The big winners in Media & Ent. at the Imagina Awards 2008, announced Thursday at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, were RATATOUILLE for Best Feature, OKTAPODI from Gobelins l'Ecole for Best Animation, DJI VOU VEU VOLTI (I LOVE YOU) from Belgium for Best Short, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END for Best Special Effects, Smirnoff SEA for Best Commercial, Harmonix ROCK BAND for Best Videogame and CAMERA OBSCURA of Supinfocom Valenciennes took the Jury Special Prize.
The Media & Ent. winners were:
* Best Animation
OKTAPODIDirection: Julien Bocabeille; FX Chanioux; Olivier Delabarre; Thierry Marchand; Quentin Marmier; Emud MokhberiProduction: Gobelins l'Ecole de l'ImagePostproduction: Gobelins l'Ecole de l'ImageDistribution: Talantis FilmsType: School-UniversityCountry: France
* Best Commercial
Smirnoff - SEADirection: Daniel KlienmanProduction: Rattling StickPostproduction: Framestore CFC Distribution: JWTType: StudioCountry: United Kingdom
* Best Feature
RATATOUILLEDirection: Brad BirdProduction: Disney-Pixar; Producer: Brad LewisPostproduction: Disney / PixarDistribution: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (France)Type: StudioCountry: US
* Best School-University
BOLIDESDirection: FX Bologna; Theophile Bondoux; Lyonel Charmette; Vincent Le SterProduction: Supinfocom ArlesPostproduction: Supinfocom ArlesDistribution: Premium FilmsType: School-UniversityCountry: France
* Best Short Film
DJI VOU VEU VOLTI (I LOVE YOU)Direction: Feroumont BenoitProduction: La Parti Production; Walking the DogPostproduction: Monsieur Albert; Studio Alea JactaDistribution: la Big FamilyType: IndependentCountry: Belgium
* Best Special Effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S ENDDirection: Gore VerbinskiProduction: Walt Disney Pictures in association with Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsProducer: Jerry BruckheimerPostproduction: Walt Disney Pictures in association with Jerry Bruckheimer FilmsDistribution: Disney / Buena Vista International (France)Type: Studio
Country: US
* Best Video Clip
Chemical Brothers SALMON DANCEDirection: Dom & NicProduction: Factory FilmsPostproduction: Framestore CFCDistribution: The Chemical BrothersType: StudioCountry: UK
* Best Videogame
Harmonix ROCKBANDDirection: Pete CandelandProduction: Anna LordPostproduction - Distribution: Passion PicturesType: Studio/Media
Country: UK
* Jury Special Prize
CAMERA OBSCURADirection: Matthieu Buchalski; Jean-Michel Drechsler; Thierry OnillonProduction: Supinfocom ValenciennesPostproduction: Supinfocom ValenciennesDistribution: Premium FilmsType: School-University/MediaCountry: France
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
