Films by Jérémy Clapin, Bruno Collet and Daria Kashcheeva take top honors among 20 works awarded prizes at 43rd festival edition.
The 43rd Annecy International Animation Film Festival wrapped up earlier this evening, with 20 prizes awarded across a range of features, shorts, TV programs and VR experiences. Record attendance (12,300 badge holders meant lots of foot traffic and extremely long session queues) showed that again this year, the industry continues to flock in droves to this beautiful French city by the lake for an inspiring week of the best in animated content, sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes reveals and glimpses of fantastic work to come. Interspersed with tons of fromage!
In the evening’s top awards, director Jérémy Clapin’s I Lost My Body took home the Cristal for a feature film, while Bruno Collet’s Mémorable won the Cristal for a short film. Daughter, by Daria Kashcheeva, took home the Cristal for a graduation film. According to artistic director Marcel Jean, “It is wonderful to observe the alliances between the official juries, audience votes and the junior juries. Aesthetically powerful and unique propositions, such as I Lost My Body, Mémorable and Daughter have something to please everyone, from professionals, adolescents and the public alike.”
The full list of awards is shown below:
FEATURE FILMS
Cristal for a Feature Film:
I Lost My Body
Jérémy Clapin’
France
XILAM ANIMATION
Jury Distinction:
Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas
Salvador Simo
Spain, Netherlands
SYGNATIA FILMS, SUBMARINE
Audience Award / Premiere
I Lost My Body
Jérémy Clapin’
France
XILAM ANIMATION
Contrachamp Award:
Away
Gints Zilbalodis
Latvia
BILIBABA
SHORT FILMS
Cristal for a Short Film:
Mémorable
Bruno Collet
France
VIVEMENT LUNDI
Jury Award:
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days
Regina Pessoa
Canada, France, Portugal
ONF, LES ARMATEURS, CICLOPE FILMES
“JEAN-LUC XIBERRAS” Award for a First Film:
Deszcz
Piotr Milczarek
Poland
FUMI
Jury Distinction:
For its Powerful Storytelling
Drive
Pedro Casavecchia
Argentina, France
ATLAS V
For its Social Significance:
My Generation
Ludovic Houplain
France
H5
Audience Award:
Mémorable
Bruno Collet
France
VIVEMENT LUNDI
“OFF-LIMITS” Award:
Dont Know What
Thomas Renolder
Austria
TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS
Cristal for a TV Production:
Panic in the Village "The County Fair"
Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier
Belgium
AUTOUR DE MINUIT, PANIQUE SPRL, BEAST ANIMATION
Jury Award for a TV Series:
Flavours of Iraq
Léonard COHEN
France
NOVA PRODUCTION
Jury Award for a TV Series
My Life in Versailles
Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat, Nathaniel H’Limi
France
FILMS GRAND HUIT, MIYU PRODUCTIONS
COMMISSIONED FILMS
Cristal for a Commissioned Film
Ted-Ed "Accents"
Robertino Zambrano
Australia, USA
KAPWA STUDIOWORKS, TED-ED
Jury Award:
#TakeOnHistory "Wimbledon"
Smith & Foulkes
United Kingdom
NEXUS STUDIOS
Graduation Films:
Cristal for a Graduation Film:
Daughter
Daria Kashcheeva
Czech Republic
FAMU, MAUR FILM COMPANY LTD.
Jury Award:
Rules of Play
Merlin Flügel
Germany
Jury Distinction:
These Things in My Head – Side A
Luke Bourne
United Kingdom
BCU – BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY
VR WORKS
Cristal for Best VR Work:
Gloomy Eyes
Jorge Tereso, Fernando Maldonado
Argentina, France
ATLAS V, 3DAR, ARTE FRANCE
Note that Annecy 2020 will take place June 15-20, 2020. As announced this week by the festival, animation from the African continent will be in the spotlight next year, in parallel with the Institut français’ Africa 2020 season.
Source: Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
