Winner Grand Prix short narrative

Before Love, Igor Kovalyov (Russia, 2016)

Winner Grand Prix short non-narrative
Track, Tochka, Kazue Monno, Takeshi Nagata (Japan, 2015)

Winner Grand Prix feature film
Cafard, Jan Bultheel  (Belgium/ The Netherlands/ France, 2015)

Winner Grand Prix student film
Edmond, Nina Gantz, National Film and Television School (UK, 2015)

Winner Grand Prix Dutch animation
De Staat: Witch Doctor, Floris Kaayk and Studio Smack (The Netherlands, 2015)

On Sunday March 20 the awards for several competitions were presented at the Holland Animation Film Festival in Louis Hartlooper Complex in Utrecht. 

Best Short Films
Grand Prix narrative short

Igor Kovalyov wins the Grand Prix shorts in the category narrative with Before Love.

From the jury report:
The jury were unanimous in their decision. This film is a masterwork - a lush feast of undulating light and textures that tells a mouthwatering ambiguous story. It offers as many questions as it does answers.

Grand Prix non-narrative short

Tochka, Kazue Monno, Takeshi Nagata won the Grand Prix shorts in the category non-narrative for his film Track.

From the jury report:
The director uses a unique technique to make many works and is making progress in their own style. They have recorded their live action frame by frame and day by day. The accumulation of so many shootings through so many long nights, makes a really fantastic and powerful expression of lights.

Best feature film
Grand Prix feature film

Jan Bultheel won the Grand Prix for his feature film Cafard.

From the jury report:
The best feature animation film to our unanimous opinion was Cafard, which is French for ‘cockroach’, written, designed and directed by Jan Bultheel. Jan Bultheel created a wonderful movie in a surreal style, with a consistent flow of characters and big shots.

Best student film
Grand Prix student film
Nina Gantz won the Grand Prix student film for her film Edmond. 

From the jury report:
Edmond has an original and strong story, which deals with deep human issues. It has unexpected twists, a strong change of scenery and technical excellency. A project that could only have been done in animation.

Best Dutch animation
Grand Prix for Dutch animation
Floris Kaayk and Studio Smack won the Grand Prix Dutch animation for their music video De Staat: Witch Doctor.

From the jury report:
If good art is about evoking feelings, that’s exactly what Witch Doctor does. Therefore we would like to give the Grand Prix to Floris Kaayk and Studio Smack.

Other awards

HAFF Audience Award Dutch animation
Paniek! (Panic!), Joost Lieuwma, Daan Velsink (The Netherlands, 2015)

MovieZone HAFF Award (in cooperation with EYE)
Track, Tochka, Kazue Monno, Takeshi Nagata (Japan, 2015)

HAFF Junior Audience Award (in cooperation with EYE)
(Otto), Job, Joris & Marieke, (The Netherlands, 2015)

Winner web competition HAFFTube
Melting POP,  Alexandre Dubosc (France, 2015)
 

Read the full reports of the jury here.

18de Holland Animation Film Festival
18 t/m 22 maart 2015 in Utrecht
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