Annecy Competition Crowns 'I Lost My Body', 'Away' 'Buñuel' And More
This year's guest country may have been Japan, but despite the large number of Japanese film in the selection, they were shut out of the awards entirely. Instead, the Jury who include luminaries such as Dean Deblois, Nora Twomey and Studio Ponoc's Yoshiaki Nishimura selected films from countries such as Spain, Latvia, the UK, US and Argentina. But it was the festival's home country of France itself that was the big winner, taking home ten awards in total.
Jérémy Clapin's I Lost My Body followed up its Cannes victory with a double victory here, winning the prestigious Cristal For A Feature Film and Audience Award. The Jury Distinction went to Buñuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles, which also won an award for Music In A Feature Film.
The winner of the Contrechamp Award was Away, a feature film made single-handedly by Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis.
The Annecy Festival will return for its 60th Edition from June 15 to June 2020, and it will spotlight African Animation. The full list of winners is below.
Feature films
Cristal for a Feature Film
I Lost My Body
Jury Distinction
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles
Audience Award/Première
I Lost My Body
Contrechamp Award
Away
Short films
Cristal for a Short Film
Mémorable
Jury Award
Uncle Thomas- Accounting For The Days
Jury Distinction for its social significance
My Generation
Jury Distinction for its powerful storytelling
Drive
"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film
Deszcz
Audience Award
Mémorable
"Off-Limits" Award
Dont Know What
TV and commissioned films
Cristal for a TV Production
A Town Called Panic: A Country Fair
Jury Award for a TV Series
Flavours Of Iraq
Jury Award for a TV Special
My Life in Versailles
Cristal for a Commissioned Film
Ted-Ed "Accents"
Jury Award
#TakeOnHistory "Wimbledon"
Graduation films
Cristal for a Graduation Film
Daughter
Jury Award
Rules of Play
Jury Distinction
These Things in My Head - Side A
Special Prizes
City of Annecy Award
Son of the Sea
André-Martin Distinction for a French Short Film
Flow
André-Martin Award for a French Short Film
My Jukebox: Side-A
André-Martin Award for a French Feature Film
The State Against Mandela And The Others
Vimeo Staff Pick Award
A Year Along the Geostationary Orbit
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Josep
Best Original Music Award for a Short Film, sponsored by the SACEM
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days
Best Original Music Award for a Feature Film, sponsored by the SACEM
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles
FIPRESCI Award
Têtard
CANAL+ Young Audience Award
Big Wolf And Little Wolf
Young Audience Award
The Kite
Junior Jury Award for a Graduation Film
Daughter
Junior Jury Award for a Short Film
Mémorable
Festivals Connexion – Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Award / In partnership with Lumières Numériques & Mèche Courte
Girl in the Hallway
VR
Cristal for the Best VR Work
Gloomy Eyes
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