Annecy 2013 ... And the Winners are....

​​Annecy 2013 has set the pace for an exciting year ahead for animation film. 2461 films were received and 246 selected. 26 films were awarded, 7 shorts, 3 features, 3 for TV films, 2 for commissioned films, 4 for graduation films and 7 other prizes.  The annual animation festival awarded Best Feature to Luiz Bolognesi’s Rio 2096: A Story Of Love And Fury on Saturday at the close of its 2013 edition, where 236 films screened in competition. US filmmaker Daniel Sousa’s Sundance short Feral took home three honors; scroll down for the full list of Annecy winners.

Best Feature
Uma Historia de Amor e Furia (Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury), dir. Luiz Bolognesi

Special Distinction
Ma mama nest en Amerique, elle a rencontre Buffalo Bill (My Mommy Is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill), dir. Marc Boréal, Thibaut Chatel

Audience Award
O Apostolo (L’Apôtre), dir. Fernando Cortizo Rodriguez

Best Short
Subconscious Password (Jeu de l’inconscient), dir. Chris Landreth

Special Jury Award
Obida (The Wound), dir. Anna Budanova

Distinction for a First Film
Trespass, dir. Paul Wenninger

Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a First Film
Norman, dir. Robbe Vervaeke

Special Distinction
Kolmnurga afäär (The Triangle Affair), dir. Andres Tenusaar

Sacem Award for Original Music
Lonely Bones, dir. Rosto

Junior Jury Award for a Short Film
Feral, dir. Daniel Sousa

Audience Award
Lettres de femmes, dir. Augusto Zanovello

Best TV Production
Room On The Broom (“En route !” dit la sorcière), dir. Jan Lachauer, Max Lang

Best Commissioned Film
Dumb Ways To Die, dir. Julian Frost

Special Award for a TV Series
Tom & The Queen Bee, dir. Andreas Hykade

Best TV Special
L’Automne de Pougne (Poppety in the Fall), dir. Pierre-Luc Granjon, Antoine Lanciaux

Special Jury Award
Benjamin Scheur “The Lion” (Scheuer “Le Lion”), dir. Peter Baynton

Best Graduation Film
Ab ovo, dir. Anita Kwiat kowska-Naqvi

Special Jury Award
I Am Tom Moody, dir. Ainslie Henderson

Special Distinction
Pandy (Pandas), dir. Mat us Vizar

Junior Jury Award for a Graduation Film
Nyuszi es Oz (Rabbit and Deer), dir. Peter Vac z

Unicef Award
Because I’m A Girl (Parce que je suis une fille), dir. Raj Ya gnik, Mary Matheso n, Hamilto n Shona

Fipresci Award
Gloria Victoria, dir. Theodore Ushev

Fipresci Special Distinction
Feral, dir. Daniel Sousa

CANAL+ Creative Air Award for a Short Film
Autour du lac, dir. Carl Roosens, Noémie Marsily

Festivals Connexion Award – Region Rhone-Alpes with Lumieres Numeriques
Feral, dir. Daniel Sousa

Annecy Audience Choice
KJFG No 5, dir. Alexey Alekseev

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