the Annecy International Animation Festival in France closed!（attached Award list)

In 2019, the Annecy International Animation Festival in France closed!

Founded in 1960, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival ended on June 15. It is the world’s top international animation festival with the reputation of “Animation Oscar, Animation Cannes” and has attracted the attention of animation enthusiasts all over the world. The animated feature films, animated short films, and TV animations at the Annecy Animation Film Festival are the highest glory in the world of animation.

This year’s Annecy Animation Festival main competition unit has set up to three awards for each type of work: Crystal Award, Jury Prize, and Audience Award.

Here are the list of the awarded works.

Features

Cristal Award of best feature

Special Award

Audience Award

I LOST MY BODY

Jérémy CLAPIN

France

XILAM ANIMATION

I Lost My Body (French: J’ai perdu mon corps) is a 2019 French animated film directed by Jérémy Clapin. It was screened in the International Critics’ Week section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,[1] where it won the Nespresso Grand Prize, becoming the first animated film to do so in the section’s history

JURY DISTINCTION

Buñuel après l’âge d’or

Salvador SIMO

Espagne, Pays-Bas

SYGNATIA FILMS, SUBMARINE

CONTRECHAMP

Away

Gints ZILBALODIS

Lettonie

BILIBABA

Contrechamp in French is part of the shot (Champ) – reverse shot (Contrechamp) process in shooting a film. This cinematic expression now finds its festival equivalent. The festival hopes to offer a better showcase for the most unique feature films, as well as those that create more challenges vis-à-vis the audience.

Short Films

Cristal for a Short Film

Audience Award

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

Pologne

FUMI

JURY DISTINCTION EX ÆQUO

JURY DISTINCTION FOR ITS POWERFUL STORYTELLING

Pulsión

Pedro CASAVECCHIA

Argentine, France

ATLAS V

JURY DISTINCTION EX ÆQUO

JURY DISTINCTION FOR ITS SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE

My Generation

Ludovic HOUPLAIN

France

H5

OFF-LIMITS” AWARD

Dont Know What

Thomas RENOLDNER

Autriche

TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS

TV FILMS

CRISTAL FOR A TV PRODUCTION

Panic in the Village “The County Fair”

Vincent PATAR, Stéphane AUBIER

Belgique

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

Australie, États-Unis

KAPWA STUDIOWORKS, TED-ED

JURY AWARD

#TakeOnHistory “Wimbledon”

SMITH & FOULKES

Royaume-Uni

NEXUS STUDIOS

GRADUATION FILMS

CRISTAL FOR A GRADUATION FILM

Dcera

Daria KASHCHEEVA

République tchèque

FAMU, MAUR FILM COMPANY LTD.

JURY AWARD

Rules of Play

Merlin FLÜGEL

Allemagne

JURY DISTINCTION

These Things in My Head – Side A

Luke BOURNE

Royaume-Uni

BCU – BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY

CRISTAL FOR THE BEST VR WORK

Gloomy Eyes

Jorge TERESO, Fernando MALDONADO

Argentine, France

ATLAS V, 3DAR, ARTE FRANCE

Next year, 2020, Africa animation will in the spotlight and CGGE will continue to report the animation industry in Arica as well as those women animators there. Please refer to the following reports. Coming soon.

Editor:Sophia