About the Awards

Recognizing the world's finest Motion Design for a decade.

For ten years, The Motion Awards has been the premier celebration of Motion Design, honoring the studios, artists, and visionaries who push the boundaries of what movement can communicate. From broadcast to interactive, commercial to experimental, we celebrate the craft that moves us all.

Award Categories

Fifteen disciplines. One standard of excellence.

Motion Design isn't just a category. It's a discipline unto itself. While other awards treat it as a single line item, we see it for what it truly is. A community, an industry, and a craft that is constantly evolving. These are the disciplines we celebrate.

AI

100% Tool

Commercial

Campaign Single Spot

Documentary

Film Graphics Title Sequence

Events

Title Sequence Live Event Graphics

Feature Film

Film Graphics Title Sequence

Gaming

Title Sequence Gaming Promo

Infographics

Commercial Social Good

Interactive

Installation / Experiential UI / UX AR / VR

News

Graphic Package Promo Title Sequence

Open Format

Music Video Short Film Experimental

Rainbow Award

Sound

Music Composition Sound Design

Sports

Graphic Package Promo Title Sequence

Student

Commercial Interactive / Experiential Open Format Title Sequence Infographic

TV / Streaming

ID Campaign Network Branding Show Graphics Package Show Promo Title Sequence

Special Recognitions

Three awards no one can enter.
Two of them are new.

Beyond the fifteen disciplines, three singular honors stand apart. Two are new to TMA X. None can be submitted for, none can be purchased. One is chosen by the jury from the year's finest winning work. One is chosen by the community. One is chosen by conscience alone. All three exist because the most important recognition is the kind that can't be negotiated.

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New · TMA X · Highest Honor

The Grand Award

The highest recognition in The Motion Awards. After all category Winners are determined, the full jury reconvenes on those winning pieces alone and selects the single work that represents the finest achievement in Motion Design of that year. Not a separate entry. Not a public vote. The jury's collective answer to one question: of everything that won, what was truly exceptional? If no single piece rises above the rest with sufficient distinction, it will not be given. That restraint is what makes it mean something when it is.

New for TMA X · Jury selected · From category winners only · May be withheld

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New · TMA X Exclusive

The Pulse

For the first time in ten years, the community votes. Every shortlisted entry across all fifteen disciplines becomes eligible. One vote per person. One winner. The piece the Motion Design community chose to call its own — the work that moved everyone, together.

New for TMA X · Audience voted · First ever in TMA history

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Returning · Est. 2017

The Honorary Pick

A tradition since the second edition. One piece — not necessarily a winner, not necessarily nominated — chosen for a message so powerful it transcends any notion of craft or category. Selected personally by Carlos El Asmar, Founder of The Motion Awards, from every entry submitted. People may disagree with the choice. That's the point. It may not be given every year. When it is, it means everything.

Returning · Founder's selection · Not submittable · May be withheld

Key Dates

Mark your calendar.

Early Bird Submissions March 7 — March 28 $298Student $148

General Submissions March 29 — May 30 $398Student $198

Late Entry May 31 — June 13 $498Student $248

The Jury

A curated panel for a milestone edition.

Over the past decade, more than 200 industry leaders, studio founders, creative directors, and artists have served as judges for The Motion Awards. For our Xth Edition, we assembled a specially curated jury to honor the best work of the year.