The 2022 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Mifa ended last night, the biggest in event history, with 13,248 badge holders from 106 countries descending on the scorching hot, humid, and beautiful lakeside town of Annecy for a week dedicated to everything animation.

During the Saturday evening Closing Ceremony at the Bonlieu Grand Salle, Mickaël Marin, CEO of CITIA, the festival organizer, shared, “We promised you fireworks but this week was over and above our expectations! Firstly, in terms of attendance, but not only. Annecy 2022 is simply a reflection of how important animation film is worldwide: a major art form and an industry with remarkable agility that is constantly developing.”

22 Official Awards and Distinctions were presented by 6 juries (another 9 special prizes were awarded the previous day) They are as follows:

FEATURE FILMS

Cristal for a Feature Film:

Little Nicholas - Happy as Can Be / Le Petit Nicolas - Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux?
Amandine FREDON, Benjamin MASSOUBRE
France, Luxembourg

Jury Award:

Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens
Alain UGHETTO
France, Italy, Switzerland

Jury Distinction:

My Love Affair with Marriage
Signe BAUMANE
Latvia, USA, Luxembourg

Jury Distinction:

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman / Saules aveugles, femme endormie
Pierre FOLDES
France, Luxembourg, Canada, Netherlands

Gan Foundation Award for Distribution:

Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens
Alain UGHETTO
France, Italy, Switzerland

CONTRACHAMP

Contrechamp Award:

Dozens of Norths / Ikuta no KitaIkuta no Kita
Koji YAMAMURA
Japan, France

Contrechamp Jury Distinction:

Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On
Jun-pyo HONG
South Korea
 

SHORT FILMS

Cristal for a Short Film:

Amok
Balázs TURAI
Hungary, Romania

Jury Award:

Steakhouse
Spela CADEZ
Slovenia, Germany, France

Jury Distinction "For its beautifully crafted animation and its great physical experience":

Anxious Body
Yoriko MIZUSHIRI
France, Japan

"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film:

The Record
Jonathan LASKAR
Switzerland

"Off-Limits" Award:

Intersect
Dirk KOY
Switzerland
 

TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS 

Cristal for a TV Production:

My Year of Dicks
Sara GUNNARSDOTTIR
USA

Jury Award for a TV Series:

Two Little Birds "Too Much Feathers" / Dos pajaritos
Alejo SCHETTINI, Alfredo SODERGUIT
Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay

Jury Award for a TV Special:

The House
Emma DE SWAEF, Marc James ROELS, Niki LINDROTH VON BAHR, Paloma BAEZA
United Kingdom, USA

Cristal for a Commissioned Film:

Save Ralph
Spencer SUSSER
United Kingdom

Jury Award for a Commissioned Film:

Aline
Wes ANDERSON
France

GRADUATION FILMS  

Cristal for a Graduation Film:

Persona
Sujin MOON
South Korea

Jury Award:

A Dog Under a Bridge
Rehoo TANG
China

Jury Distinction:

Mom, What's up with the Dog? / Maman, il a quoi le chien?
Lola LEFEVRE
France
 

VR  

Cristal for the Best VR Work:

Glimpse
Benjamin CLEARY, Michael O'CONNOR
France, Ireland, United Kingdom

Jury Distinction:

Goliath: Playing With Reality
Barry Gene MURPHY, May ABDALLA
United Kingdom, France

SPECIAL PRIZES   

City of Annecy Award:

Reparations
Wilson BORJA
Colombia

YouTube Award:

The Invention of Less
Noah ERNI
Switzerland

Festivals Connexion Award:

Terra incognita
Pernille M. A. KJAER, Adrian DEXTER
Denmark, France

André-Martin Award for a French Short Film:

Histoire pour 2 Trompettes
Amandine MEYER
France

Best Original Music Award for a Feature Film, sponsored by the SACEM:

Quantum Cowboys
Geoff MARSLETT
USA

Best Original Music Award for a Short Film, sponsored by the SACEM:

The Queen of the Foxes / La Reine des renards
Marina ROSSET
Switzerland

Young Audience Award:

The Queen of the Foxes / La Reine des renards
Marina ROSSET
Switzerland

CANAL+ Junior Jury Award:

La calesita
Augusto SCHILLACI
Argentina, USA

France TV Award for a Short Film:

Amok
Balázs TURAI
Hungary, Romania

Source: Annecy International Animation Film Festival