Animation Educators Forum Announces 2025 Top 5 Student Films

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) has announced its film selections for the 2025 Top 5 Student Animation Showcase. Each winning student will receive a complementary one-year membership to ASIFA-Hollywood and free submission to the student category for this year’s Annie Awards.

The 2025 Top 5 Student Animation Showcase Films:

• Dogs of Bishkek
  
  • School: Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Technique: 3D
  • Director: Viktor Niksdorf
• Holy Cow
  
  • School: Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Technique: 3D
  • Director: Karthik Swaminathan
• Beetle Summer
  
  • School: Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Technique: 3D
  • Directors: Ari Chen & Jane Yuan
• Jurassic Ward
  
  • School: Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Technique: 3D
  • Director: Max Bellomio
• Beautify
  
  • School: Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Technique: 3D
  • Director: Liza Makarenko

“A heartfelt thank you to all participants for making this year’s showcase a tremendous success,” remarked Michael Bonitatis for AEF. “We’re already looking forward to next year’s event, which promises to be even bigger and better. Congratulations to our winners, and we can’t wait to see your future creations.”

ASIFA-Hollywood is the world’s foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the Art of Animation and celebrating the people who create it. Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d’Animation), supports a wide range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, Animation Aid Foundation, Animation Educators’ Forum (AEF), film preservation, open source support, special events, screenings and of course, the annual Annie Awards.

Source: ASIFA-Hollywood

Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.