As a highlight of the SAE Convention, the private educational institute honours the work of its students and alumni with the SAE Awards. The winners of the 16 categories come from all over the world. In the gaming categories, the awards went to Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

A total of 1200 guests cheered on the winners of this year's SAE Awards, which the private educational institution presents to students and alumni at the so-called SAE Convention. A total of 569 game, film, VFX, web and music productions made it to the final round of this year's competition. The entrants themselves came from 26 countries. In the end, teams and individuals from Australia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and South Africa triumphed in the 16 categories, seven of which were for the Alumni sub-competition and nine for the SAE Students Awards.

Looking only at the Games and VFX section, all the relevant awards remained in the German-speaking countries this year. Among the alumni, Léon-Lucas Kaniewski from the Bochum campus won the category "Best Game Production" and Matthias Kornherr and Dominik Bittermann from the SAE Institute Vienna won the category "VFX & 3D Art Production". In the student category, the "Best VFX & 3D Art Project" and "Best Game Programming Project" also went to students from the SAE Campus Vienna, almost completing a hat-trick. Florian Stühler from the SAE Institute Vienna and Robin Seifert from the SAE Institute Zurich shared the prize in the category "Best Game Art Project".

Winners of this year's SAE Awards

SAE Alumni Awards

Best Music Production
"We Belong" by Jason Baudinet, SAE Institute Johannesburg

Best Audio Production (Non-Music)
"Dolby Atmos at Mercedes-Benz: Driving a Musical Revolution" by Florian Richter, SAE Institute Cologne, Germany

Best Film & TV Production
"Kia Seltos x Jack Harlow TVC" by Cameron Drew, SAE Institute Byron Bay

Best VFX & 3D Art Production
"Okaro Studio Reel 2023" by Matthias Kornherr and Dominik Bittermann, SAE Institute Vienna

Best Game Production
"Calling Home" by Léon-Lucas Kaniewski, SAE Institute Bochum, Germany

Best Start-up
"Hooks PA" by Joshua Josephs, SAE Institute Mexico City

Best Web & Tech Production
"Neural/Cloud Interface" by Daniel Burger, SAE Institute Zurich

SAE Student Awards

Best Music Project
"Dearest Madeline" by Peter Tautua, SAE Institute Brisbane

Best Audio Project (non-music)
"The Explorer 3D" by Luca Rigat, SAE Institute Milan

Best Film & TV Project
"Absolution" by Merve Dinc, SAE Institute Hannover
"The Impossible Parallel by Paul Flechsig, SAE Institute Leipzig
"Dopamine Dose" by Vicente Garibay Lijanova, SAE Institute Mexico City

Best Content Creation Project
"Cosmos" by Yasmin Maiara Leite De Melo, SAE Institute Milan

Best VFX & 3D Art Project
Tony" by Simon Grill, SAE Institute Vienna

Best Game Programming Project
"For the Crown" by Arthur Gieraga, SAE Institute Vienna

Best Game Art Project
"Watchtower" by Robin Seifert, SAE Institute Zurich
Bane" by Florian Stühler, SAE Institute Vienna

Best Music & Media Business Project
"Hyperhive Fest" by Pablo Fumadó Gassó, SAE Institute Barcelona

Best Web & Tech Project
"Connectivity" by Alina Schulz, SAE Institute Hamburg

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