The European Film Awards (EFA) named Loving Vincent as the best animated feature of the year.
The U.K./Poland co-production (Breakthru Films/Trademark Films) was directed by the husband-and-wife team of Hugh Welchman and Dorota Kobiela. Among its most talked-about aspects is its production method: the producers of the film say that over 65,000 oil paintings were created for the film’s frame-by-frame animation.
The EFA honor, which has been given out since 2009 and was won last year by My Life as a Zucchini, had previously been capped at three nominees, but the category was expanded to four nominees this year, a reflection of the growing quality of feature films pouring out of Europe.
