The Annecy International Animated Film Festival, which concluded on June 15th, awarded its Cristal prize for feature to the Brazilian film, Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury. The festival’s Cristal for short film went to the NFB short Subconscious Password, a CG/pixilation effort by Oscar-winner Chris Landreth (Ryan).
The complete list of winners is below:
The Cristal for best feature Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury
Directed by Luiz Bolognesi (Brazil)
The Cristal for best short Subconscious Password
Directed by Chris Landreth (Canada)
The Cristal for best TV production Room on the Broom
Directed by Jan Lachauer and Max Lang (Great Britain)
The Cristal for best commissioned film Dumb Ways to Die
Directed by Julian Frost (Australia)
Feature Films: Special Distinction My Mommy Is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill
Directed by Marc Boréal and Thibaut Chatel (France/Luxembourg)
Feature Films: Audience Award O Apóstolo
Directed by Fernando Cortizo Rodriguez (Spain)
Short Films: Special Jury Award The Wound
Directed by Anna Budanova (Russia)
Short Films: Distinction for a first film Trespass
Directed by Paul Wenninger (Austria)
Short Films: Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a first film Norman
Directed by Robbe Vervaeke (Belgium)
Short Films: Special Distinction The Triangle Affair
Directed by Andres Tenusaar (Estonia)
Short Films: Sacem Award for original music Lonely Bones
Directed by Rosto (The Netherlands)
Short Films: Junior Jury Award Feral
Directed by Daniel Sousa (USA)
Short Films: Audience Award Lettres de femmes
Directed by Augusto Zanovello (France)
TV: Special Award for a TV series Tom & The Queen Bee
Directed by Andreas Hykade (Germany)
TV: Award for best TV special Poppety in the Fall
Directed by Pierre-Luc Granjon and Antoine Lanciaux (France)
Commissioned films: Special Jury Award Benjamin Scheuer: “The Lion”
Directed by Peter Baynton (Great Britain)
Graduation Films: Award for best graduation film Ab ovo
Directed by Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi (Poland)
Graduation Films: Special Jury Award I Am Tom Moody
Directed by Ainslie Henderson (Great Britain)
Graduation Films: Special Distinction Pandas
Directed by Matus Vizar (Slovakia)
Graduation Films: Junior Jury Award Rabbit and Deer
Directed by Peter Vacz (Hungary)
Unicef Award Because I’m a Girl
Directed by Raj Yagnik, Mary Matheson, and Hamilton Shona (Great Britain)
Fipresci Award Gloria Victoria
Directed by Theodore Ushev (Canada)
Fipresci Special Distinction Feral
Directed by Daniel Sousa (USA)
“CANAL+ creative aid” Award for a short film Autour du lac
Directed by Carl Roosens and Noémie Marsily (Belgium)
Festivals Connexion Award – Région Rhône-Alpes with Lumières Numériques Feral
Directed by Daniel Sousa (USA)
The Funniest Film according to the Annecy Public KJFG No 5
Directed by Alexey Alekseev (Hungary)