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Prize List
ESMA ranked 8th best animation school in the world by Animation Career Review 2022.
ESMA’s films have been selected for over 200 international festivals each year. Our students’ work has been rewarded with many prizes, including the “Best Student Project” award at SIGGRAPH for the film Je suis un Caillou, the “Film of the Year – 3D animation” award by The Rookies for the film Œil pour Œil, the “Best Art Director Award” for the film La Source des Montagnes at the Animayo! festival, and many others!
You can find a part of the list of winners below.
Two award-winning films at PanamAnim 2020
Two films were awarded at the PanamAnim Festival – France :
- Pour une poignée de caramels : 1st prize
- Œil pour Œil : 3rd prize
Double prize at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival
The film Œil pour Œil was awarded twice at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival – Japan
- The Children Short Award (Silver)
- The Best Non Dialogue Short
Two award-winning films at the MovieValley International Film Festival
Two films won awards at the MovieValley Film Festival – Italia :
- Avec le Do de la Cuillère won the Best Animation Award
- Pour une Poignée de Caramels which won a special mention for Best Set Design
Two award-winning films at Spark Animation Vancouver
Two films won awards at the Spark Animation Festival in Vancouver – Canada :
Happy Easter
When the chickens have teeth
They won the “Special Mention, Comedy, Student Shorts” award.
Special mention
The film Monkey Symphony received an honourable mention “2020 Audience Award for Best Family Short Film” at the Gold Coast International Film Festival – New York
Venus of Badalona” Prize
The film Avec le Do de la Cuillère won the “Venus of Badalona” award for the best original music.
Best Animation 2020″ Award
Œil pour Œil won “Best Animation 2020” at the Kingston Film Festival – canada
“Children’s Jury Award”
The film Œil pour Œil won the Children’s Jury Award at the Encounters Film Festival – England
The film Œil pour Œil won the “Best Kids” award at the 19th edition of the Fantoche festival in Switzerland.
« Poulain Noir d’Argent » award
The film Œil pour Œil won the « Poulain Noir d’Argent » award for « Mon Premier Fantasia » at the Montreal Fantasia festival.
Two award-winning films at FESTinha
Two films were awarded at the FESTinha festival, Portugal :
Œil pour Œil which wins the FESTinha Sub 10 award
Une lanterne dans la nuit that wins the FESTinha sub 12
These awards, at the festival level, mean that these two short films are considered the best in their respective categories!
Creativity Award
The film Œil pour Œil won the “Creativity Award” at the Chaniartoon Festival, Greece.
