19 Official Prizes from the 2018 Awards Ceremony in Annecy

The 42nd Annecy International Animation Film Festival has just finished with a historic number of visitors including 11,700 badgeholders, which was 17% more than in 2017.

The juries awarded 19 prizes on Saturday 16th June at the closing ceremony. It was an awards ceremony that reflected the wide range of emotions felt by audiences during the competition.

Dominique Puthod, Chairman, Mickaël Marin, Managing Director, Marcel Jean, Artistic Director, and all of the CITIA team would like to pay tribute to the fantastic work of their CEO, Patrick Eveno, during the last 12 years and express their immense gratitude.

   

OFFICIAL PRIZES

TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS

> Commissioned films

Jury Award

Mark Lotterman "Happy"

Alice Saey

France, The Netherlands

Cristal for a Commissioned Film

Leica "Everything in Black and White"

Mateus de Paula Santos

VETOR ZERO / LOBO

Brazil

> TV Films

Jury Award for a TV Series

We Bare Bears "Panda's Art"

Daniel Chong

CARTOON NETWORK STUDIOS

USA

Jury Award for a TV Special

The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking

Thomas Sheppard

STOOPID BUDDY STOODIOS

USA

Cristal for a TV Production

PIG: The Dam Keeper Poems "Yellow Flower", "Hello Nice to Meet You"

Erick Oh

TONKO HOUSE LLC

USA, Japan

 

GRADUATION FILMS

Jury Distinction

Hybrids

Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion

MOPA (SUPINFOCOM ARLES)
France

Jury Award

Inanimate

Lucia Bulgheroni

NFTS – NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL

United Kingdom

Cristal for a Graduation Film

Barbeque

Jenny Jokela

RCA – ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART

United Kingdom

 

ANIMATION OFF-LIMITS SHORT FILMS

Off-Limits Award (tied)

An Excavation of Us

Shirley Bruno

LE FRESNOY – STUDIO NATIONAL DES ARTS CONTEMPORAINS
France, Greece, Haiti

Off-Limits Award (tied)

Boy Transcoded from Phosphene

Rodrigo Faustini

Brazil

 

FEATURE FILMS

Audience Award/Première

The Breadwinner

Nora Twomey

CARTOON SALOON, AIRCRAFT PICTURES, MELUSINE PRODUCTIONS / STUDIO 352
Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg

Jury Distinction

The Wolf House

Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña

DILUVIO

Chile

Jury Award

The Breadwinner

Nora Twomey

CARTOON SALOON, AIRCRAFT PICTURES, MELUSINE PRODUCTIONS / STUDIO 352

Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg

Cristal for a Feature Film

Funan

Denis Do

LES FILMS D'ICI, LUNANIME BVBA, BAC FILMS, WEBSPIDER PRODUCTIONS, ITHINKASIA

Belgium, Cambodia, France, Luxembourg

 

SHORT FILMS

Audience Award

Weekends

Trevor Jimenez

PAST LIVES PRODUCTIONS
USA

Jury Distinction

Biciklisti

Veljko Popovic

LEMONADE 3D / KRUPNI KADAR, BAGAN FILMS

Croatia, France

"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film

Egg

Martina Scarpelli

MIYU PRODUCTIONS, LATE LOVE

France, Denmark

Jury Award

Weekends

Trevor Jimenez

PAST LIVES PRODUCTIONS

USA

Cristal for a Short Film

Bloeistraat 11

Nienke Deutz

LUNANIME BVBA, NEED PRODUCTIONS, WINDMILL FILM, BEAST ANIMATION

Belgium, The Netherlands

   

The 2019 Festival will take place between 10th and 15th June and it will honour Japanese animation. It will be an unmissable event for discovering Japanese culture and its most famous classic films.