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11th Annual DJI SkyPixel Winners Showcase Spectacular Aerial Sights

27 April 2026 at 21:19

On the left, a person stands on a rocky arch surrounded by misty mountains. On the right, glowing lava cracks form a skull shape in a dark volcanic crater.

DJI has announced the winners of the 2025 DJI SkyPixel photo and video competition, which ran from November 27, 2025, to Mar 10, 2026, and offered 53 different awards with prizes totaling almost $200,000.

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  • ✇The Animated Film Industry
  • Academy Awards Student Winners For Animation (2022) Amanda Matelonek
    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially announced their winners of the 49th Student Academy Awards competition!A total of 1,796 entries from 614 colleges and universities around the world were submitted.Congratulations to the student winners below!  Students Winners For Animation Laika & Nemo Photo Credit: IMDb Names: Jan Gadermann and Sebastian GadowSchool: Konrad Wolf Film University of BabelsbergLocation: GermanyAbout:Nemo looks different. Nobody else we
     

Academy Awards Student Winners For Animation (2022)

1 October 2022 at 23:25

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially announced their winners of the 49th Student Academy Awards competition!
A total of 1,796 entries from 614 colleges and universities around the world were submitted.
Congratulations to the student winners below! 

Students Winners For Animation

Laika & Nemo

Photo Credit: IMDb

Names: Jan Gadermann and Sebastian Gadow
School: Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg
Location: Germany
About:
Nemo looks different. Nobody else wears a diving suit and such a huge helmet. But then he meets Laika, an astronaut.

An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It,

Photo Credit: Annecy Film Festival

Name: Lachlan Pendragon 
School: Griffith Film School
Location: Australia
About:
A young office worker uncovers the flaws in his stop-motion universe with the help of a mysterious talking ostrich.

The Seine’s Tears

Photo Credit: Youtube

Names:Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard and Nicolas Mayeur
School: Pôle 3D Digital & Creative School
Location: France
About:
Algerian workers take to the streets in October of 1961 to protest the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture.

  • ✇The Animated Film Industry
  • 2021 ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival Winners Amanda Matelonek
    About ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival The festival shows dozens of foreign and local animated films for children and adults for five days in September. The goal of the festival is to promote art and animation in Azerbaijan. Over 200 animated films from 40 countries were screened. The theme of the festival was dedicated to people with disabilities. The winners of International Competition – Best Animated FIlm and Short The Knight and the Princess – Best Animated Feature Film
     

2021 ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival Winners

18 September 2021 at 15:01

About ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival

The festival shows dozens of foreign and local animated films for children and adults for five days in September. The goal of the festival is to promote art and animation in Azerbaijan. Over 200 animated films from 40 countries were screened. The theme of the festival was dedicated to people with disabilities.

The winners of International Competition – Best Animated FIlm and Short

The Knight and the Princess – Best Animated Feature Film

Photo Credit: Alashar Animation

About: A young, idealistic adventurer who plans to rescue the wives and children of deceased sea merchants that have been taken prisoner by pirates and King Daher the Great of Sindh.

  • directors Bashir Eldik and Ibrahim Musa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
  • Interesting Facts:

    • One of Egypts first Animated Feature Film, that has been 20 years in the making.
    • An all-Arab cast and film crew.
    • Eight Musical Numbers are included.

    Kitchen by Measure – Best Animated Short Film

    Photo Credit: RIFF

    About: The story explores gender roles of the past and how they are surprisingly relevant still to this day.

  • directors Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir and Atli Arnarsson, Iceland
  • Interesting Facts:

    • 10 minute stop motion short.
    • The film is based on a short story by legendary Icelandic author, Svava Jakobsdóttir.
    • Featured on the Icelandic Film Centre.

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