Films by Amandine Fredon & Benjamin Massoubre and Balázs Turai among 22 winners at the jam packed 46th festival edition that saw a record 13,248 badge holders from 106 countries.
The 2022 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Mifa ended last night, the biggest in event history, with 13,248 badge holders from 106 countries descending on the scorching hot, humid, and beautiful lakeside town of Annecy for a week dedicated to everything animation.
During the Saturday evening Closing Ceremony at the Bonlieu Grand Salle, Mickaël Marin, CEO of CITIA, the festival organizer, shared, “We promised you fireworks but this week was over and above our expectations! Firstly, in terms of attendance, but not only. Annecy 2022 is simply a reflection of how important animation film is worldwide: a major art form and an industry with remarkable agility that is constantly developing.”
22 Official Awards and Distinctions were presented by 6 juries (another 9 special prizes were awarded the previous day) They are as follows:
FEATURE FILMS
Cristal for a Feature Film:
Little Nicholas - Happy as Can Be / Le Petit Nicolas - Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux?
Amandine FREDON, Benjamin MASSOUBRE
France, Luxembourg
Jury Award:
Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens
Alain UGHETTO
France, Italy, Switzerland
Jury Distinction:
My Love Affair with Marriage
Signe BAUMANE
Latvia, USA, Luxembourg
Jury Distinction:
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman / Saules aveugles, femme endormie
Pierre FOLDES
France, Luxembourg, Canada, Netherlands
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution:
Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens
Alain UGHETTO
France, Italy, Switzerland
CONTRACHAMP
Contrechamp Award:
Dozens of Norths / Ikuta no KitaIkuta no Kita
Koji YAMAMURA
Japan, France
Contrechamp Jury Distinction:
Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On
Jun-pyo HONG
South Korea
SHORT FILMS
Cristal for a Short Film:
Amok
Balázs TURAI
Hungary, Romania
Jury Award:
Steakhouse
Spela CADEZ
Slovenia, Germany, France
Jury Distinction "For its beautifully crafted animation and its great physical experience":
Anxious Body
Yoriko MIZUSHIRI
France, Japan
"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film:
The Record
Jonathan LASKAR
Switzerland
"Off-Limits" Award:
Intersect
Dirk KOY
Switzerland
TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS
Cristal for a TV Production:
My Year of Dicks
Sara GUNNARSDOTTIR
USA
Jury Award for a TV Series:
Two Little Birds "Too Much Feathers" / Dos pajaritos
Alejo SCHETTINI, Alfredo SODERGUIT
Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay
Jury Award for a TV Special:
The House
Emma DE SWAEF, Marc James ROELS, Niki LINDROTH VON BAHR, Paloma BAEZA
United Kingdom, USA
Cristal for a Commissioned Film:
Save Ralph
Spencer SUSSER
United Kingdom
Jury Award for a Commissioned Film:
Aline
Wes ANDERSON
France
GRADUATION FILMS
Cristal for a Graduation Film:
Persona
Sujin MOON
South Korea
Jury Award:
A Dog Under a Bridge
Rehoo TANG
China
Jury Distinction:
Mom, What's up with the Dog? / Maman, il a quoi le chien?
Lola LEFEVRE
France
VR
Cristal for the Best VR Work:
Glimpse
Benjamin CLEARY, Michael O'CONNOR
France, Ireland, United Kingdom
Jury Distinction:
Goliath: Playing With Reality
Barry Gene MURPHY, May ABDALLA
United Kingdom, France
SPECIAL PRIZES
City of Annecy Award:
Reparations
Wilson BORJA
Colombia
YouTube Award:
The Invention of Less
Noah ERNI
Switzerland
Festivals Connexion Award:
Terra incognita
Pernille M. A. KJAER, Adrian DEXTER
Denmark, France
André-Martin Award for a French Short Film:
Histoire pour 2 Trompettes
Amandine MEYER
France
Best Original Music Award for a Feature Film, sponsored by the SACEM:
Quantum Cowboys
Geoff MARSLETT
USA
Best Original Music Award for a Short Film, sponsored by the SACEM:
The Queen of the Foxes / La Reine des renards
Marina ROSSET
Switzerland
Young Audience Award:
The Queen of the Foxes / La Reine des renards
Marina ROSSET
Switzerland
CANAL+ Junior Jury Award:
La calesita
Augusto SCHILLACI
Argentina, USA
France TV Award for a Short Film:
Amok
Balázs TURAI
Hungary, Romania
Source: Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
