Topic: THAC 2026 Results
It's time for the THAC 2026 Results!!!
Thanks to everyone for taking part and big thanks to the judges, as always, for helping me manage to get the results ready within 3 weeks. You can watch all of the entries here.
Just in time for the results, JYBanimations has produced a highlight reel featuring all 145 entries. Check it out here.
LET’S GET TO IT!
1st - Memory Discrepancy in Sector C by Stanley Q-Brick
2nd - DRAGON by Sean Willets and Austin Ramey
4th - Mistake Number One by JYBanimations
5th - I Think I Left the Stove On by Dudebrick
6th - The Button by Silleck Family Productions
7th - Return to Sender by Flannel Shirt Guy
8th - The Troeka Protocol by Frame5 Studios
9th - The Usurper by Osom Studios
10th - Jealous Swimmer by Jacob Crow
12th - Albatross by Iron Seagull Studios
13th - From Further Away by James Cawood
14th - Drowning My Sorrows by Mighty Wanderer and Sean M
15th - Miriam’s Lullaby by Sullivan Manning
17th - Communication Problems by C LEGO Films
18th - Quest for the Wrench by World of Shrimpy
19th - Death is Dead by Three Mountains Studios
20th - Mislabeled Poison by Silas Heagen
21st - Impermissible Practices by Obstinarian
23rd - Johnny Thunder and the Spear of Illapu by Star Brick Studios
24th -kindle in the Fire by Green Wood Studios
25th - The Old Man and the Goat by Gold Brick Productions
Promising Director - Spirit of the Castle by Johanna Dutta
The judging process worked as follows; each judge watched every film. After watching, each judge ranked their personal top 30 films. Each of the judge's lists was then run through a system that utilizes instant run-off voting to create a top twenty-five reflective of all the judges (as all the judges had their own Top 30, there were far more than 30 entries on the overall list, prior to elimination). The judges then adjusted the top twenty-five list as a group until they were satisfied with the outcome.
Judges considered the following when watching the films: originality, production value (animation, set design, cinematography, sound, etc.), story, and creative interpretation of the theme. While the parts of the film were considered, the most important quality the judges looked for is how the film works as a whole.
The judges this year are:
Robin
Robin is a German brickfilmer and a member of the Bricks in motion mod team. He has been brickfilming since 2009 and has won multiple awards at Steinerei, winning the Best Stop-Motion Animation and Newcomer categories in 2023 and Audience Prize Winner award in 2025.
Gregory Animations
Gregory Animations is an American brickfilmer, best known for his parody brickfilms, such as his Spider-Man Series, Batman series, Deadpool series, and The Adventures of Aquaman series.
Nurtnaut
Nurtnaut is a New Zealand brickfilmer who has made a variety of high placing THAC and BRAWL entries in recent years, most recently coming first place in BRAWL 2025 with Who is Tying People to Train Tracks?
LOTW Studios
LOTW Studios is the current host of THAC and host of the World of Brickfilms Podcast. He is most known for his App Man series and came 1st place in BRAWL 2021, with his entry The Tracker Tracked.
The 1st place winner will have the choice to pick out of the 3, followed by the 2nd place winner, who chooses between the 2 remaining prizes, with the 3rd receiving the remaining prize.
Please note that the prizes are subject to availability, but the prizes we are offering are:
The Orient Express Train| Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook| Game Boy
Courtesy of Nathan Wells, as well as each receiving a LEGO set, the top 3 will each receive an additional prize of the Bricks in Motion Collection Blu-ray, featuring 29 brickfilms by 18 different members of the brickfilming community, spanning from 1979 to 2015, as well as all 33 entries to the Bricks in Motion Celebration Contest (2014).
In addition, there is a separate prize category: Promising Director. This will be awarded to a film that while not necessarily in the top ten, the judges feel displays the creator's passion for their work and their potential to become a great brickfilm director in the future. 
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