Konstantin Bronzit’s ‘We Can’t Live Without Cosmos’ wins Cristal award for best short film at the 39th Annecy International Animated Film Festival, while Franck Ekinci and Christian Desmares’ ‘April and the Extraordinary World’ awarded Cristal for best feature film.
The animation world came together in France this week for the 39th Annecy International Animated Film Festival, running June 15-20. The juries awarded their prizes from among 215 films coming out of 40 countries chosen for the 2015 Official Selection, including eight feature films, 53 short films, 29 TV films, 35 commissioned films and 49 graduation films.
Russian animator Konstantin Bronzit brought home the Cristal for a Short Film with 'We Can't Live Without Cosmos,' his poignant and hilarious film about two inseparable astronauts-in-training, while Franck Ekinci and Christian Desmares’ ‘April and the Extraordinary World,’ a French, Canadian and Belgian co-produced adaptation, set in a steampunk universe, of Jacques Tardi’s graphic novel about a girl’s quest to discover the truth behind her scientist-family’s abduction, took home the Cristal for a Feature Film.
See the full list of winners below:
OFFICIAL PRIZES
Cristal for a Feature Film
April and the Extraordinary World
Franck Ekinci, Christian Desmare
France, Canada, Belgique - JE SUIS BIEN CONTENT, STUDIOCANAL, ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA, JOUROR DISTRIBUTION, TCHACK, KAIBOU PRODUCTION INC., NEED PRODUCTIONS, RTBF, PROXIMUS
Cristal for a Short Film
We Can't Live Without Cosmos
Konstantin Bronzit
Russia - MELNITSA ANIMATION STUDIO
Cristal for a TV Production
Hello World! "Long-Eared Owl"
Éric Serre
France - NORMAAL ANIMATION
Cristal for a Commissioned Film
Rotary "Fateline"
Suresh Eriyat
India - STUDIO EEKSAURUS
Cristal for a Graduation Film
My Dad
Marcus Armitage
United Kingdom - ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART
FEATURE FILMS
Jury Award
Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai
Keiichi Hara
Japan - PRODUCTION I.G
Audience Award
Long Way North
Rémi Chayé
France, Denmark - SACREBLEU PRODUCTIONS, MAYBE MOVIES FRANCE 3 CINÉMA, 2 MINUTES, NØRLUM
SHORT FILMS
Jury Award
The Master
Riho Unt
Estonia - OÜ NUKUFILM
"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film
Guida
Rosana Urbes
Brazil - RR ANIMAÇÃO DE FILMES
Jury Distinction
World of Tomorrow
Don Hertzfeldt
USA - BITTER FILMS
Audience Award
World of Tomorrow
Don Hertzfeldt
USA - BITTER FILMS
ANIMATION OFF-LIMITS - SHORT FILMS
"Off-Limits" Award
Mynarski chute mortelle > Mynarski Death Plummet
Matthew Rankin
Canada - GABRIELLE TOUGAS-FRÉCHETTE, MATTHEW RANKIN
COMMISSIONED FILMS
Jury Award
NSPCC "Lucy and the Boy"
Yves Geleyn
United Kingdom - HORNET, INC.
TV FILMS
Jury Award for a TV Series
Rita og Krokodille "Fisketuren" > Rita and Crocodile "Fishing"
Siri Melchior
Denmark, United Kingdom - DANSK TEGNEFILM 2 APS
Jury Award for a TV Special
La Moufle > The Mitten
Clémentine Robach
France, Belgium - LES FILMS DU NORD
GRADUATION FILMS
Jury Award
Edmond
Nina Gantz
United Kingdom - NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL
Jury Distinction
Brume, cailloux et métaphysique
Lisa Matuszak
France - ÉCOLE DES MÉTIERS DU CINÉMA D’ANIMATION
SPECIAL PRIZES
Festivals Connexion Award – Région Rhône-Alpes with Lumières Numériques
In Deep Waters
Sarah van den Boom – France, Canada
Junior Jury Award for a Graduation Film
Roadtrip
Xaver Xylophon - Germany
Junior Jury Award for a Short Film
We Can't Live Without Cosmos
Konstantin Bronzit
Russia - MELNITSA ANIMATION STUDIO
Fipresci Award – Special Distinction
Guida
Rosana Urbes – Brazil
"Gan Foundation Aid for Distribution" for a Work in Progress Award
My Life as a Zucchini
Claude Barras – France, Switzerland
Sacem Award for Original Music
Dissonance
Till Nowak – Germany
Music: Olaf Taranczewski, Frank Zerban
"CANAL+ Creative Aid" Award for a Short Film
Edmond
Nina Gantz – United Kingdom
André Martin Award for a French Feature Film
Conversation animée avec Noam Chomsky
Michel Gondry - France
André Martin Award for a French Short Film
Rhizome
Boris Labbé – France
André Martin Award - Distinction for a French Short Film
Yul and the Snake
Gabriel Harel - France
Source: Annecy International Animation Film Festival
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