The Ray Harryhausen Awards 2024: Call for Entries
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Image: The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation
Established in honour of the legendary master of stop-motion animation, the Harryhausen Awards 2024 are now accepting submissions for animated films of all types within the following categories before the deadline of May 31st 2024.
- Best Feature Film Animation
- Best Short Film Animation
- Best Student Film Animation
- Best Children’s Film Animation
- Harryhausen Hall of Fame Award
Ray Harryhausen’s influence on cinema past and present is truly titanic. I devised these awards in Ray’s name to recognise new standards of excellence in the growing field of animation.
–John Walsh, Filmmaker & Trustee
Dad always recognised the strong educational aspect of his work. I hope that these awards will encourage a new generation of animators to be inspired and follow their own dreams.
–Vanessa Harryhausen, Ray’s daughter and Trustee
The winner for each category will be awarded with one Harryhausen Award engraved with the name of their winning category, their name and the name of their entry A further ‘nomination certificate’ shall be awarded to all participants who were considered for a prize by the Judges.
Previous Harryhausen Award winners
Image: The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation
Thank you for this incredibly moving award, perhaps the most significant in terms of carrying the name of the god of animation and stop-motion. For me, this is a life changing award.
–Guillermo del Toro, Winner ‘Best Feature Film Animation’ 2023
Image: The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation
Thank you for this prestigious award for the Ray Harryhausen Hall of Fame- this really means a great deal to me. Ray inspired a generation…
-Phil Tippett, Harryhausen Hall of Fame 2022
For rules, fees and how to submit visit FilmFreeway