{"id":5069,"date":"2025-12-05T14:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/?page_id=5069"},"modified":"2025-12-08T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T08:45:05","slug":"winners-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/en\/winners-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the winners of GIF IT UP 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Grand Prize Winner<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/Cool-Swordsman-Surprise-Sm-0093ba06060589cdcea81bf1c774bc1c.gif\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" style=\"\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Nick Cave (Birmingham, United Kingdom)<\/strong><br>Source material: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/item\/2022093\/10622_2F756977_51A7_495D_8E23_491A1F2F4160_cho\">De Militie-wet&nbsp;<\/a>| Hahn, Albert, draughtsman | International Institute of Social History | Europeana<\/em> | public domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Runners-up<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/BertaLigute_GIF-IT-UP-submission-659a936de5785a30d64cb5260c076703.gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"520\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Berta L\u012bgute (Liep\u0101ja, Latvia)<\/strong><br>Source material: <em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/banq\/54750795224\/in\/album-72177720328652005\">Mon magazine (1926) \u2013 Publicit\u00e9 de la bi\u00e8re Dow<\/a>&nbsp;| BAnQ<\/em><\/em> | public domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/Moth-feadb63becdce7b29082439a07727369.gif\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Niks Z\u012bl\u012bte (Liepaja, Latvia)<\/strong><br>Source material: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/item\/875\/NHMUKXBMNHXEXXBMNHXEX1562778\">Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)<\/a> | The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London | Europeana<\/em> | CC BY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Food and Drink Category Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/GIF-IT-UP-54288d80d405e07304469aab24e3775e.gif\" width=\"350\" height=\"550\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><p><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Just\u012bne Ofkante (Ventspils, Latvia)<\/strong><\/strong><br>Source materials<em>: 1.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/item\/2020903\/KMS1117\">&nbsp;Still Life with Fish&nbsp;<\/a>| Carl Bloch | Statens Museum for Kunst <\/em><br><em>2.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/item\/2064116\/Museu_ProvidedCHO_Nationalmuseum__Sweden_17801\">Breakfast Piece with Oysters<\/a>&nbsp;| Alexandre-Fran\u00e7ois Desportes<\/em>|<em> Nationalmuseum Sweden<\/em><br><em>3.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/item\/90402\/RP_T_1892_A_2661\">&nbsp;The Musicians&nbsp;<\/a>| Henri\u00ebtte Ronner&nbsp;<\/em>| <em>Rijksmuseum <\/em><br><em>| via Europeana <\/em>| <em>public domain <\/em><br><em>4.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artic.edu\/artworks\/27819\/the-scullion\">The Scullion<\/a>&nbsp;| Th\u00e9odule Ribot<\/em> |<em> Art Institute of Chicago<\/em> | CC0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/IMG_0732-757500433b6ef3f4fc6a3ef3bc5ef4b9.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Irene Maseda Ag\u00fcero (Madrid, Spain)<\/strong><\/strong><br>Source material:<em>&nbsp;<\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artic.edu\/artworks\/181777\/the-irish-question\">The Irish Question<\/a> | De Scott Evans | Art Institute of Chicago<\/em> | CC0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>First-time GIF-maker<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/Adobe-Express-papagaio_voando-4a872002b644e92a6ca0b13d949ec7fc.gif\" width=\"760\" height=\"600\" frameBorder=\"0\"  allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Synd Ferreira (Porto, Portugal)<\/strong><br>Source material:&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/dp.la\/item\/90bcd57a1c8442de7d88138c0b594071\">Psittacus ochrocephalus gmelin&nbsp;<\/a>| T. Sinclair&#8217;s Lith Dreser, William | The New York Public Library | DPLA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Children and Teenagers Category Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/Milk-and-Cheese-4736966ba9eb22b5a08043e5d47aab13.gif\" width=\"750\" height=\"350\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Knuts Jonaitis (Liepaja, Latvia)<\/strong>, 16 years old<\/strong><br>Source material: <em>1.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/item\/2059502\/data_foodanddrink_http___www_bildarchivaustria_at_Preview_13834954_jpg\">&nbsp;Cod. 5264, fol. 98r: Sammelhandschrift: Milch und K\u00e4se<\/a>,  2.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/item\/2059502\/data_foodanddrink_http___www_bildarchivaustria_at_Preview_13834961_jpg\">Cod. 5264, fol. 99v: Sammelhandschrift: Fleisch von Rind, Hammel und Ziege&nbsp;<\/a>| Austrian National Library | Europeana<\/em> | public domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/Gato-gif-fb0a39dd106d0ca2d14c96af4dd85beb.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Sanda Pl\u012bta (Saldus, Latvija)<\/strong>, 17 years old<\/strong><br>Source material: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/lv\/item\/90402\/RP_T_1904_190\">Head of a calico cat, from the front, with eyes closed<\/a>| Jean Bernard | Rijksmuseum | Europeana<\/em> | public domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>People&#8217;s Choice Award Winner<\/strong> &#8211; 1st place (1041 votes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/The-cat-and-the-birds-ade7d47f298d7b82c29cee60b13e207b.gif\" width=\"372\" height=\"450\" frameBorder=\"0\"allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Francesco Trentadue (Valenzano, Italy)<\/strong>, <strong>12 years old<\/strong><br>Source material: <em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/item\/401\/item_GJNG7K25LXWIHF3YLD62GV7PQL3SKHRO\">Kass akna all&nbsp;<\/a>| P\u00e4rnu Museum | Europeana <\/em><\/em>| CC0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>People&#8217;s Choice Award Winner<\/strong> &#8211; 2nd place (1008 votes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/1000083473-1810325dcfcd205e1892b74288ae3e6d.gif\" width=\"295\" height=\"480\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Mattia Prudente (Valenzano Bari, Italy)<\/strong>, 11 years old<\/strong><br>Source material: <em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/item\/285\/gam28679\">fanciullo nudo con palla (statua)<\/a>&nbsp;| Turin Gallery for Modern and Contemporary Art | Europeana<\/em><\/em> | CC BY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>People&#8217;s Choice Award Winner<\/strong> &#8211; 3rd place (619 votes)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gifitup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforms\/4630-e5c381196b9d5e5d94eeb66bc5aa2734\/1000036273-d444e2e8b9f3c5d5c16747386b88799c.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Alice Pellegrino (Valenzano Bari, Italy), 11 years old<\/strong><br>Source material: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/it\/item\/90402\/RP_T_1914_17_149\">Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe)&nbsp;<\/a>| Robert Jacob Gordon | Rijksmuseum | Europeana<\/em> | public domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Special Prize for Teacher<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">goes to <strong>J\u0101nis Jankevics<\/strong>, animation teacher at Liep\u0101ja Secondary School of Design and Art (LMMDV) for encouarging over 30 of his students to submit their creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Special Recognition<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> goes to the I.C.S. \u201cPapa Giovanni XXIII\u2013Capozzi\u2013Galilei\u201d school in Valenzano, Italy, and to its teacher, <strong>Luigia Palumbo<\/strong>, whose students submitted the highest number of valid entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations to all our winners \ud83c\udf89 We\u2019ll contact you by email about your prizes. <\/strong><br><strong><br>And a huge thank you to everyone who participated: we <strong>loved your contributions<\/strong>, creativity and enthusiasm! Hope to see you again next year!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the winners of 2025 edition of GIF IT UP!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4959,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"Congratulations to all the winners of 2025 edition of GIF IT UP animation contest! 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