The awards winners of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023.
Feature Films (Competition Official)
[Cristal for a Feature Film]
[Jury Award]
[Paul Grimault Award]
Chicken for Linda!
[France, Italy]
Directors: Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach Production: DOLCE VITA FILMS, MIYU PRODUCTIONS, and PALOSANTO FILMS Target audience: Kids, Family Running time: 01 h 15 min
Four Souls of Coyote
[Hungary]
Director: Áron Gauder Production: CINEMON ENTERTAINMENT Target audience: Teens, Kids, Family Running time: 01 h 43 min 27 s
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
[Japan]
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi Production: CLAP Target audience: Teens, Adults, Young adults Running time: 01 h 23 min
[Audience Award]
[Gan Foundation Award for Distribution]
Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams
[Belgium, France]
Director: Benoît Chieux Production: SACREBLEU PRODUCTIONS, TAKE FIVE, and CIEL DE PARIS Target audience: Kids, Family Running time: 01 h 16 min 05 s
Chicken for Linda!
[France, Italy]
Directors: Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach Production: DOLCE VITA FILMS, MIYU PRODUCTIONS, and PALOSANTO FILMS Target audience: Kids, Family Running time: 01 h 15 min
Feature Films (Contrechamp)
[Contrechamp Grand Prix]
[Contrechamp Jury Distinction]
Robot Dreams
[Spain, France]
Director: Pablo Berger Production: LES FILMS DU WORSO, ARCADIA MOTION PICTURES, and NOODLES PRODUCTION Target audience: Teens, Adults, Kids Running time: 01 h 41 min 45 s
Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light
[Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia]
Director: Filip Pošivač Production: NUTPRODUKCIA, NUTPRODUKCE, S.R.O., and FILMFABRIQ KFT. Target audience: Teens, Kids, Family Running time: 01 h 20 min
Short Films
[Cristal for a Short Film]
[Jury Award]
[Alexeïeff – Parker Award]
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[France, Hungary]
Director: Flóra Anna Buda Production: BODDAH and MIYU PRODUCTIONS Target audience: Adults Running time: 10 min 38 s
Drijf
[Belgium]
Director: Levi Stoops Production: LUNANIME BVBA Target audience: Adults, Young adults Running time: 14 min 59 s
Eeva
[Estonia, Croatia]
Director: Morten Tšinakov and Lucija Mrzljak Production: ADRIATIC ANIMATION and EESTI JOONISFILM Target audience: Young adults Running time: 15 min 58 s
[“Jean-Luc Xiberras” Award for a First Film]
Our Uniform
[Iran]
Director: Yegane Moghaddam Production: Yegane Moghaddam Target audience: Young adults Running time: 07 min 25 s
[Audience Award]
Nun or Never
[Finland]
Director: Heta Jäälinoja Production: BÖHLE STUDIOS Target audience: Teens, Adults, Young adults Running time: 10 min 46 s
[“Off-Limits” Award]
Is Heaven Blue? #2
[Norway, Netherlands]
Directors: Menno de Nooijer and Paul de Nooijer Production: TRI-EYE and TROLLFILM AS Target audience: Adults Running time: 16 min 55 s
TV and Commissioned Films
[Cristal for a Commissioned Film]
November Ultra “Come Into My Arms”
[France]
Director: Tamerlan Bekmurzayev Production: REMEMBERS Target audience: Teens, Adults, Kids Running time: 02 min 18 s
[Jury Award for a Commissioned Film]
The Beatles “I’m Only Sleeping”
[United Kingdom]
Director: Em Cooper Production: JELLY LONDON Target audience: Adults Running time: 03 min 02 s
[Cristal for a TV Production]
La Colline aux cailloux
[Belgium, France, Switzerland]
Director: Marjolaine Perreten Production: LES FILMS DU NORD and NADASDY FILM SARL Target audience: Kids, Family Running time: 29 min
[First Jury Award for a TV Series]
Shape Island “Square’s Big Prank”
[USA]
Director: Drew Hodges Production: APPLE TV+ Target audience: Kids Running time: 23 min 07 s × 8 episodes
[Second Jury Award for a TV Series]
Scavengers Reign “The Wall”
[USA]
Director: Vincent Tsui Production: TITMOUSE INC. Target audience: Adults, Young adults Running time: 24 min 13 s × 12 episodes
Graduation films
[Cristal for a Graduation Film]
La notte
[Italy]
Directors: Martina Generali, Simone Pratola, and Francesca Sofia Rosso School: CSC – Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Scuola Nazionale di Cinema) Target audience: Family Running time: 06 min 30 s
[Jury Award]
Havnesjefen
[Norway]
Directors: Mia L. Henriksen and Konrad Hjemli School: Volda University College Target audience: Adults, Young adults Running time: 07 min 17 s
[Lotte Reiniger Award]
Mano
[Denmark]
Director: Toke Ringmann Madsen School: The Animation Workshop Target audience: Young adults Running time: 06 min 58 s
VR
[Cristal for the Best VR Work]
Red Tail
[Taiwan]
Director: Fish Wang Production: ZERO ONE FILM CO. LTD and PTS – PUBLIC TELEVISION SERVICE Target audience: Teens, Adults, Young adults Running time: 20 min