Annecy Awards The Violinist, Iron Boy, Paper Trail and More
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has come to an end for another year. And as it does every year, it climaxed with a glitzy award ceremony, awarding the best of the festival. The final awards ceremony was preceded the night before by a ceremony to present the "special awards". The full list of winners can be found below.
The winner of the all-important Cristal For A Feature Film was The Violinist, Singapore's first animated feature for 15 years. Iron Boy, from former Pixar animator Louis Clichy took home the Jury Award, The Audience Award and Gan Foundation Award for Distribution. Desporado, the latest film from Spain's Alberto Vásquez was given the Paul Grimault Award.
The Cristal For A Short Film went to American indie icon Don Hertzfeldt's new film Paper Trail. The winner of the Jury Award and Audience Award was God Is Shy, which also won a Special Award for Best Soundtrack.
An Honorary Cristal was presented to King Of The Hill and Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge for his contributions to animation. The award was presented by Titmouse Cartoons co-founder Chris Prynoski.
At the closing night ceremony, it was confirmed that this year's festival was attended by a record 19,100 accredited attendees. The festival also confirmed that it will return next year, June 13-19 for its 2027 edition. Colombia will be the country of honour.
FEATURE FILMS
Cristal for a Feature Film
The Violinist, Ervin Han, Raúl GarcÃa (Throne Inc., Robot Playground Media, TV ON Producciones, Altri Occhi/Singapore, Spain, Italy)
Jury Award
Iron Boy, Louis Clichy (Eddy Cinéma, Beside Productions/France, Belgium)
Paul Grimault Award
Decorado, Alberto Vázquez (UniKo, Abano Producións The Glow Animation Studio, Sardinha em Lata/Spain, Portugal)
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Iron Boy
Audience Award
Iron Boy
CONTRECHAMP FEATURES
Grand Prix
Blaise Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guige (KG Productions/France)
Jury Award
A New Dawn, (Asmik Ace, Miyu Productions/Japan, France)
SHORT FILMS
Cristal for a Short Film
Paper Trail, Don Hertzfeldt (U.S)
Jury Award
God Is Shy, Jocelyn Charles (France)
Alexeïeff – Parker Award
My Bellyaching Skin, Etienne Bonnet (Girelle Production, France)
Off-Limits Award
Core Dump, Alona Rodeh (Germany)
Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a First Film
Please, Anna Mantzaris (Apparat Filmproduktion, Passion Paris Production, Arte, Film i Väst, SVT, Mikrofilm AS, Kuli Film, YLE and Böhle Studio/Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Norway, Finland)
Audience Award
God is Shy
TV AWARDS
Cristal for a TV Production
The Great Dreamscape, Rémi Durin (Autour de Minuit/Belgium, France)
Jury Award for a TV Series
Takopi’s Original Sin, Shinya Iino Enishiya (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television/Japan)
Jury Award for a TV Special
Song of the Storms, Caroline Attia (Sacrebleu Productions/France, Belgium)
Audience Award for a TV Production
The Broos David Mirailles (Bobby Prod, Arte/France)
COMMISSIONED FILMS
Cristal for a Commissioned Film
Unloved, Victor Caire, Lucas Navarro, Théophile Dufresne (Illogic Studios, Wizz/France)
Jury Award for a Commissioned Film
Eco Beat, Eva Bienert, Max Mörtl, (Vorarlberger Gemeindeverband, Austria, Germany)
GRADUATION FILMS
Jury Award
Dying Embers, Léa Pulini (La Poudrière/France)
Lotte Reiniger Award
Gently, Jamaica Kindlová (FAMU – Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague/Czech Republic)
VR WORKS
Cristal for the Best VR Work
A Long Goodbye, Kate Voet, Victor Maes (Cassette For Timescapes, Tarantula, Valk Productions/Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands)
SPECIAL PRIZE WINNERS
SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Short Film
God Is Shy, Jocelyn Charles (Remembers/France)
SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Feature Film
The Violinist, Ervin Han, Raúl GarcÃa (Throne Inc., Robot Playground Media, TV ON Producciones, Altri Occhi/Singapore, Spain, Italy)
Annecy Presents Audience Award
Brave Cat, Gabriel Osorio (Punkrobot/Chile)
Canal+ Junior Jury Award
Piccolo Piccolo, Marta Gennari (Gebeka Films, Folimage, Reginald de Guillebon, Nadasdy Film/France, Switzerland)
Young Audience Award
Into the Forest, Antonin Niclass (Milos-Films SA/Switzerland)
André Martin Award for a French Short Film
Hold It Together, Fan Sissoko (Compass Films, Komaw̩, Art̩mis Productions РArt̩bis Entertainment/Iceland, France, Belgium)
ARTE Award, European Short Film
Uka-uka, Henri Veermäe (Grafik/Estonia)
Festivals Connexion Award for an Immersive Work
Voooooo—Peeeeee—, Hyeunjoo Woo, Jiyun Park (Ubac Studio/South Korea)
Vimeo Staff Pick Award for a Short Film
Creation, Béla Klingl (Béla Klingl/Hungary)
Warner Bros. Animation Award for a Graduation Film
The 12 Inch Pianist, Lucas Ansel (Rhode Island School of Design/U.S.)
Midnight Shorts Award
Eclosión, Luis Morillo (Luis Morillo, Edwin Gautreau Santana, Claudio Lluberes, Miguel Cabañas, Jaime Cano, Daysi Cruz/Dominican Republic, Spain)
City of Annecy Award
Because Today Is Saturday, Alice Eça Guimarães (Animais AVPL, La Clairière Ouest, Studio Kimchi, Os Filmes do Pinguim/Portugal, France, Spain)
Titmouse WTF Award
You Are Not Part of the Cake, Ting-Jui Chen (Royal College of Art/Taiwan, U.K)
Titmouse WTF Jury Distinction
I Have a, Rory Waudby-Tolley (Rory Waudby-Tolley/U.K)
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