Digital Kitchen shares that its studio has been named a winner in the categories of Craft, Motion Design, and Title Sequence in the inaugural Collision Awards, honoring excellence in animation and motion design. The Collision Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in various media, including Marketing & Communications, Commercials, Television, Film, Experiential, and Games & XR. This year’s winners include prestigious names such as BUCK, Crunchyroll, Golden Wolf, Hornet, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, Partizan, Sony Pictures Animation, The Daily Show, Pixar, and Walt Disney Studios.
Collision Award Winners are selected by the Collision Awards Jury, an international panel of experts across animation and motion design. Members include Sarah Cox (Executive Creative Director/Aardman), Marge Dean (Head of Skybound Animation Studio and President/Women in Animation), Ronnie del Carmen (Co-director & writer of Pixar’s Inside Out), Maureen Fan (Chief Executive Officer/Baobab Studios), Jinko Gotoh (Producer Finding Nemo), Jay Grandin (Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director/Giant Ant), Julie Lockhart (Co-Founder and President of Production/Locksmith Animation), Andrew Millstein (Co-Head/Annapurna Animation), Mike Moloney (Founder and Executive Creative Director/Art&Graft), Gilles Monteil (Animation Expert/Ubisoft), and Ramsey Naito (President/Paramount Animation and President/Nickelodeon Animation) amongst others.

Digital Kitchen secured an impressive array of accolades at the awards. The studio’s work for Apple TV+’s “Manhunt” was a standout, winning both the Audience Choice Award and a Gold award for Craft in Art Direction. It also garnered a Gold award for Motion Design, and another Gold for its Title Sequence. Additionally, Digital Kitchen’s main intro design for Apple TV+’s “Sugar” received a Gold award in the Title Sequence category, and it’s title design production work for Disney/Hulu’s “Death and Other Details” main intro sequence was honored with a Silver award in the same category.
“We are honored to be recognized by the Collision Awards,” said Mason Nicoll, Executive Creative Director at Digital Kitchen. “These accolades are a testament to our team’s relentless creativity, passion, and dedication. We constantly strive to push ourselves and find unique ways to tell stories through animation and motion design, and it’s incredibly gratifying to see our efforts celebrated on such a prestigious platform.”

Digital Kitchen’s awarded projects exemplify the studio’s commitment to storytelling and visual excellence. The “Manhunt” main title in particular, has resonated deeply with audiences and critics alike, securing both gold medals and the audience choice award for its exceptional craft and motion design.
“I’m truly impressed with the caliber, quality and variety of work and entrants in our inaugural season. We set out to cement the concept of animation as a medium across a breadth of media and disciplines, and I feel like we’re on our way to achieving it,” says Randeep Katari, Collision Awards General Manager, “from the biggest films in the world to localized campaigns, our winners exemplify that animation is truly a global medium, and I’m excited to see what the future of animation brings.”
The full list of the 2024 Collision Awards winners can be found at collisionawards.com/winners.
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