12th Animator Fest/ Winners!

Dear friends, animators and good people, we announce the award winners for this year! Congratulations!

 

GRAND PRIX

 NUN OR NEVER

 Heta Jäälinoja

Böhle Studios

Finland

Award Statement

With a skillful animation process, the author combines artistic elements, characters and their clothes, which have an important symbolic meaning, into a form that constantly metamorphoses: From community to individual and personal, and back again. By playing with the stereotype of nuns, the film shows us that we cannot know what goes on under the clothes that "cover" all our secrets. By thoughtfully using contrasts in color, sound and music, the author creates a convincing film world that is simultaneously strong, meditative and witty, at the same time questioning: Is it possible to achieve spiritual strength and peace without rejecting the original liveliness and unrestrainedness of human nature.

The jury of the 12th Animator fest decided to award the Grand Prix of the festival to the film "Nun or never" by author Heta Halinoja.

*****

 Special Mention/Short Film

THE BROOK THAT RAN BACK TO THE MOUNTAIN

 Alexandr Khramtsov

Russian Federation

 

 Award Statement

The main character is looking for love and the film also talks about the need to escape from one's own destiny. This film characterized by high-quality animation, excellent music and a good editing rhythm.

*****

 Special Mention/Short Film

 AAAAH!

Osman Cerfon

 France

 Award Statement

School classrooms and playgrounds are places of children's exaltations, but also of frustrations. For a humorous story masterfully told through the series of gag-situations, about childhood as an image of mankind that constantly exists on a thin line between Mozart and the primal scream, the special mention of the jury goes to the author from France Osman Cerfon for the film AAAAH!

***** 

Best Student Film

DODO

Yi Luo

Germany

Award Statement

For a very well told and beautiful film, with a strong sense of visual design and cinematography, together with the use of colors and an powerfull sound track, the author tells us a captivating personal story without forgetting her family roots and political environment.

In short, a very mature film that would not loose in comparison with most of the professional films present in this festival. The jury is delighted to attribute the PRIZE FOR BEST STUDENT FILM DODO, by Yi Lou, from the FilmAkademy Banden Würtemberg, Germany

*****

Special Mention/Student Film

I REALLY NEED TO TELL YOU THIS

Bojan Zavišin

Srbija

Award Statement

For a visually interesting, witty, and concise presentation of the relationship between Balkan parents and children, the jury of the 12th Animator Fest assigns special mention to the film I really need to tell you this; by the author Bojan Zavišin. And we really need to tell him this: We do expect some creative animation in the future.

*****

Special Mention/ Student film

ON THE 8TH DAY

Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois

France

Award Statement

For the impressive use of CGI in the process of creating an exceptional material world, as well as for an effective parable about its fragility before the coming catastrophe, with a warning message: whatever may be the cause of the decay of this known world of ours, the human species will share its fate with all others species. A special mention goes to the team of directors from Pôle 3D school (Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin and Théo Duhautois), for the film ON THE 8TH DAY .

*****

Special Mention/ Student Film

Bunnyhood

Mansi Maheshwari

United Kingdom

 Award Statement

The frantic, at times disturbing, storytelling of this animation perfectly captures the emotional tension and insecurity of the teenage protagonist. This is why we are drawn to this distorted portrayal of a relationship, where lies gradually widen the gap, culminating in the mother’s question: 'Do you trust me?'For its cheeky style and the provocative and ironic impact, we award a special mention to Bunnyhood by Mansi Maheshwari.

*****

Best Children and Youth Film

THE SPARKS

Ana Štular, Sabina Nadine Bogoev, Ema Hostar

Slovenia

*****

Special Mention/ Children and Youth Film

Flowery Meadow

Associazione Avisco

Italija

*****

Special Mention/ Children and Youth Film

ONE DAY IN THE  FOREST

Šaf Vranje

Serbia