The Animation School is proud to announce a major achievement at The Loeries 2025, where five of our student 
short films received top honours in the Student - Online Film, Short Film & Music Videos category.

Competing against some of the best creative talent across Africa and the Middle East, our students brought home 
an impressive two Gold and three Silver awards – a testament to their talent, teamwork and storytelling 
innovation.

Trophy2025 Loeries Award Wins

  1. Gold - Livid Moritis
  2. Gold - Bounce
  3. Silver - Gully For You
  4. Silver - Leapt Niches
  5. Silver - Fruit and Nuts

Each of these award-winning films is the product of our rigorous year-long capstone project for final year 
students. These films not only highlight the creativity and technical skill of our students, but also reflect the high 
industry standards that The Animation School is known for.

All five short films are available to watch on The Animation School YouTube channel.

What Happens In Your Final Year

Final-year students collaborate in teams to produce original 3D animated short films. Students specialise in asset production, look development, rigging, animation and compositing.

The project spans three major phases:

  • Pre-production – developing the concept, visual style, and storyboards
  • Production – bringing the story to life through 3D modelling, texturing, surfacing, rigging, animation and lighting.
  • Post-production - finalising and packaging the film through rendering, adding effects, compositing, editing, 
    sound design and scoring

Fish CharacterThe 
Animation School extends its heartfelt 
congratulations

to the talented students whose hard work and creativity made this achievement possible.

 

• Amy Hardicre • David Mzolo • Siwaphiwe Mpofu • Thierry Mba • Hanlo Lowne-Hughes • George Fullard • Yvonne Kabwanga • Thandolwakhe Nkosi • Lesedi Kekana • Aman Goshalia-Naran • Thabang Monyamane • Jonathan Shaw

• Amohelang Sibiya • Casey Scott • Jesse Lakhraj • Kaiden Naicker • Liam Cunningham-Scott • Mosidi Tenyane • Nicole Mwanje • Savannah Tesselaar • Tristan Cloete • Calise Tierney • Mosidi Tenyane • Jesse Lakhraj • Wayne Simpson • Pete O'Donoghu

• Teagan-Lee Bothma • Christopher Bailey • Alix Petersen • Maxine Leggo  • Naleli Ismail • Kgothatso Majoro  • Summer Faragher-Thomas  • Onkarabile Motsoadira • Tatum Kruger • Wayne Simpson • Pete O'Donoghue • Nick Plummer • Michaela Richard

• Runé Roux • Lily Brennan • Tasneem Gasant • Gershwin Williams • Dominique Spies • Marc Ziervogel • Lisa Strauss  • Stefan De Kock • Phumudzo Pamuntshi • Maria Papadopoulos • Wayne Simpson • Pete O'Donoghue

• Anthea Johnson • Caitlin Cooke • Danny Hendriksz • Day Moodley • Emihle Namba • Joshua Jordaan • Kira Meiring • Noah Sloman • Neve Canny • Maurice Carpede  • Joshua Jordaan • Upstanding TV • Pete O'Donoghue • David Waugh

 

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