Award Winners for the 40th Annecy Festival

The juries from the 40^th Annecy International Animation Film Festival revealed the 2016 award winners during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday 18^th June.

Marcel Jean bestowed the Honorary Cristal upon Didier Brunner for all his accomplishments throughout his career. Tomm Moore and Delphine Maury also showed up to honour him.

18 awards were attributed this year:

TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS 

Commissioned films

Jury Award

Awesome Beetle's Colors
Indra Sproge
INFINITY BOX
Latvia

Cristal for a Commissioned Film

The New York Times "Modern Love – A Kiss, Deferred"
Moth Collective
NICHOLAS VAN DER KOLK
United Kingdom

TV films

Jury Award for a TV Series

Lili "Lili Loves Food"
Siri Melchior
DANSK TEGNEFILM 2 APS
Denmark, United Kingdom

Jury Award for a TV Special

La Rentrée des classes
Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar
PANIQUE, AUTOUR DE MINUIT, BEAST ANIMATION
Belgium, France 

Cristal for a TV Production

Stick Man
Jeroen Jaspaert, Daniel Snaddon
MAGIC LIGHT PICTURES
United Kingdom

GRADUATION FILMS 

Jury Distinction

Frankfurter Str. 99a
Evgenia Gostrer
HOCHSCHULE FÜR KUNST UND GESTALTUNG/SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN KASSEL
Germany

Jury Award

Balkon > Le Balcon > Balcony
David Dell'Edera
UMBRELLA STUDIO, BUDAPEST METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Hungary

Cristal for a Graduation Film

Depart at 22
Wiep Teeuwisse
HKU UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS UTRECHT
Netherlands

ANIMATION "OFF-LIMITS" 

Jury Distinction 

The Reflection of Power
Mihai Grecu
BATHYSPHERE PRODUCTIONS
France, Romania

"Off-Limits" Award

4min15 au révélateur > 4min15 in the Developer
Moïa Jobin-Paré
Canada

FEATURE FILMS

Audience Award

Ma vie de Courgette > My Life As a Courgette
Claude Barras
BLUE SPIRIT PRODUCTIONS, RITA PRODUCTIONS, GEBEKA FILMS
France, Switzerland

Jury Distinction

La Jeune Fille sans mains
Sébastien Laudenbach
LES FILMS SAUVAGES, PELLEAS FILMS
France

Cristal for a Feature Film

Ma vie de Courgette > My Life As a Courgette
Claude Barras
BLUE SPIRIT PRODUCTIONS, RITA PRODUCTIONS, GEBEKA FILMS
France, Switzerland

SHORT FILMS

Audience Award

Peripheria
David Coquard-Dassault
AUTOUR DE MINUIT, SCHMUBY PRODUCTIONS
France

Jury Distinction 

Moms on Fire
Joanna Rytel
ALTOFILM AB
Sweden

"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film

'n Gewone blou Maandagoggend > An Ordinary Blue Monday Morning
Naomi Van Niekerk
NITA CRONJE

South Africa

Jury Award

Vaysha, l'aveugle > Blind Vaysha
Theodore Ushev
NFB – NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
Canada

Cristal for a Short Film

Une tête disparaît > The Head Vanishes
Franck Dion
PAPY3D PRODUCTIONS, ONF – OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA
Canada, France

After this year’s event that hosted over 9,000 badgeholders (+ 10,3 % vs 2015),

see you from 12^th-17^th June 2017 in Annecy with China as the Guest Country!

Check out the photos of awarded films on Google photos 

Check out Annecy Festival photos on Google photos

Contacts

Laurence Ythier
Media Relations & Special Operations Manager

Véronique Dumon
Media Support