Annecy Prize Winners

Once again Annecy this year had the best of animation on show with 80 countries represented and stable attendance figures of 7,000 participants, equal to last year.
This 36th Festival was punctuated with a number of sneak previews including Ernest & Celestine,
presented in a WIP session in 2011; some first footage of Kirikou les hommes et les femmes, scheduled for release at the end of the year; Day of the Crows; Paperman, the latest short from the Walt Disney Animation Studios; and The Suicide Shop, the first venture into animation by French director Patrice Leconte.

244 films were presented in the official competition, after over 380 screening hours and 2,455 films watched by Annecy’s Creative Content team. A list of the prize winning films can be seen below.

Annecy will return on 10th – 15th June 2013. For more information about Annecy head over to the official website

Short films

The Annecy Cristal
Tram
– Michaela Pavlátová – Sacrebleu Productions

Special Jury Award
Edmond Was a Donkey
– Franck Dion – Papy 3D Productions, ONF, Arte France



“Jean-Luc Xiberras” Award for a first film
The People Who Never Stop
– Florian Piento

Special Distinction
Seven Minutes in the Warsaw Ghetto
– Johan Oettinger – Basmati Film

Sacem Award for original music
Modern No. 2
– Mirai Mizue

Junior Jury Award for a short film
Story of Him
– Pascual Pérez – The Sensible Man Animation

Audience Award
Second Hand
– Isaac King

Feature films

The Cristal for best feature

Crulic – The Path to Beyond
– Anca Damian – Aparte Film

Special Distinction
Wrinkles
– Ignacio Ferreras – Perro Verde Films

Audience Award
Approved for Adoption
– Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin – Mosaïque Films, Artemis Productions, Panda Media, Nadasdy Film

TV and Commissioned films

The Cristal for best TV production
Secret Mountain Fort Awesome “Nightmare Sauce”
– Pete Browngardt – Cartoon Network Studios

Special Award for a TV series
Stella and Sam “Voyage sur la lune”
– Dave Merritt, Raymond Jafelice – Radical Sheep Productions Inc.

Award for best TV special
The Gruffalo’s Child
– Johannes Weiland, Uwe Heidschötter – Magic Light Pictures, Studio Soi GmbH & Co. KG Filmproduktion

Educational, scientific or industrial film
Resale Right
– Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet – Doncvoilà Production

Advertising or promotional film Award
Red Cross “Stuff”
– Andrew Hall – Elastic

Award for best music video
We Cut Corners “Pirate’s Life”
– Przemyslaw Adamski, Kartazyna Kijek

Graduation films

Award for best graduation film
The Making of Longbird
– Will Anderson – Edinburgh College of Art

Special Jury Award
Kyrielle
– Crowd – Boris Labbe – EMCA (École des métiers du cinéma d’animation)

Special Distinction
Le Jardin enchanté
– Viviane Karpp – La Poudrière

Junior Jury Award for a graduation film
Friendsheep
– Jaime Maestro – Primer Frame – Escuela de Animación

Other prizes
Unicef Award
Approved for Adoption
– Laurent Boileau, Jung Henin – Mosaïque Films, Artemis Productions, Panda Media, Nadasdy Film

Fipresci Award
Tram
– Michaela Pavlátová – Sacrebleu Productions

“CANAL+ creative aid” Award for a shortfilm
Una furtiva lagrima
– Carlo Vogele