Australian Effects & Animation Festival

Annual festival and awards ceremony

The Australian Effects & Animation Festival (AEAF) is an annual international festival of visual effects (VFX), animation games and immersive media. The event, which includes an awards ceremony known as the AEAF Awards, a program of speakers, and technology showcase, is streamed live.^[1] The inaugural event was in 2000.^[2]

Awards

The AEAF Awards are given in a ceremony held in Sydney, New South Wales. There is no charge for entry to the competition.^[3]^[4] As of 2022^[update], gold, silver and bronze awards are given in the following categories:^[3]

Commercials, animation
Commercials, VFX
Feature films, animation
Feature Films, VFX
Web Viral
Titles & Openers for TV and Feature Film
Idents
Short film
TV series and TV series children
Music video
TV student
Games cinematics
Education & infographics
Live event
Augmented reality
VR360
VR Experience

Special Merit Awards may be given "to works of outstanding merit that push the boundaries of visual artistry and introduce new techniques".^[3]

2019

In 2019, the awards ceremony was held at the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington.^[5]

2021

Winners included:^[6]

Godzilla vs. Kong, Weta Digital, Gold, for Feature Film – VFX
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Framestore, Gold, for Feature Film – Sequence
His Dark Materials Series 2, Framestore Gold, for TV Series

References

^ "About". AEAF. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ "Sticky Pictures animation wins Gold at Australian Effects & Animation Festival". Mediaweek. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Entry Form". AEAF. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ "AEAF Awards, Winners, AEAF Nominees, Date, Location". Aussie Digest. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ Tamayao, Clarisse (21 August 2019). "Melbourne VR Activation wins Silver at AEAF 2019". Chaos Theory. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
^ "AEAF Awards 2021 Winners announced". AnimationXpress. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.