Vimeo seems to be again on the perfect movies of the 12 months
Vimeo announced the winners of its annual awards program, which includes the cream of online video content of 2020.
The video platform added nine new categories this year, with a list of nominees that includes advertising, animation, branded content, documentary, comedy, drama, live streaming events, social content, and more.
The awards were judged by a number of high-profile industry experts, including Pixar director Domee Shi; Brandon Harris, head of development at Amazon Original Movies; The social strategist from Wieden + Kennedy, Marshall Roach and Rissa Papillion, creative producer and editor at Refinery29 and Unbothered.
Kim Gehrig was the big winner of this year's (virtual) award ceremony. With her stylish film for Apple's Airpods Pro, the director won the grand prize in the product launch category and won the brand vision category with Life Needs Truth, her strong spot for the New York Times, in which newspaper headlines come together to create a poetic rhythm.
CR favorite Oscar Hudson won the best commercial gong for You Can & # 39; t Stop Us, his split-screen ad for Nike that cleverly combines a range of archive footage to show the many ways that sport brings us together.
In the "Videos for Good" category, Jordan Manley's "Out on a Limb" film for Arc & # 39; teryx, which documents a man's search for a nimble, beautiful and powerful prosthetic climbing foot, brought Anna Ginsburg's animated film for Breast Cancer Now to the Top .
The overall winner in the animation category was Sam Gainsborough's Facing It, a technically impressive film that combines claymation and live action. Curtis Essel's love letter to Africans around the world won the experimental award, and best regards, Erik, a story of a lonely bookseller navigating the pandemic, won the newly added Quarantine Videos category.
See all winners of the Vimeo Awards 2021 here; vimeo.com