24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students- Results Anounced

24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students- Results Anounced

October 24th, 2022

Lauren Ashton

With 2022 being their 20th year, the 24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students once again challenges its participants to create a 30 second film based on a provided theme. They must complete this challenge in a designated 24-hour period. Teams create their projects at their school and turn in a Youtube link of their work before the deadline. The submissions are then judged by industry proffesionals. Aubry Mintz (Animation professor at Cal-State Long Beach and the creator of the 24 HOURS contest) announced the winners on a YouTube Livestream on Friday, Oct 21 at 3pm PT.

This year, there were a record number of 300 teams from 86 different schools (that’s 1500 students). Submissions came from 17 countries (Brazil, Canada, Denmark, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, The Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, the UK and the USA). The submissions were judged by a amazing panel of industry artists, including:

Angela Abeyti– Character and Prop Designer/Lead, (Nickelodeon, Titmouse, ShadowMachine, Hothouse Productions, Avalanche Films – Baby Shark’s Big Show, Bojack Horseman, Tuca and Bertie, My Momma Named me Sheriff, Chicago Party Aunt and more).

Grace Babineau– Background Painter/Color Designer (Nickelodeon, Titmouse Inc.,Cartoon Network, Bento Box Ent, and art aired on Netflix, HBOmax, Amazon)

Todd DeJong– Animator and Director (Warner Bros)

Karina Gazizova– Director (Wacky Races,) Storyboard Artist(Teen Titans GO!), Technical Director (Studio RedFrog, France)

Rebecca Kartzmark– Animator (Tangled the Series, Hilda, Mickey Mouse and
Molly McGee)

Kimmie King– Animator (Nickelodeon, Giphy Arts, BET, Ziwe Fumudoh, Rick and
Morty, Helluva Boss)

Ira Owens– Cinematographer for Sucker Punch Productions – Ghost of Tsushima

Nathan Palm– VizDev Artist and Character Designer (Dreamworks, StoopidBuddy, ShadowMachine, Bento Box – Duncanville, The Great North, Solar Opposites, Family Guy, Final Space, Paradise PD)

Ryan Stapleton– Storyboard artist (20 th Century Fox Animation, Glen Keane Productions/Netflix, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros) American Dad, Trash Truck, Inside Job, Dinotrux, Santiago of the Seas

Below is a list of the companies that sponsored the 24 HOURS 2022 contest. These generous organizations awarded 7 teams some incredible prizes and cash – coming out to a total of over $150,000. The sponsors include:

Toon Boom, ASIFA-Hollywood and ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum, Illumination, Nickelodeon, Bento Box, TAAFI, CSU Summer Arts, Wacom, TV Paint, Digicel, Animation Magazine, Huion, CTN, Taylor and Francis, X in a Box, Xencelabs, Mac Hollywood, Animation is Film, DreamWorks, Walt Disney Animation , Pixar, Sony Pictures Animation , Stuart NG Books and Legends Animated.

Mintz gives a warm thank you to the faculty of the schools that competed this year- their support for their students through an all night competition(especially on a weekend) is most appreciated. He also congratulates every one of the ambitious, hardworking students who were brave enough to face such a daunting challenge. Mintz notes that he hopes it “demonstrates to the students what can be accomplished in an incredibly compressed timeline, and ignites their work ethic and creative spark for the rest of the school year.”

Mintz continues- “For no other reason we do this to help build community through animation education– and this came in handy, especially to help get many of us through the pandemic – even if it was just for 24 hours – to find a group of people that we could create with and talk to made a difference for students around the world. As we emerge and now come together in person, I just want to say I am thankful for you and glad we are all here!”

For the Playlist of all of the films from 24 HOURS 2022, see below:

Playlist of Films 2022

See the list below are of the winning teams of the 24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students, as well as what was won:

Behind the Scenes Prize (prizes valued at $13,183)
Team: Ramsey Ratscallions
School: Middle Tennessee State University
BTS film: https://youtu.be/5xFDEMeM3sQ
– Best Behind the Scenes Toon Boom winner prize: $500 ($100 ea team member)
– Harmony Premium / 5 Storyboard Pro 1 yr license for EVERY winning team
– Animation Magazine 2-year Digital subs for each team member of all winning teams
– 5CRC Press “Ideas for the Animated Short , 2 nd Edition” for each winning team
– Full student passes to Toronto Arts and Animation Festival International (virtual or in
person) for each team member
– 5 DreamWorks art of books

Best High School (prizes valued at $14,783)
Team: Team Clam
School: Sisler High School, Manitoba, CANADA
Points: 256 (also placed 7th in entire competition!)
Film: https://youtu.be/lGNHWqTX8cU
– Nickelodeon $1500 cash prize for Best High School team ($500 ea team member)
– Harmony Premium / 5 Storyboard Pro 1 yr license for EVERY winning team
– Animation Magazine 2-year Digital subs for each team member of all winning teams
– 5 CRC Press “Ideas for the Animated Short , 2 nd Edition” for each winning team
– Full student passes to Toronto Arts and Animation Festival International (virtual or in
person) for each team member
– Nickelodeon prize pack for one winning team
– Mac Hollywood – 5 Intuos small Wacom Intuos

