Winners 2025
On Tuesday, 21 October 2025, the SAE Awards were presented in Cologne. With this award, the SAE Institute honours creative excellence among students and alumni from around the world.
This year, the coveted trophies were awarded in 18 categories, including games, films, music productions, animations
and marketing campaigns. Over 1,000 guests celebrated the winners from Australia, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates at Cologne’s Palladium.
There was particularly loud cheering for the creatives from the SAE Campus in Hamburg, who were awarded a total of seven trophies.
SAE Awards 2025 host Matilda Nettervik and Peter Pulver, CEO Alumni Association
The international SAE Awards were presented for the 20th time this year. The award recognises both the professional achievements of SAE alumni and outstanding semester and final projects by students. 193 media productions submitted
SAE locations made it to the final selection by the international jury this year.
The SAE Institute will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year and held a logo contest to mark the occasion. It was a special honour to select three winners who designed the logo, animation and sound mark for this event.
Winner “SAE 50: Shape the Future” Competition (Chris Müller | CEO SAE GSAN, Tiffany New | SAE Institute Byron Bay, Vikram Ajay | SAE Institute Dubai, Leighanne Fernandes | SAE Institute Liverpool, Matthew Evans | COO C&I division, navitas)
Congratulations to all the winners and participants of the SAE Awards 2025!
SAE Alumni Awards:
„Pelirroja“ von Violeta Torres, SAE Institute Mexico-City
„Viessman x FC Bayern – Directed by Thomas Mueller” von Julius Kreinhöfer, SAE Institute Hamburg
„Paul Jannowski” von Björn Beton, SAE Institute Hamburg
„Lucio“ von Mariana Márquez Góngora, SAE Institute Mexico-City
„Apples Don’t Float“ von Marina Tumin Castañón López de Rivera, SAE Institute Mexico-City
„Dunebound Tactics“ von John Karteros, SAE Institute Athens
„Mirror XR by Creart Digital Media“ von Christel Cherryadi, SAE Institute Byron Bay
„Larsipilami x MDR Television Symphony Orchestra“ von Lars Hempel, SAE Institute Hamburg
„Ectopic Cognitive Preservation (ECP)” von Daniel Burger, SAE Institute Zürich
SAE Students Awards:
„Eating Me Alive – 4Years“ von Tjard Garbe, SAE Institute Hamburg
„Three Robots – Post Production Animation Sound Replacement“ von Michael Esterhuizen, SAE
Institute Adelaide
„Nothing But The End“ von Tanguy Pichon, SAE Institute Genf
„Vision Imperfect“ von Selina Vedat, SAE Institute Sydney
„Dreamspiration“ von Silvan Maxime Vogel, SAE Institute Zürich
„Ruby and The Lost Crystals” von Oliver Pachoud, SAE Institute Geneva
„Hope On Stage“ von Emely Ann-Marie Tuch, SAE Institute Hamburg
„SASH (Small Animal Specialist Hospital)“ von Pariss Ainis, SAE Institute Sydney
„Fahrly – Driving Schools LMS “ von Mohammad Haje, SAE Institute Hamburg
SAE Special Awards
„Fahrly – Driving Schools LMS “ von Mohammad Haje, SAE Institute Hamburg
„SASH (Small Animal Specialist Hospital)“ von Pariss Ainis, SAE Institute Sydney
„Creative Project One“ von Janco Mouton, SAE Institute Kapstadt
„Grotesque“ von Valeria Blanco Ortiz, SAE Institute Mexico-City
Tiffany New (SAE Institute Byron Bay), Vikram Ajay (SAE Institute Dubai) und Leighanne Fernandes
(SAE Institute Liverpool)
