The 42nd Annecy International Animation Film Festival has just finished with a historic number of visitors including 11,700 badgeholders, which was 17% more than in 2017.
The juries awarded 19 prizes on Saturday 16th June at the closing ceremony. It was an awards ceremony that reflected the wide range of emotions felt by audiences during the competition.
Dominique Puthod, Chairman, Mickaël Marin, Managing Director, Marcel Jean, Artistic Director, and all of the CITIA team would like to pay tribute to the fantastic work of their CEO, Patrick Eveno, during the last 12 years and express their immense gratitude.
OFFICIAL PRIZES
TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS
> Commissioned films
Jury Award
Mark Lotterman "Happy"
Alice Saey
France, The Netherlands
Cristal for a Commissioned Film
Leica "Everything in Black and White"
Mateus de Paula Santos
VETOR ZERO / LOBO
Brazil
> TV Films
Jury Award for a TV Series
We Bare Bears "Panda's Art"
Daniel Chong
CARTOON NETWORK STUDIOS
USA
Jury Award for a TV Special
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Thomas Sheppard
STOOPID BUDDY STOODIOS
USA
Cristal for a TV Production
PIG: The Dam Keeper Poems "Yellow Flower", "Hello Nice to Meet You"
Erick Oh
TONKO HOUSE LLC
USA, Japan
GRADUATION FILMS
Jury Distinction
Hybrids
Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion
MOPA (SUPINFOCOM ARLES)
France
Jury Award
Inanimate
Lucia Bulgheroni
NFTS – NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL
United Kingdom
Cristal for a Graduation Film
Barbeque
Jenny Jokela
RCA – ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART
United Kingdom
ANIMATION OFF-LIMITS SHORT FILMS
Off-Limits Award (tied)
An Excavation of Us
Shirley Bruno
LE FRESNOY – STUDIO NATIONAL DES ARTS CONTEMPORAINS
France, Greece, Haiti
Off-Limits Award (tied)
Boy Transcoded from Phosphene
Rodrigo Faustini
Brazil
FEATURE FILMS
Audience Award/Première
The Breadwinner
Nora Twomey
CARTOON SALOON, AIRCRAFT PICTURES, MELUSINE PRODUCTIONS / STUDIO 352
Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg
Jury Distinction
The Wolf House
Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña
DILUVIO
Chile
Jury Award
The Breadwinner
Nora Twomey
CARTOON SALOON, AIRCRAFT PICTURES, MELUSINE PRODUCTIONS / STUDIO 352
Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg
Cristal for a Feature Film
Funan
Denis Do
LES FILMS D'ICI, LUNANIME BVBA, BAC FILMS, WEBSPIDER PRODUCTIONS, ITHINKASIA
Belgium, Cambodia, France, Luxembourg
SHORT FILMS
Audience Award
Weekends
Trevor Jimenez
PAST LIVES PRODUCTIONS
USA
Jury Distinction
Biciklisti
Veljko Popovic
LEMONADE 3D / KRUPNI KADAR, BAGAN FILMS
Croatia, France
"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film
Egg
Martina Scarpelli
MIYU PRODUCTIONS, LATE LOVE
France, Denmark
Jury Award
Weekends
Trevor Jimenez
PAST LIVES PRODUCTIONS
USA
Cristal for a Short Film
Bloeistraat 11
Nienke Deutz
LUNANIME BVBA, NEED PRODUCTIONS, WINDMILL FILM, BEAST ANIMATION
Belgium, The Netherlands
The 2019 Festival will take place between 10th and 15th June and it will honour Japanese animation. It will be an unmissable event for discovering Japanese culture and its most famous classic films.