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Other winners included Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘Paper Trail,’ ‘The Great Dreamscape,’ ‘Ball Face,’ and ‘Unloved,’ which claimed top honors in their categories.
Fresh off its Cannes premiere, the former Pixar animator discusses rural France, hand-drawn animation, and how ‘Iron Boy’ became his most personal work.
Animated features and shorts were omnipresent across the Croisette this year, but only two animated titles left Cannes with awards recognition.
A boy confined to an iron brace searches for freedom in Louis Clichy’s painterly coming-of-age story set in rural France.
The festival’s latest selections highlight a globally diverse slate of auteur-driven features, rising voices, and audience-friendly titles.