And the 2016 Webby Award Winners Are... | No Film School

For the uninitiated, The Webby Awards recognize the best and brightest websites, advertising, and mobile sites that the internet has to offer. But we're here to give you the rundown on the winners from the Online Film and Video category, from mashup hits like Earl Sinclair from Dinosaurs performing The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" to gripping political pieces about the journey Syrian refugees have been forced to take on-foot.

Animation

Webby Winner: Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles (Warner Bros. Television)
People's Voice: The Sea is Blue (1stAveMachine)

Animation (Branded)

Webby Winner: Dream On (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)
People's Voice: Rick & Morty: Thickburger Invasion (72andSunny)

Art & Experimental

Webby Winner: The World's Slowest Rube Goldberg (1stAveMachine)
People's Voice: Dreams of Dalí (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-c7tBlnFsw

Best Editing

Webby Winner: DC Pipe Dream (MPC | DC Shoes)
People's Voice: The Martian/Under Armour - “Leave Your Mark” (3AM)

Best Individual Performance

Webby Winner: Go To College Music Video (with FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA!) (CollegeHumor)
People's Voice: Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock. Epic Rap Battles of History (Maker Studios)

Best Use of Interactive Video

Webby Winner: HIGHRISE: Universe Within (National Film Board of Canada / Secret Location)
People's Voice: Set Wars (Verse)

Best Web Personality/Host

Webby Winner: Jerry Seinfeld for "Comedian's in Cars Getting Coffee" (Crackle/Sony Pictures Television)
People's Voice: Kid President (SoulPancake)

Best Writing

Webby Winner: The Small Time - Pilot (First Printing Productions)
People's Voice: Do You Trust Me (All Def Digital)

Comedy: Individual Short or Episode

Webby Winner: Dennis Quaid’s On-Set Freak Out: The Full Video (Funny Or Die)
People's Voice: Trumptastic Voyage (The Simpsons)

Comedy: Long Form or Series

Webby Winner: Billy on the Street with First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird and Elena (Funny Or Die)
People's Voice: Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #9 (Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Documentary: Individual Episode

Webby Winner: “Call Me Caitlyn,” a Documentary (Vanity Fair)
People's Voice: Cannabis For Kids: The Children Behind The Debate (National Geographic)

Documentary: Series

Webby Winner: Conflict (redfitz)
People's Voice: Heritage (Tastemade

Drama: Individual Short or Episode

Webby Winner/People's Voice: The Martian - “Ares 3 Farewell” (3AM)

Drama: Long Form or Series

Webby Winner: The Skinny (Refinery 29)
People's Voice: Star Trek Continues (Trek Continues Inc.)

Entertainment (Channel)

Webby Winner: The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables (The Hollywood Reporter)
People's Voice: The Late Late Show with James Corden - Carpool Karaoke (CBS Interactive)

Events & Live Webcasts

Webby Winner: SNL: 40 (VRSE.Works)
People's Voice: TED (TED)

Fashion & Beauty

Webby Winner: The Power Suit (VICE Media Company)
People's Voice: 100 Years of Beauty: Aging (Cut.com/1stAveMachine)

Fashion & Beauty (Channel)

Webby Winner/People's Voice: The Future of Fashion with Alexa Chung (British Vogue)

Gaming (Channel)

Webby Winner: DEFY Media SMOSH Games (DEFY Media)
People's Voice: ELDERS GAMING (Fine Brothers Entertainment)

How-To & DIY

Webby Winner: The Home-buying Process in Plain English with Elizabeth Banks (Pereira & O'Dell, New York)
People's Voice: Cake Pizza - Nerdy Nummies (Rosanna Pansino)

How-To & DIY (Channel)

Webby Winner: Mashable Explains (Mashable)
People's Voice: How To Cake It (CJ Mercon Productions Inc.)

Integrated Campaigns

Webby Winner/People's Voice: Love Has No Labels (R/GA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDgZuGIhHs

Live Experiences

Webby Winner: Zoolander Returns to the Runway (WME | IMG)
People's Voice: Lucy The Robot (Atomic212)

Long Form

Webby Winner: Airbnb: Love is Welcome Here (Even/Odd)
People's Voice: Footballers (VML)

Music

Webby Winner: The Distortion of Sound: Musicians Expose the Decline of Sound Quality (Text100 for HARMAN)
People's Voice: Epic Rap Battles of History (Maker Studios)

Music (Channel)

Webby Winner/People's Voice: YouTube Music Awards 2015 (Virtue Worldwide: Creative Services by VICE)

Music Video

Webby Winner: The Weeknd - "In The Night" (Legs Media)
People's Voice: $ave Dat Money (Lil Dicky)

News & Information (Channel)

Webby Winner: CBSN (CBS News Digital)
People's Voice: AJ+ (AJ+)

News & Politics: Individual Episode

Webby Winner: We walk together: a Syrian family’s journey to the heart of Europe (The Guardian)
People's Voice: VICE - Room for Rent - making money with refugees (VICE Media Germany)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubGhzVdnhQw

News & Politics: Series

Webby Winner: Field of Vision (The Intercept)
People's Voice: AJ+ Covers the Refugee Crisis (AJ+)

