{"id":773245,"date":"2025-05-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huehd.com\/?p=773245"},"modified":"2025-05-21T11:28:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:28:51","slug":"young-animator-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huehd.com\/young-animator-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"HUE Sponsors Young Animator of the Year UK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We have some very exciting news to share with our customers and followers today! We are thrilled to announce that HUE is sponsoring the Stop Motion category of the 2025 Young Animator of the Year UK (YAY UK)<\/a> competition \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At HUE, we\u2019re passionate about sparking creativity in young minds through HUE Animation Studio<\/a> and HUE Clay<\/a>. That\u2019s why we\u2019re so excited to support the YAY Awards, a fantastic celebration of the rising stars of animation and the power of imaginative storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YAY UK is the biggest animation competition for young movie makers living in the UK, offering a platform to share their work, get noticed by industry pros and have their films screened at the prestigious Manchester Animation Festival (MAF)<\/a>!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-created by Tom Box, co-founder of Blue Zoo Animation Studio, the initiative is a collaboration between ACCESS:VFX<\/a> and MAF that seeks to \u201cdiscover, support, and celebrate the brightest animation stars aged 11 to 22\u201d, creating animated films in 2D, 3D and with stop motion animation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Films entered into the competition will be judged by top talent from across the UK animation industry<\/a> including directors, producers, animators, and creatives from the likes of Aardman and Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). The winners will be revealed at the Manchester Animation Festival on 9th November 2025, where the nominated animators will have the opportunity to meet some of the judges.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This year\u2019s theme for the animation is UNEXPECTED<\/strong>. Animators are welcome to use this word as inspiration but incorporating the theme is not mandatory, and submissions will not be judged based on how closely they relate to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entries will will be judged using the following scoring criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n