5th place (prizes valued at $12,933)
Team: The Goofy Funners
School: Seneca College, Ontario, CANADA
Points: 265
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNvqMaqOxVA
– 5th place Toon Boom team winner prize: $750
– 5 Harmony Premium / 5 Storyboard Pro 1 yr license for EVERY winning team
– Animation Magazine 2-year Digital subs for each team member of all winning teams
– 5 CRC Press “Ideas for the Animated Short , 2 nd Edition” for each winning team
– Full student passes to Toronto Arts and Animation Festival International (virtual or in
person) for each team member

4th place (prizes valued at $15,058)
Team: The Doodlers
School: California State University Long Beach, California, USA
Points: 268
Film: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-AeLVptCQI4
– ASIFA-Hollywood/AEF prize for 4th place winning team: $1000 ($200 ea team member)
– 5 Harmony Premium / 5 Storyboard Pro 1 yr license for EVERY winning team
– Animation Magazine 2-year Digital subs for each team member of all winning teams
– Full student passes to Toronto Arts and Animation Festival International (virtual or in
person) for each team member
– 5 CRC Press “Ideas for the Animated Short , 2 nd Edition” for each winning team
– 5 DreamWorks art of books
– Stuart NG Books – 5 x $75 gift certificates for one winning team
– Animation is Film – 5 passes for their festival Oct 21-23

3rd place (prizes valued at $20,933)
Team: Shepard90
School: Fundação Amando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil
Points: 270
Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdXaQsdkDYA
– Toon Boom cash prize: $1000 ($200 ea team member)
– 5 Harmony Premium / 5 Storyboard Pro 1 yr license for EVERY winning team
– 5x pro licenses of Digicel’s Flipbook software
– CSU Summer Arts $500 scholarships each to 5 members of the second place team
– Animation Magazine 2-year Digital subs for each team member of all winning teams
– Full student passes to Toronto Arts and Animation Festival International (virtual or in
person) for each team member
– 5 CRC Press “Ideas for the Animated Short , 2 nd Edition” for each winning team
– Pixar prize pack for each team member
– Xencelabs – 5 Small Pen Tablets for prizes

2nd place (prizes valued at $28,137)
Team: Keyframe Coffee Break
School: California State University Long Beach, California, USA
Points: 271
Film: https://youtu.be/yLHC9lBlrtk
– Bento Box cash prize for 2 nd place winning team: $1500 ($300 ea team member)
– 5 Harmony Premium / 5 Storyboard Pro 1 yr license for EVERY winning team
– CSU Summer Arts $1000 scholarships each to 5 members of the second place team
– CTNX – 5 x 3-day passes (in person or online) to CTN animation eXpo Nov 17-20, 2022
– 5 Kamvas Pro 16 – one for each team member of one team
– Animation Magazine 2-year Digital subs for each team member of all winning teams
– X in a Box – team will participate in Story Xperiential
– Animation is Film – 5 passes for their festival Oct 21-23
– 5 CRC Press “Ideas for the Animated Short , 2 nd Edition” for each winning team
– Sony Pictures Animation prize pack for the winning team
– Full student passes to Toronto Arts and Animation Festival International (virtual or in
person) for each team member

1st place (prizes valued at $36,071)
Team: BBB
School: Sheridan College, Ontario, CANADA
Points: 273
Film: https://youtu.be/aRMR9sUKqEY Illumination cash prize for 1 st place winning team: $2500 ($500 ea team member)
– $2000 scholarships to CSU Summer Arts each to 5 members of the first place team.
– 5 Harmony Premium / 5 Storyboard Pro 1 yr license for EVERY winning team
– Wacom – 5 x 16” Wacom Cintique tablets
– 5 x pro licenses of TVPaint Animation for each team member of one team
– Walt Disney Animation Studios swag and each member will be invited to participate in a
one-hour virtual “coffee chat” session with members of Walt Disney Animation Studios
Recruitment & Talent Development team.
– Walt Disney Animation Studios prize pack for every member
– 5 CRC Press “Ideas for the Animated Short , 2 nd Edition” for each winning team
– Animation Magazine 2-year Digital subs for each team member of all winning teams
– Full student passes to Toronto Arts and Animation Festival International (virtual or in
person) for each team member

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Lauren Ashton

Lauren Ashton is a Los Angeles-based writer. She has also taught stop-motion animation and film history since 2020, and holds a BFA in Acting from The California Institute of the Arts. Lauren has previously worked with Walt Disney Imagineering, and since graduating from CalArts, she has worked at Spellbound Inc. (a YouTube Production Company), Gnomon School of Animation, and written plays and sketch comedy for various theaters.