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Past Winners

Since 2015 Manchester Animation Festival has delighted in celebrating animated film making. Our yearly awards give film makers the opportunity to have their work recognised with our magnificent awards, designed and manufactured by master model makers Mackinnon and Saunders.

You can search for previous winners either by year or by category below.

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2022

Arianna Gheller for Hypno Tidoo

AWARD: IEA: Character Design
2023

Chicken for Linda

DIR: Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach
AWARD: Feature Film
2023

The Miracle

DIR: Nienke Deutz
AWARD: Short Film
2023

All Gucci My Broski

DIR: Harry Plowden
AWARD: British Short
2023

King Sausage

DIR: Mascha Halberstad
AWARD: Audience Award
2023

Rising Above

DIR: Natálie Durchánková
AWARD: Student Film
2023

Ashnikko: Worms

DIR: Raman Djafari
AWARD: Commissioned Film
2023

From The Main Square

DIR: Pedro Harres
AWARD: Immersive Film
2023

Dewmini

DIR: Siqi Song
AWARD: Childrens Film
2023

Freddie Elsom for The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe

AWARD: IEA: Character Animation
2023

Frank Cotterell-Boyce for Kensuke’s Kingdom

AWARD: IEA: Scriptwriting
2023

Kayvon Darabi-Fard for My Father’s Dragon

AWARD: IEA: Storyboarding
2023

Tom Angell for The Sound Collector

AWARD: IEA: Character Design
2022

Guia Gandi for The Adventures of Paddington

AWARD: IEA: Character Animation
2022

Estrela Lourenço for Botbots ‘Crime and Bun-ishment’

AWARD: IEA: Storyboarding
2022

Alan Denton & Greg Hahn for Botbots ‘Crime and Bun-ishment’

AWARD: IEA: Scriptwriting
2022

Ice Merchants

DIR: João Gonzalez
AWARD: Audience Award
2022

Laika & Nemo

DIR: Jan Gadermann
AWARD: Childrens Film
2022

Glimpse

DIR: Michael O’Connor and Benjamin Cleary
AWARD: Immersive Film
2022

Cold Heart

DIR: Raman Djafari
AWARD: Commissioned Film
2022

Godzalina

DIR: Lucile Paras
AWARD: Student Film
2022

Pachyderme

DIR: Stéphanie Clement
AWARD: Short Film
2022

Nayola

DIR: Jose Miguel Ribeiro
AWARD: Feature Film
2022

Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding of Lupus Films

AWARD: Fellowship Award
2021

Daniel Amar for Sunrise

AWARD: IEA: Character Design
2021

Phillip Ward for Obki

AWARD: IEA: Character Animation
2021

Graeme Young for It’s Pony

AWARD: IEA: Storyboarding
2021

Sophie Dutton for Hey Duggee: The Pet Badge

AWARD: IEA: Scriptwriting
2021

Night of The Living Dread

DIR: Ida Melum
AWARD: Audience Award
2021

Blue Curry

DIR: Magali Dunyach, Chien-Ju Hung, Jimin Jung, Vajra Pancharia and Léa Pietrzyk
AWARD: Childrens Film
2021

Save Ralph

DIR: Andy Gent
AWARD: Commissioned Film
2021

BusLine35A

DIR: Elena Felici
AWARD: Student Film
2021

Navozande, The Musician

DIR: Reza Riahi
AWARD: Short Film
2021

Flee

DIR: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
AWARD: Feature Film
2021

Jorge R. Gutiérrez & Sandra Equihua

AWARD: Fellowship Award
2020

Alison Snowden and David Fine

AWARD: Fellowship Award
2020

Ross Phillips for Hey Duggee

AWARD: IEA: Character Design
2020

Quentin Haberham for The Clangers

AWARD: IEA: Character Animation
2020

Estrela Lourenco for My Little Pony: Pony Life

AWARD: IEA: Storyboarding
2020

Adam Redfern, Jon Foster and James Lamont for Paddington Christmas Special: The Lost Letter

AWARD: IEA: Scriptwriting
2020

Shooom’s Odyssey

DIR: Julian Bisaro
AWARD: Audience Award
2020

Biplane Model Kit

DIR: Tine Kluth
AWARD: Commissioned Film
2020

Pearl Diver

DIR: Margrethe Danielsen
AWARD: Student Film
2021

The Great Malaise

DIR: Catherine LaPage
AWARD: Short Film
2019

Travel Oregon Only Slightly (More) Exaggerated

DIR: Kylie Matulick & Todd Mueller
AWARD: Audience Award
2019

Gymnasia

DIR: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
AWARD: Immersive Film
2019

Do I See What You See?

