose Yu
• OFFF London Titles 2017 by Zelig Sound
• Oslo – A Nike typeface by Babusjka
• Waso Shiseido ‘All things beautiful come from nature’ by Banjo Soundscapes

Sound Design for Animation

• Adult Swim Rick and Morty TV Bumpers by Ambrose Yu
• Gifathon Tokyo by David Kamp

Student

Group Project

• BAU és BAU by Marc Blanch, Albert Freixas, Lucca Geuna, Laura Subirats
• Beginnings : a journey through space and time by Ester Rossi
• Contact by Katy Wang
• Deuspi by MegaComputer: Léo Brunel, Quentin Camus, Camille Jalabert, Oscar Malet, Corentin Yvergniaux
• Dreaming by Wei-Shen Wang
• Meema by Samantha Arman
• Unstoppable by Kevin Lam, Justin Leung, Kimberly Ong
• Victoria by Marcos Pastrana, Ignacio Lucena, Enrico Varagnolo, Felipe Restrepo
• What Now? By Sabrina Woolhiser

Solo Project

• A New Narrative by Martin Schrammel
• Adult Swim IDs by Hannah Segraves
• An Introduction to Climate Change by Taylor Cox
• Home by Abigail Kim
• Invictus by Omid Seraj
• Light by Young G. Woo
• Motion Makes a Masochist by Dev
• Ra’na’s Story by Grace Raddenbach
• The Stranger Titles by Steve Biggert
• Tough by Jennifer Zheng

Style Frames

• Airbnb Spot by Madison Ellis
• Canine Carnival by Whitney Lam
• Dream by Sofie Lee
• Journey by Zehan Sheng
• Revolution (Know Yourself) by Sunny B. Yazdani
• Made for More by Yoojin Seol
• One One Nine by Whitney Lam
• Revolution by Veronica Von Rathonyi
• The Lost Battalion by Seth Deter

TV/Streaming

ID Campaign

• 2017 Nick Holiday Packaging by Aardman / Nathan Love, NYC
• Ten by Binalogue

Network Branding

• 2017 Nick Refresh by Superestudio
• La Liga TV by Diestro
• MTV International Global Rebrand by Trollbäck+Company

Promo

• Calle 13 – Serial Thriller Promo by Binalogue
• The Americans “Paper Trail” by Block & Tackle

Show Graphics

• Early winner will be announced May 2nd, 2018

Sports/News Graphics

• NFL GameDay by Trollbäck+Company
• VICE News Graphics by VICE News

Title Sequence

• Anne with an E Main Title by Imaginary Forces
• Godless by Method Studios
• Netflix The Punisher by Elastic

Visual Essay

Commercial

• Bitcoin: What’s Coming in the Year Ahead? by Bloomberg
• Conan O’Brien – The White Stripes by Moth Studio
• F#ck you Period by Vladimir Marchukov/Officer&Gentleman
• Mailchimp – Google Ads by Giant Ant
• Mailchimp – Facebook Ads by Giant Ant
• North Korea by VICE News
• Pronounce 3000 by Yeah Haus
• The Worst Marathon Ever by Great Big Story
• Two Fresh Explainer – ‘How Explainer Videos Help Your Business’ by Two Fresh Creative
• Uber and Waymo by VICE News

Social Good

• Dear Europe by Erica Gorochow
• Desiring God: Keep Looking by Jorge R. Canedo E.
• Imaginary Friend Society ‘Finding Out You Have Cancer’ by Giant Ant
• Imaginary Friend Society ‘Losing Your Hair’ by The Mill
• Lullaby Theories: A Secret Message by Coat of Arms
• Roca Young Mothers by Planet Nutshell
• Spotify – Pride Stories by Giant Ant
• Together Project by Tendril Design + Animation
• Waiting by FormPlayStudio
• What’s an MRI? By Roof Studio