Public Service & Activism

Webby Winner: France 5 - Domestic Violence (Publicis Conseil)
People's Voice: The Man & The Dog (DDB Argentina)

Public Service & Activism (Channel)

Webby Winner: Lifepaint (Grey London)
People's Voice: Planned Parenthood Consent Video Series (Planned Parenthood Federation of America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfWzeGlaFvI

Reality

Webby Winner: KIDS REACT (Fine Brothers Entertainment)
People's Voice: Watch This Disabled Boy's World Change In Two Minutes (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Science & Education

Webby Winner/People's Voice: Cloning the Woolly Mammoth (VICE Media)

Science & Education (Channel)

Webby Winner/People's Voice: Vsauce Networks (Vsauce)

Scripted

Webby Winner: Tracy Morgan in a Christmas Miracle (R/GA)
People's Voice: What Lives Inside (Pereira & O'Dell)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMWS4dLqt28

Series

Webby Winner/People's Voice: The Home-Buying Process in Plain English with Elizabeth Banks (Pereira & O'Dell, New York)

Short Form

Webby Winner: Little Beasts: Principal's Office (RSA Films)
People's Voice: Spotify First Song (Night Agency)

Sports

Webby Winner/People's Voice: High School Athlete of the Year: Hunter Gandee (Sports Illustrated)

Sports (Channel)

Webby Winner: WWE Network (WWE)
People's Voice: Copa90 (Bigballs Media)

Technology

Webby Winner/People's Voice: The Dawn of Killer Robots (VICE Media)

Travel & Adventure

Webby Winner: Condé Nast Traveler City Guides (Condé Nast Traveler)
People's Voice: The Artisans of Italy (Fusion Network)

Unscripted

Webby Winner/People's Voice: Mums and Maids (Ogilvy & Mather Singapore)

VR: Cinematic or Pre-Rendered

Webby Winner/People's Voice: Orchestra VR (Los Angeles Philharmonic Association / Secret Location)

VR: Cinematic or Pre-Rendered (Branded)

Webby Winner: Discovery VR (Discovery Communications)
People's Voice: Stella Artois: Buy A Lady A Drink (UNIT9)

VR: Gaming, Interactive, or Real-time

Webby Winner: Way to Go (National Film Board of Canada)
People's Voice: The Unknown Photographer (National Film Board of Canada)

VR: Gaming, Interactive, or Real-time (Branded)

Webby Winner: Cardboard Crash VR for Google Cardboard (National Film Board of Canada)
People's Voice: House on Hallow Hill (Target Creative)

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Variety

Webby Winner/People's Voice: SNL: 40 (VRSE.Works)

Variety (Channel)

Webby Winner: SoulPancake (SoulPancake)
People's Voice: The Late Late Show with James Corden - Carpool Karaoke (CBS Interactive)

Video Remixes/Mashups

Webby Winner: Earl Sinclair performs Hypnotize by The Notorious B.I.G. (AnimalRobot)
People's Voice: ScreenJunkies Honest Trailers (DEFY Media)

Viral

Webby Winner/People's Voice: YouTube Challenge - I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy 2015 (Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Viral (Branded)

Webby Winner: Zoolander Returns to the Runway (WME | IMG)
People's Voice: #ProudtoLove (Whirled)

Web Personality (Channel)

Webby Winner: Tyler Oakley (Advantage PR)
People's Voice: Good Mythical Morning (Mythical Entertainment)

Weird

Webby Winner: Gentlemen Lobsters Season 2 (Conde Nast Entertainment/GQ)
People's Voice: Tiny Hamster is a Giant Monster (Denizen Company)

Don't forget! You can watch the 20th Annual Webby Awards on May 17th here.

Source: The Webby Awards

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Mercedes Arutro on The intersection of Art and AI With Her Short Film ‘Back Home”

Is 'The Little Mermaid' a Perfect Metaphor for AI?

With her latest short film "Back Home" artist and filmmaker Mercedes Arutro asks how AI can help you on your filmmaking journey.

Is AI inherently bad for filmmakers? Is the Faustian Fable of speech at the center of The Little Mermaid prime to explore this debate? We've been poking around at this topic all year, and filmmaker Mercedes Arutro has entered the discourse with her latest short film, "Back Home".

We had the pleasure of speaking with Mercedes, a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans film, theater, and visual arts. Selected for the prestigious Rising Voices Programme in 2024, Mercedes created Back Home, a thought-provoking short film that delves into the future of artists in an AI-driven world, and is now in contention for the Oscar shortlist. The film initially premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, capturing the hearts of audiences with its poignant narrative.

Starting her artistic journey in theater, Mercedes has contributed to over 20 plays in Buenos Aires, and her expertise in wardrobe design has graced Disney’s Topa in Junior Express, a standout children’s theater show in Latin America. With a background in Film Direction from ENERC, her diverse projects have been showcased at major festivals worldwide.

In our conversation, Mercedes shares insights into her creative process, the influence of her theater background on her visual storytelling, and the rewarding experiences of creating Back Home. She discusses the film's exploration of AI's impact on the arts and the importance of collaboration in her work.

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