AEAF Awards 2019 Winners and Finalists

Feature Film VFX

Avengers: Endgame - Weta Digital - GOLD

Alita: Battle Angel - Weta Digital - SILVER

Godzilla: King of the Monsters - MPC Film - BRONZE

Dumbo bubble sequence  - Rising Sun Pictures - SPECIAL MERIT

Mortal Engines - Weta Digital - SPECIAL MERIT

I Am Mother - Fin Design and Effects - SPECIAL MERIT

Aquaman - Method Studios - SPECIAL MERIT

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Rodeo FX Inc - SPECIAL MERIT

Captain Marvel - Rising Sun Pictures 
X-Men: Dark Phoenix - Cerebro sequence - Rising Sun Pictures 
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms - MPC Film
Dumbo - MPC Film
Ready Player One (GFX) - Territory Studio
The Favourite - SSVFX
We Have Always Lived in the Castle - SSVFX
Animal World - Fin Design and Effects
John Wick Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Method Studios
Outlaw King - Method Studios
Sicario: Day of the Soldado - Rodeo FX Inc
Wounds - Goodbye Kansas Studios

Commercials VFX

Alt.vfx scored Bronze for ‘Gatorade’ in Commercials VFX, and Special Merit awards for ‘Asahi’ and ‘Woolmark’.

Hennessy - The Seven Worlds - GOLD

John Lewis – The Boy and the Piano - MPC - SILVER

Gatorade - Alt.vfx - BRONZE

OPPO - Fin Design and Effects - SPECIAL MERIT

Asahi - Alt.vfx - SPECIAL MERIT

Apple - Unleash - MPC - SPECIAL MERIT

Woolmark - Alt.vfx - SPECIAL MERIT

Wizard – Toyota - Framestore - SPECIAL MERIT

A Report of Connected Events - The Panics - SPECIAL MERIT

Red Bull, Charge Ahead into Your Dream - Smoke & Mirrors, Bangkok- SPECIAL MERIT

IMAX Infinite Worlds - JAMM
Toyota Prado ‘Bird’ - BlackGinger Studio 
Pay ID - Fin Design and Effects
Bank of Melbourne - Alt.vfx
Budget Direct - Alt.vfx
Commbank - Alt.vfx
Darrell Lee - Alt.vfx
Schweppes - Alt.vfx
Toyota – For The Bold - Alt.vfx
Dr Pepper Cherriot - Alt.vfx
ABEJA - Juice
MITSUBISHI -Yi – Concept Car - Juice
BMW - Legend - MPC
Tiffany & Co. - Believe in Dreams: A Tiffany Holiday - MPC
Starburst Duos – Two-Thing Things - MPC
Paco Rabanne - MPC
IKEA Ghosts - MPC
Halifax - MPC
easyJet - MPC
PMU Equipe - MPC
Universal Harry Potter - MPC
Wutong Emerging Industrial Cluster - Dans Digital
NDU Tianjin Dredging - Dans Digital
Bessoft Pirates - BlackGinger Studio 
Mitsubishi - Nothing frightens a Triton - New Holland Creative 
ARAG - Goodbye Kansas Studios
Volvo E.V.A - Goodbye Kansas Studios
IKEA - The Night Club - Framestore
Starlink: Battle For Atlas - Framestore
McDonald’s #ReindeerReady - Framestore
Money Supermarket - Clouds - Framestore
Times & Sunday Times – Politics.Tamed - Framestore
Afterlife - Blackbird
Frank - Blackbird

Commercials Animation

Purdey’s Hummingbird - Framestore - GOLD

Dancing On Ice - Polar Bear & Squirrel - FABLEfx - SILVER

McDonalds #Reindeerready - Framestore - BRONZE

Christmas Doesn’t Need Much. Only Love - Glassworks Amsterdam - SPECIAL MERIT

Tag Heuer X Alec Monopoly - Rodeo FX - SPECIAL MERIT

Erste Group ‘First Christmas’ - Passion Animation Studios - SPECIAL MERIT

Starlink: Battle For Atlas - Framestore - SPECIAL MERIT

Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 - The Sequence Group - SPECIAL MERIT

easyJet – Imagine - MPC - SPECIAL MERIT

Health Star Rating - Cadre Pictures
reMarkable - Get Your Brain Back - Mighty Nice
Right on Tracks - Nexus Studios
LEGO -  This is not a brick - Outpost
The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page’s ‘59 Telecaster - Nexus Studios
#TakeOnHistory - Nexus Studios
Ministry of Sound: Trance Nation - Jumbla
T5 · Wildest Dreams - Dans Digital
Discovery Shark Week Crest - 2C Creative
Yuxin Building - Dans Digital
Warlords of Aternum - Goodbye Kansas Studios
ARAG - Commercial Animation - Goodbye Kansas Studios
RGC – Dining Room Derby - IAMSTATIC
Greenpeace ‘There’s a Rang-Tan in my Bedroom’ - Passion Animation Studios
Funding Circle - Framestore
Halifax – Make It Happen - MPC
IKEA Ghosts - MPC
John Lewis – The Boy and The Piano - MPC
Starburst - Turaffe - MPC
Hidden Helpers - Blackbird
YellaWood Control Room - Framestore
Mortal Kombat 11 - Plastic Wax
Oculus Marvel Powers United VR Launch - Plastic Wax

Augmented Reality

Vandal won Gold awards for their Lunar New Year 2019 project in Augmented Reality and Badu Gili in Education & Infographics, plus a Silver award in Idens & Stings for the SBS Rebrand.

