Animate Projects is a proud co-sponsor of the Dick Arnall Award 'for rogue vision in the manipulated moving image', presented for the first time at Aurora festival, Norwich, in November 2007. The other sponsors are the Royal College of Art and the National Film and Television School.

The Award is in memory of Dick Arnall, Animate’s first independent production advisor, who through his production company Finetake Limited ran Animate from 2001 until his death in 2007.

Nijuman no Borei (200,000 Phantoms) by Jean-Gabriel Périot.

'For its extraordinary precision and attention to the potency of the image; for the integrity of its vision and its responsibility to history and the humanity that endures. Here the rogue vision is manifested as calm persistence. A moving and remarkably compelling work'.

Under Construction by Zhenchen Liu. 'For the fluent and compassionate means by which it exposes the hidden cost of regeneration'.

Crazy Rock by Becky James. 'For the wit and economy of its singular tale'.

Gareth Evans, Editor, Vertigo Magazine (Chair)
Rose Cupit, Manager, Film London Artists' Moving Image Network
Andrew Kötting, Filmmaker
Marjut Rimminen, Animator (observer)