DIR: Simon Ball
AWARD: Commissioned Film
2019

Border Line

DIR: Megan Earls
AWARD: Student Film
2019

Girl in the Hallway

DIR: Valerie Barnhart
AWARD: Short Film
2019

Agnes Lecreux for Dimitri and a Fun Surprise

AWARD: IEA: Character Design
2019

Mark Nute for Bluey

AWARD: IEA: Character Animation
2019

Max Loubaresse for 101 Dalmatian Street

AWARD: IEA: Storyboarding
2019

Greg Levine for Littlest Pet Shop: Fetch the Story Stick

AWARD: IEA: Scriptwriting
2018

Leigh Hodgkinson for Olobob Top

AWARD: IEA: Character Design
2018

Fabrice Pieton for The Clangers

AWARD: IEA: Character Animation
2018

Vince James for 70 MPH Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk

AWARD: IEA: Storyboarding
2018

Daniel Postgate for The Clangers: The Block

AWARD: IEA: Scriptwriting
2018

Facing It

DIR: Sam Gainsborough
AWARD: Audience Award
2018

Back to the Moon

DIR: FX Goby & Helene LeRoux
AWARD: Immersive Film
2018

Mark of a Free Society

DIR: Robert Grieves
AWARD: Commissioned Film
2018

Travelogue Tel Aviv

DIR: Samuel Patthey
AWARD: Student Film
2018

Bloeistraat 11

DIR: Nienke Deutz
AWARD: Short Film
2018

Barry Purves

AWARD: Fellowship Award
2017

Kris Hofmann for Not Just a House

AWARD: IEA: Character Design
2017

Emma Wakley for Simon’s Cat: Fish Tank

AWARD: IEA: Character Animation
2017

Valentina Ventimiglia for Sarah & Duck: Planetarium Aquarium

AWARD: IEA: Storyboarding
2017

Francesca Adams for Digby Dragon: Star Wishes

AWARD: IEA: Scriptwriting
2017

Grandpa Walrus

DIR: Lucrèce Andreae
AWARD: Audience Award
2017

The Adult Swim Meatwad Dome

DIR: Golden Wolf
AWARD: Immersive Film
2017

The Great British Bake Off

DIR: Parabella
AWARD: Commissioned Film
2017

Cabin Pressure

DIR: Matthew Lee
AWARD: Student Film
2017

Manivald

DIR: Chintis Lundgren
AWARD: Short Film
2017

Josh Weinstein

AWARD: Fellowship Award
2016

Will Eades for SMITE: To Hell & Back

AWARD: IEA: Character Animation
2016

Mireia Serra Puig for Puffin Rock: The First Snow

AWARD: IEA: Storyboarding
2016

Mark Oswin and James Griffiths for Danger Mouse: Greenfinger

AWARD: IEA: Scriptwriting
2016

Mr Madila

DIR: Rory Waudby-Tolley
AWARD: Audience Award
2016

Vitamin X: About to Crack

DIR: IMOV Studios
AWARD: Commissioned Film
2016

Stems

DIR: Ainslie Henderson
AWARD: Short Shorts
2016

Cowboyland

DIR: David Stumpf
AWARD: Student Film
2016

Cold Coffee

DIR: Stephanie Lansaque and Francois Leroy
AWARD: Short Film
2016

Aardman Animations

AWARD: Fellowship Award
2015

MANOMAN

DIR: Simon Cartwright
AWARD: Audience Award
2015

Kung Fu Badger

DIR: Paper Panther and the transition Year class of Coláiste Eoin, Stillorgan
AWARD: Childrens Film
2015

Edmond

DIR: Nina Gantz (United Kingdom)
AWARD: Student Film
2015

Guida

DIR: Rosana Urbes (Brazil)
AWARD: Short Film
2015

Brian Cosgrove

AWARD: Fellowship Award