Past Film Festivals and Awards: International Festival of Cinema and Technology 2007 Festival Internacional de Filmets de Badalona 2004 >>>>Best Children's Film >>>>Audience Choice Award Magnolia Independent Film Festival 2003 Cinemagic World Screen Festival for Young People 2002 >>>>Best Short Film for a Children's Audience Auburn International Film and Video Festival 2002 Garden State International Family Film Festival 2002 Viewfinders International Film Festival for Youth 2002 Santa Clarita International Family Film Festival 2002 >>>>Best Short Animation Festival du Film de Paris 2002 B-Movie Film Festival 2001 >>>>Best Animated Short Telluride Indie Fest 2001 Brief Encounters Film Festival 2001 Ohio Independent Film Festival 2001 Hawaii International Film Festival 2001 The Festival of Festivals 2001 >>>>Audience Favorite - Best Animation Burbank International Children's Film Festival 2001 3D Festival 2001 Toronto Digital Image Festival 2001 Marco Island Film Festival 2001 >>>>Jury Award - Best First Short >>>>Audience Award - Best Short Animation New Orleans Film Festival 2001 >>>>2001 Lumiere Award Flanders International Film Festival 2001 Canadian International Annual Film Festival 2001 15th Leeds International Film Festival 2001 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival 2001 Long Beach International Film Festival 2001 Big Bear Lake Digital Film Festival 2001 >>>>Jury Award - Best Short Film >>>>Audience Award - Best Digital Animation Webcuts Internet Film Fest Berlin 2001 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films 2001 >>>>Top-10 Audience Choice Award 17th ACB Sacramento Film & Music Festival >>>>Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Crested Butte Reel Fest 2001 >>>>Silver Category Winner - Animation The World Animation Celebration 2001 Atlantic City Film Festival 2001 >>>>Best Animation Subject KidsEye International Film Festival 2001 >>>>1) Outstanding Achievement in Children's Animation >>>>2) Audience Choice - Best of Fest Dances With Films 2001 Portobello Film Festival 2001 Anima Mundi 2001 >>>>1) 1st Place in Best Animation for Children Category >>>>2) 3rd Place in Best Computer Animation Category Atlanta Film and Video Festival 2001 SMOFI 2001 >>>>Silver SMOFI Muskegon Film Festival 2001 >>>>Best Short Film AZ Film Fest 2001 >>>>Best Animated Short Arizona State University Art Museum Film Festival 2001 >>>>LeBlanc Audience Choice Award Johns Hopkins Film Fest 2001

Ornaments in the News: Animation World Network "Featuring a soundtrack comprising a few of classical music's greatest hits, Ornaments is a remarkably accomplished first film..."   At The Shore - Atlantic City Film Festival Article "Perhaps the best film of this year's festival, this flawless, humorous, cute short about a mischievous, little Santa Claus ornament with a hunger for some milk and cookies should garner filmmaker Aaron Erimez some major attention from animation studios...." 3D World Magazine - Issue 13 "With Ornaments currently enjoying unprecedented success . . . and winging its way to animation festivals around the world, expect to see Aaron's work delivered to a desktop near you during the festive season."