Meet the winners of GIF IT UP 2025

Grand Prize Winner

Nick Cave (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Source material: De Militie-wet | Hahn, Albert, draughtsman | International Institute of Social History | Europeana | public domain


Runners-up

Berta Līgute (Liepāja, Latvia)
Source material: Mon magazine (1926) – Publicité de la bière Dow | BAnQ | public domain

Niks Zīlīte (Liepaja, Latvia)
Source material: Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758) | The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London | Europeana | CC BY


Food and Drink Category Winners

Justīne Ofkante (Ventspils, Latvia)
Source materials: 1. Still Life with Fish | Carl Bloch | Statens Museum for Kunst
2.Breakfast Piece with Oysters | Alexandre-François Desportes| Nationalmuseum Sweden
3. The Musicians | Henriëtte Ronner | Rijksmuseum
| via Europeana | public domain
4.The Scullion | Théodule Ribot | Art Institute of Chicago | CC0

Irene Maseda Agüero (Madrid, Spain)
Source material:  The Irish Question | De Scott Evans | Art Institute of Chicago | CC0


First-time GIF-maker

Synd Ferreira (Porto, Portugal)
Source material: Psittacus ochrocephalus gmelin | T. Sinclair’s Lith Dreser, William | The New York Public Library | DPLA


Children and Teenagers Category Winners

Knuts Jonaitis (Liepaja, Latvia), 16 years old
Source material: 1. Cod. 5264, fol. 98r: Sammelhandschrift: Milch und Käse, 2. Cod. 5264, fol. 99v: Sammelhandschrift: Fleisch von Rind, Hammel und Ziege | Austrian National Library | Europeana | public domain

Sanda Plīta (Saldus, Latvija), 17 years old
Source material: Head of a calico cat, from the front, with eyes closed| Jean Bernard | Rijksmuseum | Europeana | public domain


People’s Choice Award Winner – 1st place (1041 votes)

Francesco Trentadue (Valenzano, Italy), 12 years old
Source material: Kass akna all | Pärnu Museum | Europeana | CC0


People’s Choice Award Winner – 2nd place (1008 votes)

Mattia Prudente (Valenzano Bari, Italy), 11 years old
Source material: fanciullo nudo con palla (statua) | Turin Gallery for Modern and Contemporary Art | Europeana | CC BY


People’s Choice Award Winner – 3rd place (619 votes)

Alice Pellegrino (Valenzano Bari, Italy), 11 years old
Source material: Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe) | Robert Jacob Gordon | Rijksmuseum | Europeana | public domain


Special Prize for Teacher

goes to Jānis Jankevics, animation teacher at Liepāja Secondary School of Design and Art (LMMDV) for encouarging over 30 of his students to submit their creations.


Special Recognition

goes to the I.C.S. “Papa Giovanni XXIII–Capozzi–Galilei” school in Valenzano, Italy, and to its teacher, Luigia Palumbo, whose students submitted the highest number of valid entries.


Congratulations to all our winners 🎉 We’ll contact you by email about your prizes.

And a huge thank you to everyone who participated: we loved your contributions, creativity and enthusiasm! Hope to see you again next year!