The <Annecy International Animated Film Festival, which concluded on June 15th, awarded its Cristal prize for feature to the Brazilian film, Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury. The festival’s Cristal for short film went to the NFB short Subconscious Password, a CG/pixilation effort by Oscar-winner Chris Landreth (Ryan).
The complete list of winners is below:
The Cristal for best feature
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
Directed by Luiz Bolognesi (Brazil)
The Cristal for best short
Subconscious Password
Directed by Chris Landreth (Canada)
The Cristal for best TV production
Room on the Broom
Directed by Jan Lachauer and Max Lang (Great Britain)
The Cristal for best commissioned film
Dumb Ways to Die
Directed by Julian Frost (Australia)
Feature Films: Special Distinction
My Mommy Is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill
Directed by Marc Boréal and Thibaut Chatel (France/Luxembourg)
Feature Films: Audience Award
O Apóstolo
Directed by Fernando Cortizo Rodriguez (Spain)
Short Films: Special Jury Award
The Wound
Directed by Anna Budanova (Russia)
Short Films: Distinction for a first film
Trespass
Directed by Paul Wenninger (Austria)
Short Films: Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a first film
Norman
Directed by Robbe Vervaeke (Belgium)
Short Films: Special Distinction
The Triangle Affair
Directed by Andres Tenusaar (Estonia)
Short Films: Sacem Award for original music
Lonely Bones
Directed by Rosto (The Netherlands)
Short Films: Junior Jury Award
Feral
Directed by Daniel Sousa (USA)
Short Films: Audience Award
Lettres de femmes
Directed by Augusto Zanovello (France)
TV: Special Award for a TV series
Tom & The Queen Bee
Directed by Andreas Hykade (Germany)
TV: Award for best TV special
Poppety in the Fall
Directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon and Antoine Lanciaux (France)
Commissioned films: Special Jury Award
Benjamin Scheuer: “The Lion”
Directed by Peter Baynton (Great Britain)
Graduation Films: Award for best graduation film
Ab ovo
Directed by Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi (Poland)
Graduation Films: Special Jury Award
I Am Tom Moody
Directed by Ainslie Henderson (Great Britain)
Graduation Films: Special Distinction
Pandas
Directed by Matus Vizar (Slovakia)
Graduation Films: Junior Jury Award
Rabbit and Deer
Directed by Peter Vacz (Hungary)
Unicef Award
Because I’m a Girl
Directed by Raj Yagnik, Mary Matheson, and Hamilton Shona (Great Britain)
Fipresci Award
Gloria Victoria
Directed by Theodore Ushev (Canada)
Fipresci Special Distinction
Feral
Directed by Daniel Sousa (USA)
“CANAL+ creative aid” Award for a short film
Autour du lac
Directed by Carl Roosens and Noémie Marsily (Belgium)
Festivals Connexion Award – Région Rhône-Alpes with Lumières Numériques
Feral
Directed by Daniel Sousa (USA)
The Funniest Film according to the Annecy Public
KJFG No 5
Directed by Alexey Alekseev (Hungary)
The winners of the 2012 Ottawa International Animation Festival were announced earlier tonight at the National Arts Center in Ottawa. The top prize for short film went to Dutch filmmaker Hisko Hulsing for his short Junkyard. The animated feature prize went to the Spanish feature Arrugas (Wrinkles) directed by Ignacio Ferreras. It’s Such a Beautiful Day by Don Hertzfeldt picked up the audience prize.
I Am Tom Moody by Ainslie Henderson picked up two awards, including the grand prize for best student animation. Two films in this year’s Cartoon Brew Student Animation Festival were also recognized: Kyle Mowat’s Ballpit won best graduate animation and Noam Sussman’s Gum won the Canadian student animation award.
The complete list of winners is below:
Nelvana GRAND PRIZE for Best Independent Short Animation
Junkyard directed by Hisko Hulsing, Netherlands
GRAND PRIZE for Best Animated Feature
Arrugas (Wrinkles) directed by Ignacio Ferreras, Spain
Walt Disney GRAND PRIZE for Best Student Animation
I Am Tom Moody directed by Ainslie Henderson, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
GRAND PRIZE for Best Commissioned Animation
Primus “Lee Van Cleef” by Chris Smith, USA
Best Animation School Showreel
Supinfocom (France)
BEST Narrative Short
A Morning Stroll by Grant Orchard, STUDIO AKA, USA
BEST Experimental/Abstract Animation
Rivière au Tonnerre directed by Pierre Hébert, Canada
Adobe Prize for BEST High School Animation
The Bean by Hae Jin Jung, Gyeonggi Art High School, South Korea
Honourable Mention:
La Soif Du Monde (Thirsty Frog) by a Collective: 12 Children, Camera-etc, Belgium
BEST Undergraduate Animation
Reizwäsche by Jelena Walf & Viktor Stickel, Germany
BEST Graduate Animation
Ballpit directed by Kyle Mowat, Sheridan College, Canada
BEST Promotional Animation
Red Bull ‘Music Academy World Tour’ by Pete Candeland, Passion Pictures, UK
BEST Music Video
The First Time I Ran Away by Joel Trussell, USA
BEST Television Animation for Adults
Portlandia: “Zero Rats” by Rob Shaw, USA
BEST Short Animation Made for Children
Beethoven’s Wig directed by Alex Hawley & Denny Silverthorne, Canada
Honourable Mentions:
Au Coeur de L’Hiver directed by Isabelle Favez, Switzerland
Why do we Put up with Them? directed by David Chai, USA
BEST Television Animation Made for Children
Regular Show: “Eggscellent” by JC Quintel, Cartoon Network
Honourable Mention:
Adventure Time: “Jake vs. Me-Mow” by Pendleton Ward, Cartoon Network, USA
The National Film Board of Canada PUBLIC PRIZE
It’s Such a Beautiful Day directed by Don Hertzfeldt, USA
Canadian Film Institute Award for BEST Canadian Animation
Nightingales in December directed by Theodore Ushev, Canada
Honourable Mentions
Ballpit directed by Kyle Mowat, Sheridan College, Canada
MacPherson directed by Martine Chartrand, National Film Board of Canada, Canada
BEST Canadian Student Animation Award
Gum by Noam Sussman, Sheridan College, Canadaa
Honourable Mentions
Ballpit by Kyle Mowat, Sheridan College, Canada
Tengri by Alisi Telengut, Concordia University, Canada
The Ottawa Media Jury Award
For the best short competition film, as deemed by the local Ottawa Media, consisting of:
-Peter Simpson (Ottawa Citizen)
-Sandra Abma (CBC)
-Fateema Sayani (Ottawa Magazine)
-Denis Armstrong (Ottawa Sun)
I Am Tom Moody by Ainslie Henderson, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