World Square Lunar New Year 2019 in Augmented Reality - Vandal - GOLD

Xploro - UTS Animal Logic Academy - SILVER

4Dx Mixed Reality Hologram - Colour Andre - BRONZE

GOT The Dead Must Die - Framestore - SPECIAL MERIT

UTS Animal Logic Academy won the Silver award in Augmented Reality for ‘Xploro’ and Gold for ‘The Colour Thief’ in the Student category.

NISSAN HAWKS - Optomist
World Square Cherry Blossom Festival - Vandal
Avalon Airshow Interactive Domes - Spinifex Group

Education & Infographics

The GM Holden Design team earned Silver for their ZB Commodore Launch Animation in Education & Infographics.

Badu Gili 2018 - Vandal - GOLD

ZB Commodore Launch Animation - GM (Holden) Design - SILVER

DHHS Extreme Heat - Jumbla - BRONZE

Jumbla took home a Bronze award for DHHS Extreme Heat in Education & Inforgraphics.

Apollo 11 Lunar Landing - Chronica Creative
Share the Path - Fluffy Cloud Media
Holden Time Attack Concept - GM (Holden) Design
Chilwell Munitions Factory No.6 - Latchkey
Mandela My Life - Rivonia Trial / Early Years - picturedrift
Loki  - Cryptocurrency - Explainer - Yes Captain
Uni of Melbourne - Camilla’s Story - Yes Captain
Lighthouse Foundation / Roof Story & Shoe Story - Studio Pancho
Capturing Nature - Studio Hackett

Event Openers

Scott Gerson from Substance won the Gold award in Event Openers for TEDx Sydney 2019: Legacy.

TEDx Sydney 2019: Legacy - Substance - GOLD

A New Hope - Pause Fest - SILVER

Australian International Animation Festival 2019 - Title Sequence - See Gee Studio - BRONZE

See Gee Studios are the Bronze award winners for Event Openers with their Australian International Animation Festival 2019 motion graphics.

AGDA Design Awards Opener - Interweave Group
Nodefest: Explore, Connect, Create- Substance

Game Trailers

The team from Plastic Wax picked up a Silver award for their Mortal Kombat 11 Announce Trailer in the Game Trailers category.

Cyberpunk 2077 - Goodbye Kansas Studios - GOLD

Mortal Kombat 11 - Announce Trailer - Plastic Wax - SILVER

Blade & Soul 2 - 4th Creative Party - BRONZE

Hundred Soul - 4th Creative Party
Wrath of RA - BlackGinger Studio 
Gods Unchained - Fin Design and Effects
Game of Thrones - RealtimeUK
Overkill’s The Walking Dead - Launch Trailer - Goodbye Kansas Studios
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm - Plastic Wax
Sol Raiders - The Sequence Group

Idents & Stings Broadcast

The ‘Atomic Monster’ stop motion project earned Poke the Bear a Bronze award in Idents & Stings.

HBO Asia - Tapestry -Game of Thrones pre launch promo - Mirari&Co - GOLD

SBS - Vandal - SILVER

Atomic Monster - Poke The Bear - BRONZE

HBO Christmas ID - Game of Thrones - Mirari&Co 
Kabam - The Sequence Group
NRL - Optomist

Live Event Installations & Projections

Spinifex Group won Bronze in the Live Event category for the Under the Harbour projection on the Customs House at Vivid Sydney 2019.

Austral Flora Ballet - Vivid 2019 - BEMO - GOLD

Dreamed Japan - Images of the Floating World - Danny Rose Studio - SILVER

Vivid Sydney 2019 Customs House - Under the Harbour - Spinifex Group - BRONZE

Danny Rose Studio collected the Silver award for ‘Dreamed Japan - Images of the Floating World’ in Live Event Installations & Projections.


Reflections - Interactive-generative installation at the Guangzhou International Light Festival - Danny Rose Studio
Lighthouse of Time - Light Art Installation on Singapore ArtScience Museum for i Light Singapore - Bicentennial Edition - Danny Rose Studio
Sofles - Optomist
Chinese New Year - Pigs - Paper Moose 
Vivid Sydney MCA - Let Me Down - Spinifex Group
Enlighten Canberra - Questacon projection mapping - The Electric Canvas
The Galeries Light Arc - Vandal
100 Creek Street - Vandal
Aura - Accolade Event Management and Ample Projects

Music Video

Universal Music earned Bronze in Music Video for ‘King of Time’.

