Recent Animation student and alumni accolades

Animation students and alumni who have had recent success on the film festival scene include the following.

Aristofanis Soulikias’s Last Dance on the Main was met with acclaim at various screenings:   

• TIFF, Canada's Top Ten – Toronto, Canada – 9 January 2015
• Blue Sky International Animation Festival – Wooster, Ohio, USA – 2 February 2015
• TIFF, Canada's Top Ten screened at Centre Phi – Montreal, Canada – 19 February 2015
• Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois – Montreal, Canada – 22 February 2015
• Richmond International Film Festival – Richmond, Virginia, USA – 26 February 2015
• American Documentary Film Festival – Palm Springs, California, USA – 27 March 2015
• Athens Animfest – Athens, Greece – 28 March 2015
• Animaze – MIAFF – Montreal, Canada – 18 April 2015
• 5th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival – New Delhi, India - 30 April 2015
• Global Visions – Edmonton, Canada – 18 May 2015
• Animation Day at the Cannes Film Festival – Cannes, France – 18 May 2015
• Accolade Global Film Competition – La Jolla CA – June 2015 – Award of Merit: Special Mention
• The Cinema Monster Festival – Huntingdon PA – 2-4 June 2015
• AnnecyOff – Annecy, France – 18 June 2015
• FEST: New Directors, New Films Festival – Espinho Portugal – 26 June 2015
• In The Palace International Short Film Festival – Balchik, Bulgaria – 27 June- 4 July 2015
• Planet Connections Film Festival – New York, USA – 2 July 2015
• Madrid International Film Festival – Madrid, Spain – 9 July 2015
• Fantasia – Montreal, Canada – 2 August 2015
• Architektur.Film.Sommer – Vienna, Austria – 14 August 2015
• Festival Zone Homa, Station No.1: Soirée de Courts Métrages – Montreal, Canada – 21 August 2015
• Middlebury New Filmmakers Film Festival – Middlebury, Vermont – 29 August 2015
• Cannes Short Film Festival – Nice, France – 3 September 2015 – winning Best Animation Award
• Lund International Architecture Film Festival – Lund, Sweden – 10 September 2015
• DocuWest International Film Festival – Denver, Colorado – 11 September 2015
• Arquitecturas Film Festival Lisbon – Lisbon, Portugal – 1-4 October 2015
• The World of Film International Festival – Glasgow, UK – 4 October 2015
• Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands – 8-11 October 2015
• Sunrise Film Festival – Nova Scotia, Canada – 8-11 October 2015
• International Short Film Festival of Cyprus – 17-23 October 2015
• Kansas International Film Festival – 6-12 November 2015

Myriam Obin’s Éloise, Little Dreamer won several awards:

• Visual art competition #Polskafree25, Poland
• Best animated film from New York City International Film Festival, USA
• Children’s animation from Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA
• Best experimental film from Cinema Monster Film Festival, USA
• Best student’s animated film from Mosaic film festival, USA

Yoshino Aoki’s Unordinary journey in an ordinary day was screened at:

• Animac Mostra Internacional de Cinema d'Animacio de Catalunya, 2015

• CINI – International Children Film Festival, Lima, Peru, 2015

• MONSTRA-Festival de Animacao de Lisboa, Portgal, 2015

• A Solta Tour -Monstra,  Porto, Portalegre, Coimbra, Santarem, Ponta Delgada, Gouveia, Portgal, 2015 March - July
Athens Animfest, Athens, Greece, 2015

• International Animation Film Festival Golden Kuker-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2015

• Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY, 2015

• Neum Animation Film Festival, Neum, Bosnia, 2015

• DCShorts Film Festival, Washington, DC, U.S., 2015.
• The film also won several awards: Prague Scientific and Technological Society Awards, 2014; International Student Film Festival, Pisek, Czech; Special Mention Award 2014, Montreal World Film Festival, Category:  Student / Animation; Applied Art Student Award 2014, Applied Arts Magazine Category: Student / Animation; Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2014 – Semifinalist; Adobe, Category: Animation, 2014; Best Animation Award 2015; Living Skies Film Festival, Regina, Canada.

Emily Faulkner’s Step:

• Received an Award of Recognition from The Accolade Global Film Competition in the category of Film Short (Student)
• Screened at The Walthamstow International Film Festival on June 7th in London, England

Daniel Altman’s HeadStrong and Trapped in the Womb were part of the following festivals:

• TAIS Animation Showcase 2015; PAF Festival of Film Animation Olomouc 2014; Czech Republic -Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation- Official Selection for PANORAMA ÉTUDIANT QUEBEC+CANADA 2015; Ottawa International Animation Festival 2013; Mostra Internacional de Animação Intercâmbios 2013, Brazil 

Alisi Telengut’s The Backyard, Tears of Inge and Tengri were screened widely:

• The Backyard was screened at the following festivals: Festival Chromatic at Cité de la mode et du design, Paris, France; Nuit blanche - Montréal en Lumière (with collaboration of Métrovision and MASSIVart); Montreal STM Metro screens, Montreal, Canada
• Tears of Inge was screened at:
Tracce Cinematographiche Film Fest
“Portico" of Forte Sangallo, Nettuno, Rome, Italy; Florida Film Festival, International Animation category
Maitland, Orlando, Florida; BIOBIOCINE Festival Internacional de Cine de Concepción Exhibition in Showroom, Concepción, Chile;  The 21st Slamdance Film Festival, Animation Shorts Program
Park City, Utah; the 10th Children Film Festival Seattle, Fabulous Fables program;  Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, USA
• Tengri was screened at Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (RVCQ); Programme au féminin
Cinémathèque québécoise, Montreal, Canada