We're proud to announce the Five Finalists in Aniboom and FOX's Holiday Animation Challenge!

We garnered over 500 animations from animators hailing from 22 countries around the world!  After months of submitting, voting, commenting, and nail-biting, we can finally reveal to you FOX's top Five!  Those Aniboom animators, now awarded a cool $5,000, now go for it all: a $10,000 Grand Prize and Development Deal with FOX!

Without further ado, here are your Five Finalists:

  • Jay Malone's "Santa Intervention"--the rude, crude, and hilarious story of Santa’s stay at an overeaters’ center, and what it took to get old Saint Nick back on the wagon…without breaking it.
  • Brian Garrison's "Ghost Squad"--a beautiful animation showing what happens when inept ghost “hunters” meet three docile ghosts who don't have to work too hard in their haunting tasks.
  • Sean Worsham's "Scare-Horn and Belle Jingles"--the tale of a homicidal pumpkin-headed psychopath who meets his match in a sweet little girl.
  • Yotam Perel's "The Dangers of Halloween"--a local news “public service announcement” about the rather incredible and disgusting dangers of Halloween.
  • Stephen Leonard's "My Life Plus Animals"--a turkey (and tofu) filled Thanksgiving insta-classic is Aniboom’s Community Choice.

Congratulations to all our Finalists, and to everyone who participated!  We'll be announcing the Grand Prize Winner on or around November 17th, so keep watching, rating, and voting!  We'd like to know who you think should go all the way!