Anima Awards Milch Top Prize

Anima, the premier animation festival in Belgium, announced the winner of this years event on March 5, 2006.

As part of the festival, Anima was announced its nominations for the Cartoon dOr 2006, which include: * NOCTURNE, Guillaume Delaunay (France)* VERSUS, François Caffiaux, Romain Noël, Thomas Salas (France)* FLIEGENPFLICHT FÜR QUADRAT KÖPFE, Stefan Flint Müller (Germany)* LOISEAU DO, Henri Heidsick (France)* HOT DOG, Joke Van Der Steen & Valère Lommel (Belgium)

Anima screens more than 200 films in the international competition or in retrospectives, exhibitions, film lectures and workshops. It's also an opportunity to discover Belgian animation production and to meet students and up-and-coming young professionals. For further information, visit www.awn.com/folioscope.

Below is a complete list of winners.

Anima 2006 Audiences Prize for Best Belgian ShortsSLOW MOTION Pascal Adant

The National Jury Awards

Studio L'Equipe Award LA HAUT Rémi Durin

Sabam Award PÔLE SUD Frédéric Hainaut

SACD Award DE SUSSEN EN DE GEUZEN Dieter Dresselaers

Grand Prix Communauté française, For a short film produced in the French-Speaking Community HOT DOG Joke Van Der Steen, Valère Lommel

The Festival's Partners Awards

Cinergie Award LE MÔME FAIT MOUCHE Alain Sace

Canvas Award Lost Cargo Pieter Engels, Efim Perlis

BE TV AwardEN ATTENDANT Erkan Köksal

RTBF AwardIMAGO Cedric Babouche

Anima 2006 international Competition Awards

Anima 2006 Award for Best international Shorts, films for children's categoryORANGE MARMELADE Inga Korzhneva (Russia)

Anima 2006 Awards for Best international Shorts, student categoryNocturne Guillaume Delaunay (France)

Special mention Carlitopolis Luis Nieto (France)

Anima 2006 Awards for Best international ShortsMILCH Igor Kovalyov (USA/ Russia)

Special mention THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO Anthony Lucas (Australia)

The Grand Prix ANIMA 2006 for Best Animated Short from the Région de Bruxelles Capitale CITY PARADISE Gaëlle Denis (U.K.)

The Anima 2006 BE TV Feature Film PrizeTHE DISTRICT! (NYOCKER!) Aron Gauder (Hungary)

Anima 2006 Audiences Prize for Best international Shorts

Anima 2006 Audiences Prize for Best international Shorts, student category:VERSUS François Caffiaux, Romain Noël, Thomas Salas SUPINFOCOM Valenciennes (France)

Anima 2006 Audiences Prize for Best international Shorts, professional films category:FLIEGENPFLICHT FÜR QUADRAT KÖPFE Stefan Flint Müller (Germany)

Anima 2006 Audiences Prize for Best international Shorts, films for children's category:LOISEAU DO Henri Heidsick (France)

Anima 2006 Audiences Prize for Best international Feature, films for children's category:ASTÉRIX ET LES VIKINGS Stefen Fjeldmark, Jesper Moller (France/ Denmark)

Anima 2006 Audiences Prize for Best international Feature film:THE DISTRICT! (NYOCKER!) Aron Gauder (Hungary)

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