Rookie Awards 2019
Started in 2010, this is our biggest annual contest. It's open to young creatives in visual effects, animation, games, virtual reality, motion graphics and 3d visualisation. There is simply no better way to launch your career and start sharing your amazing work online.
Round of applause for our sponsors
Winners
Film of the Year | Visual Effects
On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category winners.
Winner: DOWNFALL
by Stephen Moroz, bradleycocksedge, matiasheker, and stephenmoroz
Downfall is a live action VFX short about an astronaut who is injured after escaping from an alien planet. As he crawls from the wreckage of his capsule, he remembers the traumatic events that caused him to crash-land.
Runner Up: // ARTFX OFFICIEL // TRAIL OF LIGHT
by Fiona Villate, Yahnis Ventura, baptiste, and lucastebib
A contemplative journey throughout the steps of world's creation, inspired by an old Native Americans legend from the Pawnee tribe
Highly Commended: ZARAE
by Camille MAUPOIL, Mélanie GASTEBLE, Tanguy Girard, and seffadjsamy
ZARAE is a short film in full CG made as part of an end-of-study project at New3dge School.
For my part, I was in charge of creating the environments, lighting, rendering and compositing.
Highly Commended: JERICH0
Jericho is a VFX short film, in which a lonely robot searches for pieces to build a friend...
Produced by a team of 12 3rd year students at Escape Studios, over 12 weeks.
Highly Commended: Unknown - Short Film
by Kevin Rogovits, Laszlo Kalbache, Nicolas Plazannet, Sacha Medda, and krogovits
ArtFx // Unknown - Graduation Film 2018
Pr. John Becker et Dr. Nick Harmon, two dedicated and passionated scientists, will discover the mysteries of a cave, light years away from Earth, that is capable of supporting life.
Highly Commended: Terra Nova - Short film
by Guillaume Hoarau, geleymelanie, lemezomickael, and thomasbattistetti
ARTFX // Terra Nova - 2018 Graduation Film //
Trough the eyes of the captain Robert Falcon Scott we discover the conquest of the south pôle between the British and the Norwegians in 1910.
Directed by Thomas Battistetti, Mickael Le Mezo, Melanie Geley and Guillaume Hoarau.
People's Choice: MIRAI
by jerostique
"MIRAI" 100 years ahead in time, we can see the old garage of a mechanic where he keeps his old friend, a robot model T-LOW 91. The 4th WW Robots Agreement has been just broken, now robots and nuclear weaponry are allowed again. Robots will have to meet up for what the future may bring.
Finalists
Film of the Year | Visual Effects
On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category finalists.
