Student Animation Showcase

The Student Animation Showcase highlights final projects from animation graduates all over the country. Our focus is to create a venue for celebration and exposure of the accomplishments of college graduating animators. We invite industry recruiters to screen graduating college student work, from colleges and universities, to enhance recruitment opportunities.

Student Animation Showcase

🎉 The 2026 Student Animation Showcase

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's showcase.

34 participating schools
149 student animations

🎉 Directors' Choice Top Five Films

The Clock that Forgot to Chime

Director: Vanessa Cunha
Drexel University

I'll See You in My Dreams

Director: Natalie Perez
Arizona State University

Alien Vacation

Director: Arina Glozman
Drexel University

This Dangerous Yet Beautiful World

Director: Maxwell Smith
Parsons School of Design

Struggle Bug

Director: Maya Murman
Ringling College of Art and Design

Congratulations to the Directors' Top Five of 2026!

2026 Participating Schools

  • Arizona State University
  • Auburn University
  • Bahcesehir University
  • CARIMAC, UCniversity of the West Indies, Mona
  • Cal State University, Fullerton
  • California College of the Arts
  • California Institute of the Arts
  • California State University Northridge
  • Central Michigan University
  • College for Arts and Technology
  • Drexel University
  • LASALLE College of the Arts
  • Laguna College of Art and Design
  • Maine College of Art & Design
  • Maryland Institute College of Art
  • Middlesex University
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design
  • North Carolina State University
  • Parsons School of Design
  • Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
  • Pratt Institute
  • Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD)
  • Savannah College of Art and Design
  • School of Animation and Digital Arts, Communication University of China
  • Temple University
  • UNCG
  • Umass Lowell
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • University of Southern California
  • Woodbury University
  • Academy of Art University