The LEAF Awards were presented on October 9th during the Digital Media World Conference, October 9-11, 2002. The LEAF Awards showcases and promotes the best new work, skills and services of companies and individuals involved in creative development of visual effects and animation. The nominees were comprised of some of the top visual effects and animation houses today, such as Sony Pictures Imageworks, ILM, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Framestore CFC and many others. Sony Pictures Imageworks took best short film for The ChubbChubbs, the companys first CGI short. Framestore was honored with multiple awards, including best commercial in both the animation and the live-action effects categories for "Mosquito" and "Champagne," respectively. Below please find a full list of winners and nominees:
Commercials Animation
Joint winners
"Kebab" - Glassworks Post Production
"Mosquito" Framestore CFC
Nomination
"Billiards" - Aardman Animation
Commercials Live-Action Effects
Winner
"Champagne" Framestore CFC
Nominations
"Mosquito" Framestore CFC
"Audi" - Smoke and Mirrors
"Lava" - The Mill
Feature Films
Winner
STAR WARS: EPISODE II "ATTACK OF THE CLONES - Industrial Light & Magic"
Nominations
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON - PDI/DreamWorks
SPIDER-MAN -Sony Pictures Imageworks
BLACK HAWK DOWN - Mill Film
Pop Promos
Winner
Unkle "Eye for an Eye" Shynola
Nominations
Gorrillaz "Rock da House" - Passion Pictures
Gorrillaz "At the Brit Awards" - Passion Pictures
DB Boulevard "Point of View" - The Box
Lambchop "Is a Woman" - Shynola
Short Films
Winner
THE CHUBBCHUBBS - Sony Pictures Imageworks
Nominations
SHOW AND TELL - Kapow Pictures
THE SNOWMAN - Duck Soup Studios
RED LIGHT CHRISTMAS Sparx*
SPROUT - PDI/DreamWorks
Titles, Idents and Stings
Winner
"Toy Story Auditions" - Axis Animation
Nominations
"E4 Idents" - The Moving Picture Company
"Toyota" - The Mill
"BBC 2" - SVC
Simulation and Visualization
Winner
"Gravity 3D" - Glassworks Post Production
Nomination
"Orange F1 Simulator" - Glassworks Post Production
TV Series
Winner
DINOTOPIA Framestore CFC
Nominations
WALKING WITH BEASTS Framestore CFC
THE FUTURE IS WILD - 422 South
THE LOST WORLD Framestore CFC
HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN - BBC
Student Work
Joint winners
TIM TOM Supinfocom
MARVEL - FilmAkademie Baden Wurtemberg
Nominations
LITTLE RED PLANE - Shaded Box Animation
GRAVITIES - Supinfocom
BUNNIES - FilmAkademie Baden Wurtemberg
