Annecy Awards 'Calamity', 'Undone' , 'Turtle's Journey' And More
This year's Annecy International Animation Festival might be virtual, but the organisers wanted as much as possible to recreate the experience of the traditional event. And so, although the online festival will remain accessible until the end of the month, the festival has already had its 'closing ceremony', the event where the winners of the competition are revealed. The ceremony took place across two nights, symbolically taking place on the dates that they would have taken place in Annecy itself had the festival not have to move online.
This year's winners come from a diverse range of countries including France, Russia, China, Latvia, Poland, Canada, the US, The UK and Belgium. A number of co-productions also won prizes. French filmmakers were involved in six of the winning projects, films from the United Kindom won three, and the United States won two.
Director Rémi Chayé won the coveted Cristal For A Feature Film for his Long Way North follow up, Calamity:a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary. The film is inspired by the early life of historical figure Calamity Jane. The Jury Award went to Russian feature The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks and Poland's Kill It And Leave This Town one the Jury Distinction.
In the Contrechamps category, the Cristal went to Latvia-Norway coproduction My Favourite War. The Shaman Sorceress, from South Korea's Jae-huun Ahn was awarded the Jury Distinction in the category.
Elsewhere, Amazon's first adult animated original Undone won in the TV Jury Award For Series, for the episode The Hospital. The Juried Award for a TV Special went to The Tiger Who Came To Tea, the adaptation of the beloved Children's book from Britain's Lupus Films.
The full list of winners is below. You can also watch the ceremonies on the Annecy YouTube channel.
FEATURE FILMS
Cristal for a
Feature Film
Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary
Rémi Chayé (France, Denmark)
Maybe Movies, Norlum
Jury Award
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks
Andrey Khrzhanovsky (Russia)
School-Studio "Shar"
Jury Distinction
Kill It and Leave this Town
Mariusz Wilczynski (Poland)
Bombonierka, Extreme Options, Iam - Adam
Mickiewicz Institute, Ec1 Lodz - City Of Culture,
Letko, Di Factory, Gigant Films, Polish Film Institute
CONTRECHAMP
Contrechamp Award
My Favorite War
Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen (Latvia, Norway)
Bivrost Film & TV, Ego Media
Contrechamp Jury
Distinction
The Shaman Sorceress
Jae-huun Ahn (South Korea)
Meditation With A Pencil
SHORT FILMS
Cristal for a Short
Film
The Physics of Sorrow
Theodore Ushev (Canada)
NFB – National Film Board Of Canada
Jury Award
Homeless Home
Alberto Vázquez (France, Spain)
Autour De Minuit, Uniko Estudio Creativo
"Jean-Luc
Xiberras" Award for a First Film
The Town
Yifan Bao (China)
ARC Anime Studio
Jury Distinction (ex
Ó•quo)
Freeze Frame
Soetkin Verstegen (Belgium)
Akademie Schloss Solitude
Jury Distinction (ex
Ó•quo)
Genius Loci
Adrien Merigeau (France)
Kazak Productions, Folimage
"Off-Limits"
Award
Serial Parallels
Max Hattler (Germany, Hong Kong)
Relentless Melt
TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS
TV FILMS
Cristal for a TV
Production
Shooom's Odyssey
Julien Bisaro (Belgium, France)
Picolo Pictures
Jury Award for a TV
Series
Undone "The Hospital"
Hisko Hulsing (USA)
Amazon Prime Video, Tornante Productions, Llc,
Submarine
Jury Award for a TV Special
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Robin Shaw (United Kingdom)
Lupus Films
COMMISSIONED FILMS
Cristal for a Commissioned Film
Lucky Chops "Traveller"
Daniel Almagor, Raman Djafari (Germany)
Studio Vogel
Jury Award
Greenpeace "Turtle Journey"
Gavin Strange (United Kingdom)
Aardman Animations Ltd
GRADUATION FILMS
Cristal for a
Graduation Film
Naked
Kirill Khachaturov (Russia)
Moscow School Of New Cinema
Jury Award
Pile
Toby Auberg (United Kingdom)
RCA - Royal College Of Art
Jury Distinction
Sura
Hae-Ji Jeong (South Korea)
Korean National University Of Arts - Knuadis - K'arts
VR WORKS
Cristal for the Best VR Work
Minimum Mass
Raqi Syed, Areito Echevarria (France, New Zealand)
Like Amber, Floréal Films
Jury Special
Distinction
Battlescar – Punk Was Invented by Girls
Martin Allais, Nicolas Casavecchia (USA, France)
Atlas V, Albyon, 1st Avenue Machine, Ryot, Arte
France
