Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Oscar-nominated documentary takes home both the Award for Best Animated Feature and Audience Award for Best Animated Feature; Award for Best Animated Feature for Children goes to ‘Princess Dragon’ by Anthony Roux and Jean-Jacques Denis, with audience award in the same category going to ‘PIL’ by Julien Fournet.
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The Brussels International Animation Film Festival has announced the winners of its Anima 2022 edition.
Jury members for the International Feature Film Competition included Dorien Schetz (Belgium), Jérémy Clapin (France), and Pascal Vermeersch (Belgium).
The winners:
Award For Best Animated Feature
- Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Audience Award for Best Animated Feature:
- Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Jury members for the International Feature Film for Children Competition included Kitty Crowther (Belgium), Claire Paoletti (France), and Nadège Herrygers (Belgium).
The winners:
Award For Best Animated Feature for Children:
- Princess Dragon by Anthony Roux and Jean-Jacques Denis
Audience Award for Best Animated Feature for Children:
- PIL by Julien Fournet
Jury members for the International Short Film Competition included Léoluna Robert-Tourneur (Belgium), Uli Wegenast (Germany), and Bastien Dubois (France).
The winners:
Grand Prix Anima 2022 for Best International Short Film:
- Steakhouse by Špela Čadež
Creative Revelation Award for Best Student Short Film:
- La Confiture de papillons by Shih-Yen Huang
Special Jury Award:
- To the Last Drop by Schnellmann
Special Jury Mention:
- Mom by Kajika Aki Ferrazzini
Audience Award for Best Short Film:
- Au Revoir Jérôme ! by Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, and Chloé Farr
Animated Night Audience Award:
- Loop by Pedro Polledri
Jury members for the International Short Film for Children Competition Included Kitty Crowther (Belgium); Claire Paoletti (France), and Nadège Herrygers (Belgium).
Award for Best Short Film for Children:
- Un Caillou dans la chaussure by Eric Montchaud
Special Jury Mention:
- Battery Daddy by Seung-bae Jeon
Audience Award for Best Short Film for Children:
- Zog and the Flying Doctors by Sean Mullen
Jury members for the National Short Film Competition included Lia Bertels (Belgium), An De Winter (Belgium), Thibaut Quirynen (Belgium).
Award for Best Belgian Short Film:
- Luce and the Rock by Britt Raes
Grand Prix for Best Short of The Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles:
- Câline by Margot Reumont
Author Award:
- Les Liaisons foireuses by Violette Delvoye & Chloé Alliez
Award for Best Student Film:
- Rode Reus by Anne Verbeure
Check out the whole list of prizewinning films and jury mentions here.
Source: The Brussels International Animation Film Festival
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
