WEBBY AWARDS 2018

Georgy Molodtsov
FILM XR
Published in
4 min readMay 1, 2018

360 and VR has become a good part of Webby Award with 8 nominations aimed to this media as a storytelling tool. So now we have a list of winners and nominees for Webby Awards 2018!

Each work nominated to the award, organised by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS), could win two awards: The Webby Jury (Academy) Award and The Webby People’s Voice Award.

You can find official winners at WEBBY AWARDS Web site (https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2018/film-video/) and here is a quick recap of the nominations and winners for 2018:

360 VIDEO

Best, most innovative, and effective or creative use of video in which the viewer can pan and rotate the camera view 360 degrees, creating an immersive environment.

Winner:
TOKYO LIGHT ODYSSEY
WOW inc.

People’s Voice:
SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH ON MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
American Museum of Natural History

Nominees:
THE LONG ROAD HOME VR
National Geographic

THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA
Philharmonia Orchestra

MOSUL FROM ABOVE
BBC World Service Languages

360-Video: Branded

Best, most innovative, and effective or creative 360 video created on behalf of a brand or that promotes products or services on behalf of a brand.

Webby Winner
THE LAST GOODBYE
Here Be Dragons

People’s Voice
CAPTURING EVEREST
The Foundry @ Meredith Corp.

Nominees:

THE STORY OF VIKAS
OPTIMIST inc.

LE LOGIS: FLY BEYOND
Inception

A 360° TOUR OF LA WITH TAYLOR LASHAE | VR 4K VIDEO
CHRONICLES OF HER

VR: Branded Cinematic or Pre-Rendered

A branded immersive, virtual reality or 360 degree experience photographed or pre-rendered CGI.

Webby Winner + People’s Voice
A TRIP TO MARS WITH BUZZ ALDRIN IN VIRTUAL REALITY
The Foundry @ Meredith Corp.

Nominees:

FALL IN LOVE: HUMAN CONVERSATION IN VR
Tool

SURREALIST VR
Sotheby’s

ONE MORNING
Lytro

ALIEN: COVENANT “IN UTERO”
RSA Films

VR: Branded Interactive, Game or Real-Time

Best, most innovative, and effective or creative use of VR or 360 video to facilitate an interactive experience for users in a game or real-time setting on behalf of a brand or product.

Webby Winner
AUDI: VR SANDBOX
MediaMonks

People’s Voice
EVEREST VR: SEEKER EDITION
Seeker

Nominees:

DEFEND THE WALL
Framestore

INSECTS
The Mill

IT: ESCAPE FROM PENNYWISE
SunnyBoy Entertainment

VR: Cinematic or Pre-Rendered

A non-branded immersive, virtual reality or 360 degree experience photographed or pre-rendered CGI.

Webby Winner + People’s Voice
THE LONG ROAD HOME VR
National Geographic

Nominees:

THE GIANT
New Media Ltd

TAKE EVERY WAVE: LAIRD IN VR
RYOT

DISPATCH
Here Be Dragons

RAISING A RUKUS
The Virtual Reality Company

VR: Interactive, Game or Real-Time

Best, most innovative, and effective or creative use of VR or 360 video to facilitate an interactive experience for users in a game or real-time setting.

2018 Webby Award Winner

TILT BRUSH
Google

People’s Voice
TREE VR
Droga5

FANTASYNTH
HelloEnjoy

MODIGLIANI VR: THE OCHRE ATELIER
Preloaded

SONARIA
Google Spotlight Stories

Best Narrative Experience

Webby Winner
ZERO DAYS VR
Scatter

People’s Voice
THE LAST GOODBYE
Here Be Dragons

Nominees:
BEAR 71 VR
NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

SEA PRAYER
The Guardian

MANIFEST 99
Flight School Studio

Best Interaction Design

VR or 360-video experiences that, through innovative design or functionality, set a standard for excellence in facilitating interaction between the viewer and the video content.

Webby Winner + People’s Voice
GOOGLE EARTH VR
Google Inc.

Nominees:

TILT BRUSH
Google

VIRTUAL REALITY ULM EXPERIENCE
Demodern GmbH

IKEA VIRTUAL INTERIOR DESIGNER
Demodern GmbH

UNDER NEON LIGHTS
WITHIN

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Spherical Cinema, Cinematic VR, 360 Films - all of these are types of the new media, which draws attention of the leading world film festivals. Our goal is to create a database of the films and festivals dedicated to this new form of art.

Georgy Molodtsov
Georgy Molodtsov

Written by Georgy Molodtsov

XR Director @VRROOM (Oxymore), VR Festival Curator (goEast, VR_SciFest, Tbilisi VR Days), Founder @ Film XR (Raindance winning "MormoVerse" etc)