11th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase AWARD WINNERS

Toronto Animated Image Society is thrilled to announce the award winners from the 11th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase for the TAIS Showcase Jury Awards – Grand Prize and Best Anijam, and the Audience Awards for Best Short Film and Best Anijam.

ON SATURDAY, JULY 29th, TAIS announced the award recipients for the 11th annual TAIS Animation Showcase from a programme featuring 20 short animated films, and 20 Anijams (10-second long micro animations).

The finalists and Anijams were adjudicated by a Guest Jury comprised of Michael Fukushima, Adrienne Crossman, and Nicolas Sassoon. The large audience who gathered for the screening (our biggest ever) also selected the winners for two Audience Awards.

CONGRATULATIONS

WINNER – JURY AWARD – GRAND PRIZE – BEST SHORT

Hi, It’s Your Mother
Daniel Sterlin-Altman
Toronto, Canada, 4:53, 2016, stop motion, narrative

HONOURABLE MENTION – JURY AWARD – BEST SHORT

Jenny in the Self-Checkout Line
Nick Fox-Gieg
Toronto, Canada, 2:10, 2017, drawn frame-by-frame with a Vive controller, narrative

HONOURABLE MENTION – JURY AWARD – BEST SHORT

Nutag-Homeland
Alisi Telengut
Montreal, Canada, 6:00, 2016, hand-painted, non-narrative

CONGRATULATIONS

WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST SHORT

DEATH VAN
Michael Enzbrunner
Toronto, Canada, 5:32, 2017, 3D animation, narrative

HONOURABLE MENTION – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST SHORT

Cococo
Julian Gallese
Costa Rica, 7:06, 2017, hand drawn, narrative

CONGRATULATIONS

WINNER – JURY AWARD – BEST ANIJAM

BLINK BLINK

Amanda Low

Toronto, Canada, 2017

HONOURABLE MENTIONS – JURY AWARD – BEST ANIJAM

B.E.S.T.
Nik Dudukovic
Toronto, Canada, 2017

HONOURABLE MENTIONS – JURY AWARD – BEST ANIJAM

tfw you scare yourself
Jasmeet Sidhu
Toronto, Canada, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS

WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST ANIJAM

B.E.S.T.
Nik Dudukovic
Toronto, Canada, 2017

HONOURABLE MENTION – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST ANIJAM

The Tooth Fairy
Jennifer Linton
Toronto, Canada, 2017

Official Trailer – 11th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase from TAIS on Vimeo.

2017 TAIS Anijam: BIG EYES Sharp Teeth Edition from TAIS on Vimeo.

Anijams by

(in order of appearance):

Timothy Frinzi, USA

Mike Robbyns, Toronto

Carolyn Tripp, Toronto

Kimberly Sanderson, Peterborough

Elizabeth Littlejohn, Toronto

Jennifer Linton, Toronto

Paul Scott, Toronto

Nik Dudukovic, Toronto

Amanda Low, Mississauga

Ashley Lo Russo, Toronto

Chris Jack, Toronto

Heather Frise, Toronto

Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea, Toronto *not in juried competition

Catherine Vu, Mississauga

Jasmeet Sidhu, Brampton

Christy Langer, Germany/Canada

Jianxing Mao, Mississauga

Marie Paccou, France

Edward Ramsay-Morin, USA

Nick Fox-Gieg, Toronto

The 2017 Showcase is presented with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council. Additional support is provided through the generosity of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the following partner organizations, local businesses, and supporters:

Dames Making Games
Gamma Space
Geary Lane
Swimmers Group
Above Ground Art Supplies
C Magazine
Silver Snail