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Ann Awards 2024 witnessed remarkable participation: Here’s the full list of winners

AnimationXpress Team

The Ann Awards 2024 brought together the entire Indian animation industry for a spectacular celebration of artistry, innovation, and peer recognition, ending on a high note.

The fifth edition of the Animation & More (AM) Summit, held on 3 and 4 September 2024 at NESCO, Mumbai, culminated in a grand gala with the prestigious Ann Awards on the second day of the conference. The event honoured excellence in animation, shining a spotlight on the brilliant creative minds shaping the industry.

As India’s premier animation awards, the Ann Awards continues to raise the bar, serving as a vital platform for recognising outstanding talent and elevating the animation industry.

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AnimationXpress had instituted two special “In Memoriam” awards to pay tribute to the industry stalwarts. The first is the Ram Mohan Award for Excellence in Animation, introduced in 2022, in collaboration with Graphiti Multimedia, to honour the late Padma Shri Ram Mohan, widely regarded as the father of Indian animation. The second, the Arnab Chaudhuri Director’s Award, was introduced in 2021 to commemorate the late Arnab Chaudhuri, a visionary who placed Indian animation on the global map.

Continuing the tradition, like previous editions, this year, Graphiti Multimedia COO & co-founder Munjal Shroff, AVGC-XR Forum – FICCI chairman & Punnaryug Artvision Ashish Kulkarni and AnimationXpress founder, chairman & editor-in-chief Anil NM Wanvari felicitated Nina Sabnani with Ram Mohan Award For Excellence for her significant contributions to the Indian animation industry. 

The Arnab Chaudhuri Director’s Awards has two subcategories – the first one was ‘The Arnab Chaudhuri Animation ACE Award’ for directors and professionals who are making their mark with their brilliant boundary-pushing work that has its own unique creative voice. The winner of this category was Shaheen Sheriff who received a cash prize of Rs 50,000 jointly contributed by Ashima Avasthi, Vaibhav Kumaresh, and Animation Xpress. Along with the cash prize, he also got the licence of TVPaint Animation 12 Professional which is worth 1.5 lakh rupees.

In the second category “The Arnab Chaudhuri Young Ace Award,” Kartik Mahajan emerged as the winner. Mahajan is a recent graduate of the National Institute of Design, Madhya Pradesh (NID MP). He was awarded a cash prize of Rs 30,000 along with a tablet from Huion.

Winners of Ann Awards 2024

Here’s the complete list of the nominees and the winners of Ann Awards 2024:

DIGITAL & OTT

Best Animated Digital Series – 2D

Best Animated Digital Series – 3D 

Best Use of Animation in a Music Video

Best 3D Content Acquired

Pre-School

Best Animated Short Film

Best Animated Full-Length Feature Film

LICENSING AND MERCHANDISING

Best Licensed Animated Series Programme

Best Use of Leveraging a Character for Brand Marketing

Best Animated Character Merchandise

Best Animated Series Merchandise

MEDIA ADVERTISING AND MARKETING

Best Digital Campaign for an Animated Series

Best Channel Packaging

Best Brand Collaboration

Best Experiential Marketing

Best Innovative Campaign

Best Promo

Best Use of Animated Character in a Brand TVC

Best Animated Brand Film

PROGRAMMING

Best 2D Animated Series

Best 3D Animated Series

Best Preschool Show

Best Live Action Kids

Best Animated Full-length Feature Film

SOCIAL MEDIA

Best Reel with the use of Animation

Best Social Media presence by an Animation platform/ studio

Best social media content – Animated

SHORT FILM

Best Student 2D film

Best Student 3D Film

TECHNOLOGY

Best Software used in animation

Best use of AI

ICONS AWARD

For the first time, AnimationXpress and Women in Cloud introduced the ICONS Award for “Outstanding achievement in animation by a woman.” With Icons Awards, AnimationXpress and Women in Cloud aim to recognise and honour the achievements of women in animation, celebrating their creativity, leadership, and impact in the industry.

PARTNERS/SERVICE

Best Title Song

Best Preschool show

Best Character Design

Best Animated Digital Series

Best animated series

Best animated TVC

Best Animated Full length Feature Film

Best Storyboard artist

Best Concept artist

Best Lightning artist

Best Producer

Best Art director

Best Animator – Male

Best Animator – Female

Best Partnered Animation Work

TECHNICAL

Best Title Song

Best Storyboard artist

Best Screenplay writer

Best Dialogue writer

Best Production Coordinator

Best Modeller

Best Music Composer

Best Background designer (Pre-production)

Best Producer

Best Animator – Male

Best Director of an animated film

LIVE ACTION FOR KIDS
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
SPECIAL AWARDS

Best use of animation in a public service message

Best Syndicated Content

India’s most loved animated character

Popular Character (Global)

Best Indian cinema-inspired animated IP

Best Showrunner

Young Animator of the Year

Personality of the year

Contribution to the Animation industry

Best Indie Studio

Studio of the Year

The AM Summit and Ann Awards 2024 proudly partnered with AMD as the knowledge partner and were co-powered by Hungama, 88 Pictures, and ElevenLabs. Maxon served as the networking partner, while the associate partners included Autodesk and Zebu Animation Studios. PowerKids Entertainment was the lanyard and badges partner. The event was further supported by country partners JETRO and MDEC, along with Kerala IT and the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (CDIT) as the state partners.

Industry partners included Huion, Micro Star International (MSI), Reliance Animation, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Rhymes, Wackytoon Studio, Women in Cloud, TVPaint, Tron School of Animation, and XP-Pen. Bright Outdoor Media served as the outdoor partner, with Asifa India as the community partner, MESC (Media and Entertainment Skills Council) as the skill partner, and DigiCon6 Asia as the festival partner. The event execution was handled by ITV 2.0.

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