Rookie Awards 2023
The 13th Annual Rookie Awards is 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 | 3D Animation
On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category winners.
Winner: Maronii
by Floreargentieri, dimitriallonneau, lucasplata, and mainguyen
In a creek in French Guiana, a small fish is excluded by his fellow fish. Alone, he goes on an adventure between meanders and rapids. Directed by Dimitri Allonneau, Flore Argentieri, Hugo Courtel, Maxime Guitet, Guilian Matuszczak, Ngoc Mai Nguyen, Lucas Plata.
Runner Up: Swing to the Moon - ESMA
by ElisaDrique and vincentlevrero
Short graduation film made during our last year at ESMA Toulouse.
Directed by Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissié, Nadine De Boer, Elisa Drique, Chloé Lauzu, Vincent Levrero and Solenne Moreau.
Music composed by Dorian Lehmann
Highly Commended: A Cookie's Adventure
by Gomarmelade, Myriam, amiconejeremie, ileana, tersigniromain, and triponneycamille
"A Cookie’s Adventure" is a student short film made during our graduation year at ESMA Nantes.
Directed by Jérémie AMICONE, Ileana BORZAN, Myriam LECOMTE , Zoé RIVERA, Margot LEMASÇON, Camille TRIPONNEY, Romain TERSIGNI and Alexis BLEUSEZ
Highly Commended: Mano - Animation Short Film 2023
by Toke
MANO - On a quiet morning near the outskirts of a Danish city, we follow two brothers as they take care of themselves and deal with challenges in their surroundings.
Highly Commended: Octopus Ninja
by donghoekim
"Octopus Ninja" is my senior thesis film. I am entirely responsible for all aspects from story creation to final rendering. Synopsis: An octopus ninja sets out on a mission to rescue his wife and kid from being served up as sashimi at a notorious sushi restaurant.
Highly Commended: Close your eyes
by AudreyDefonte and kathairo
When a little girl tries to escape her reality, she falls prey to her deepest traumas and struggles to express them.
Highly Commended: Lamentation - Cinematic Short [UE5]
![George Kee - Lamentation - Cinematic Short [UE5]](https://d3stdg5so273ei.cloudfront.net/georgekee/2023-05-19/796064/450xAUTO/baby%2Bcrocs%2Bthumbnail%2B3-georgekee-crop.jpg)
by georgekee
I made this solo short film in Unreal Engine 5 with the Path Tracer for my final university project to pay tribute to my father and his life by showing my process of grief through the lens of his iconic gold Crocs. Please enjoy!
Highly Commended: Stiff - Short film by Michael Tiedtke
by tiedtke
Just because you're stiff doesn't mean you're a stiff. This is a CG short film about an old, unsold and broken wooden mannequin living in an Arts & Craft shop in London with a dream of being a painter to express its creative mind. Although facing doubters and issues, Stiff learns how to overcome his disabilities.
Highly Commended: LETHAL
by Elenavh, GuoliangQ, LeslieRamjattan, NaomiD, Sircebe, Taumah, hugotrenoras, and vincentlarcher
A special agent breaches inside a house to eliminate a chemist working on biological weapons.
People's Choice: The Present
by Ashleigh, DeusaArtz, Ishe, JaimeBecker, JordiKaplan, ReeceFry7, Rinette, ShaunMurray, afaafh, and arowanparker
When John, a middle-aged man, can’t buy a memory for himself and his wife, they become
painfully aware of the dull nature of their reality.
Finalists
Film of the Year | 3D Animation
On behalf of the sponsors and judges, The Rookies would like to congratulate the following category finalists.
