Festival
The 2012 SODAK ANIMATION FESTIVAL
is October 17-20!
2011 Awards
SDSU STUDENT ANIMATOR
Ashley Mifflin, Major: Art Education
Life in Panic
MUSIC FOR ANIMATION
Composers Dr. Aaron Ragsdale and Visual Arts Major Devanshu Narang
RED GIANT AWARD
for Motion Graphics/Animation Development by a Student
Nathan Raabe, Major: Graphic Design
STUDENT ANIMATION
GOLDEN COWBELL AWARD – Student
Defective Detective
Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis
Ringling College of Art & Design
-for “Humor and brilliant content” and “outstanding technique and facial expression”
Honorable Mentions – Student
Prayers for Peace, Dustin Grella
School of Visual Arts
-for “treatment of personal and reflective content”
Friday Night Tights, Joonki Park
UCLA
-for “treatment of 3D space”
INDEPENDENT ANIMATION
GOLDEN COWBELL AWARD – Independent
Place Stamp Here
Noelle Melody and Joy Vaccese, USA
-for “intriguing visuals from interrelations of mixed media and found objects” and “narrative sentimentality”
Honorable Mentions – Independent
Menuda Urbe, Jose Enrique Rivera, Puerto Rico
-for “refreshing use of textures and unexpected experimental form”
Murgi Keno Mutant, Nayheem Mahbub, Bangladesh
-for “best foreign animation”
Urban Myth, Erin Obrien, USA
-for “the intersection of fine arts and animation and for formal transitions in animated abstract art”
GOLDEN COWBELL AWARD – Family
Shell Out
Sunmee Dong, USA
Audience Award for Favorite Family Animation
Congratulations to all our finalists and winners!
Thanks again to the 2011 Sponsors and Volunteers
Special thanks to the 2011 Jurors, Dr. Leda Cempellin, Giles Timms, and Billy Sides
2011 GOLDEN COWBELL AWARD constructed by Peter Reichardt, design by Marc Wagner
Download the Full Festival Schedule Here!
Noted Quotes from those who have moved on:
“The Golden Cowbell Award is one of the coolest and most unusual awards I’ve ever received, and definitely the only one that can be used as a weapon!! It’s a must for any home defense trophy case!”
— Animator DAVID CHAI (Life on a Limb, 2009 Golden Cowbell Winner)
“Like most Americans, I have long dreamed of “more cowbell.” Thanks to SoDak Animation Festival, that dream is now a reality.
— NINA PALEY (Sita Sings the Blues, 2009 Golden Cowbell Winner)
“I wear my South Dakota State University meat lab t-shirt with pride. I never thought I’d get caught in a snowstorm in May, but I did!!!”
— Filmmaker and breakdancer TODD ROHAL(The Guatemalan Handshake, 2008 Guest Artist)