‘France TV Award for a Short Film,’ ‘YouTube Award,’ and the ‘Young Audience Award’ are among the special prizes to be awarded on June 17; festival runs June 13-18.
Here is a line-up of the special prizes and their juries:
France TV Award for a Short Film - This refers to a film acquisition to be broadcast on air that is chosen from the Short Film and Graduation Film categories.
Jury members: Christophe Taudière - France Télévisions Head of the Short Film Division
YouTube Award - The YouTube Award rewards a film in competition in the Short Film and Graduation Film categories.
The winner will receive 10,000 dollars as a financial boost towards a new production.
Jury members: Brigitte lecordier - voice actress; Cyprien - actor, scriptwriter, producer; Julien Borde - Executive Vice President of On Entertainment
CANAL+ Junior Jury Award - This refers to a film acquisition to be broadcast on air that is chosen from the Short Film and Graduation Film categories.
No jury members listed.
Young Audience Award - This prize rewards a film from the Official Selection in the Young Audiences’ category.
Young jury members include: William Djoudi - Evire secondary school; Noémie Deschamps - Les Balmettes secondary school; Gabrielle Priou - Le Muraillon primary school; Alex Gervasoni - Le Muraillon primary school
Best Original Music Award - Supported by the SACEM, in the Short Film and Feature Film categories
Jury: Alex Beaupain – composer, interpreter; Amine Bouhafa – composer
The City of Annecy Award – This prize rewards a short film from the Perspectives category. The jury consists of former students from the ECAL - École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne.
Jury: Mariama Baldé – director; Gabriel Colban – director; Korlei Rochat – director
Festivals Connexion Award - The Festivals Connexion Association is a unique network in France that unites film festivals and events in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Every year, it presents an award at Annecy for a short film.
Jury: Calmin Borel - Executive Director of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival; Chloé Le Nôtre - Director of L’Auditorium Seynod – Annecy; Anne-Sophie Rey - Coordinator of the Festival d’un Jour et de L’équipée – La Cartoucherie, Pôle de l'image Animée
André-Martin Award for a French Short Film – The award highlights animation films’ “passionate and unique inventors.” This prize is awarded to a French short film.
Jury: Thomas Fouet – journalist; Jacques Kermabon – journalist; Carolina López Caballero – journalist; Christine Gendre – Head of the Short Films Department – Unifrance; Dominique Seutin – Director, Festival Anima
Annecy 2022 runs June 13-18. More information about the special prizes and their juries is available here.
Source: Annecy Festival 2022
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
