Evil Mind Entertainment's 'Extinction' wins the Best Video Game Project Award

The short films 'The Noise of the World' and 'Canis' triumph at 3D Wire 2013 and will compete for the Cartoon d'Or 2014 award.

The most international and convergent edition of 3D Wire has delivered, on its penultimate day, all the awards planned for 2013. The Quintanar Palace in Segovia has hosted the closing ceremony of the international market with the presence of local and regional authorities in a room packed with attendees.

New this year, the 3D Wire Fest was held, a competitive festival that has screened the best national and European animated short films and that will give the winners the option to participate in Cartoon d'Or, the prestigious European award, in its 2014 edition. This is the first opportunity that Spanish animators have to participate in the award and all thanks to the fact that 3D Wire has become an official Cartoon d'Or festival, the only one in all of Spain.

Thus, Jesús Hernández, representative of the MEDIA Program of the European Union in Spain, has presented the Audience Award for Best International Short Film to 'Rabbit and Deer' by Péter Vácz, from Hungary. On the other hand, the Audience Award for Best National Short Film went to 'The Noise of the World', by Coke Riobóo, who took the stage to collect the award while the audience applauded intensely.

The jury, made up of Spanish producers Chelo Loureiro and Manuel Cristóbal, Nora Twomey, Irish co-director of the animated feature film 'The Secret of the Book of Kells', and Simon Jacobs, director of photography who has worked with Tim Burton and at Aardman, has presented its own awards. The Best European Short Film has once again been 'Rabbit and Deer', by Hungarian Péter Vácz, chosen unanimously and praised for "his surprising ability to tell a brilliant story with the maximum sobriety of means", in 2D animation and puppets. Special mention in the international section has gone to 'Pandy' by Matus Vizár, from Slovakia, made in 2D and focused on narrating how humans have taken panda bears as toys.

For its part, 'Jamón', by Iria López, has been awarded the Best National Short Film Award for “its subtle, disturbing and delicious story.” 'Canis', by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas and made in stop motion, has received the Special Mention from the Jury for National Short Film.

RTVE Award

The following awards to be given have been for the projects selected by 3D Wire 2013. The RTVE Interactive Award for the Most Innovative Video Game Project, which consists of the presentation of the project to RTVE's Interactive Department, has been for 'Kromaia', by Kraken Empire, an action and adventure game that is in production and seeking distribution. Its creator, Daniel Blasco, took the stage to collect the award. The RTVE Interactive Award for the Most Innovative App Project, which also consists of the presentation of the project to the RTVE Interactive Department, has gone to 'Sandra Casos' from Imira Entertainment, a recognition that has been collected by Myriam Ballesteros, the company's creative director. This application is based on the children's animated series 'Sandra, storybook detective' and will hit stores shortly. Both awards were presented by Yago Fandiño, head of children's content at TVE, and Francisco Javier López-Escobar Anguiano, territorial delegate of the Junta de Castilla y León in Segovia.

Claudia de Santos, Councilor for Historical Heritage and Tourism of the Segovia City Council, has once again attended 3D Wire to present the Award for Best Video Game Project, which went to 'Extinción' by Evil Mind Entertainment, represented by Miguel Montesinos, director and creator of the game. The award consists of a free accreditation to attend Cartoon Movie and Cartoon Games 2014 thanks to Cartoon, European Association for Animated Film. The councilor also presented the Award for Best Short Film Project, which consists of the distribution of the short in 50 national and international festivals thanks to Elypse Short Film Distribution. In this 2013 edition the winner was 'Mascaruca', by Asís Merino and Manuel Molina, who stepped on stage to collect it in person.

Thus, the First Prize of the Battle of the Animators, in which three teams have participated this year, has gone to Box Marley for 'The Box and the Earth'. Your prize consists of a free place for the next intensive stop motion animation course at Clay Animation, creators of the 'Clay Kids' series, and a Total Gift bundle from Jumping Clay. Second Prize, consisting of a professional armor kit from Animation Supplies and an educational Jumping Clay set, went to Repaté, for 'My box is your house'. The Mileysaurus group was third and received a mini gift set of Jumping Clay. Like every year, the teams, of no more than 5 members, have had 28 hours to create an animated short film with the 3D Wire cube as the protagonist, using the streets of Segovia to film and the pixilation technique.