Travis Scott ft Drake - Sicko Mode - MOD - GOLD

Phoenix ‘Role Model’ - Cadre Pictures - SILVER

King of Time - Universal Music - BRONZE

Newhaven - Don’t Waste It - Its Got Stealth
Travis Scott - Stop Trying to be God - Rodeo FX

Short Film

Spring - Blender Animation Studio - GOLD

Black Earth Rising - Studio AKA - SILVER

Jack of All Trades in The Electrician - Cirkus - BRONZE

1 Metre/Heure - Autour de Minuit
Words Left Unwritten - Chello Agency
Rebirth - Juice
Accents - Kapwa Studioworks
Kajo - Pause Fest

Student

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Charlotte McCarthy earned Silver for her animation ‘The Butterfly and the Wolf’ in the Student category.

The Colour Thief - UTS Animal Logic Academy - GOLD

The Butterfly and The Wolf - Charlotte McCarthy - SILVER

Off Track - Tayla Colley - BRONZE

The Pigs of Climate Change - Caroline North AIT
Buzzy Business - JMC Academy
The Creative Toll: The Animation - Scorched Pegasus Productions AIT
Hell Closes At Nine - The Alchemists AIT
Portia & the Peas - Riley Nicholls
HackyJack - Joel Surdich AIT
Xploro - UTS Animal Logic Academy

Titles/Openers - Feature Film 

New Holland Creative took home the Bronze award for the ‘I Am Mother’ title sequence in Titles/Openers - Feature Film. 

The Radicals - Conlan Normington - GOLD

Dogs Die Alone - Its Got Stealth - SILVER

I Am Mother - New Holland Creative - BRONZE

Upgrade - Substance


Titles/Openers - TV

LEGO Masters Australia earned Gold for MISTER in the Titles/Openers - TV category.

LEGO Masters Australia -  MISTER - GOLD

Tijuana - Kapwa Studioworks - SILVER

Cardinal Season 3 - The Sequence Group - BRONZE

‘Tidelands’ Opening Titles - Cutting Edge
‘Harrow’ Season 2 Title Sequence - Cutting Edge
The Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  - Flying Bark Productions
Clique - Jumbla
End of Empires - Vandal

TV Series

Game of Thrones Season 8 - Weta Digital - GOLD

The Twilight Zone - The Embassy - SILVER

The Umbrella Academy - Weta Digital - BRONZE

TV Series Children

Spongo, Fuzz & Jalapeña - Cheeky Little - GOLD

Kiri and Lou - Kiri and Lou - SILVER

The Bureau of  Magical Things - Jonathan M Shiff Productions & tedFX - BRONZE

The DEEP - The Unicorn - A Stark Production 
Best Furry Friends - Armchair Productions
Imagine This - Studio Hackett
Disney: The Book of Once Upon A Time Season 4. Episode 7 “Cars” - Paper Moose
A Town Called Panic - The County Fair - Autour de Minuit

VR Experience

Traffik with Chaos Theory Games earned a Bronze award for their Winter Wayfinder VR Experience.

Back To The Moon - Nexus Studios - GOLD

Winter Wayfinder - Traffik + Chaos Theory Games - SILVER

Cadbury Virtual Reality sleigh tour - Red Cartel - BRONZE

Coding Mind-Body Dualism - Green Gravel
Optus Bar VR - Red Cartel
Lifespace - Spinifex Group
Guardians of the Kingdom - Spinifex Group

VR Experience Interactive

Red Cartel won Silver for Nascar Shell V Power and Bronze for Simosity Epidemic in VR Experience Interactive, plus a Bronze award for Cadbury Virtual Reality sleigh tour in VR Experience.

Cadbury Virtual Reality sleigh tour - Red Cartel - BRONZE

Curfew: Join the Race - REWIND - GOLD

Nascar - Shell V Power - Red Cartel - SILVER

Simosity Epidemic - Red Cartel - BRONZE

GOT Beyond the Wall - Framestore
Qantas Freight Virtual Reality experience - Red Cartel
Alcon - Pan Optix Toric - Elara Systems

Web/Viral

Rotor Studios took home the Gold and Silver awards in Web/Viral for their Toyota Corolla projects ‘A Sense of Gravity’ and ‘The 12th’.

Toyota Corolla - A Sense of Gravity - Rotor Studios - GOLD

Toyota Corolla - The 12th - Rotor Studios - SILVER

Neutrogena - Hydro Boost - MISTER - BRONZE

Animal Sound Safari - ABC
Lucy’s Story - Jumbla
Sonos - MISTER
King Living - MISTER
Palace Tokyo / PaLAce / Palace x Ralph Lauren / Palace Court Date - MPC
Recyclin’s - Paper Moose 
NIO ES6 Reveal - Rotor Studios

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