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Press release 19 June
Annecy Festival
From 14th to 19th June 2021
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The 2021 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Mifa has just ended. A "battle" of an edition, as Mickaël Marin, CEO, described it, that brought together more than 8000 badgeholders on-site for half of them or online. Despite the continuing unstable health situation it saw professionals from 96 countries and the local public finally celebrate this eagerly-awaited 60th anniversary, which was postponed from last year.

Discover the 20 Official
Prize Winners 2021

FEATURE FILMS

> THE OFFICIAL

Flee

Cristal for a Feature Film

Flee

Jonas POHER RASMUSSEN
Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden
SUN CREATURE STUDIO, FINAL CUT FOR REAL, VIVEMENT LUNDI !, MER FILMS, MOST FILM

Ma famille Afghane

Jury Award

Ma famille afghane > My Sunny Maad

Michaela PAVLÁTOVÁ
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
SACREBLEU PRODUCTIONS, NEGATIV S.R.O., BFILM, LTD.

La Traversée

Jury Distinction

La Traversée > The Crossing

Florence MIAILHE
Germany, France, Czech Republic
LES FILMS DE L'ARLEQUIN, BALANCE FILM GMBH, MAURFILM S.R.O., XBO FILMS

Flee

Gan Foundation Award for Distribution

Flee

Jonas POHER RASMUSSEN
Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden
SUN CREATURE STUDIO, FINAL CUT FOR REAL, VIVEMENT LUNDI !, MER FILMS, MOST FILM

After consistently supporting a feature film presented at the WIP (Work in Progress) since 2014 at Annecy, the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution is from now on awarding a Feature Film in the Official Competition. Presented by esteemed actor André Dussollier, this prize was given to Haut et Court, the French distributor of Flee, to enable them to organise several specific promotional actions for the film’s release in cinema theatres.

> CONTRECHAMP

Bob Cuspe

Contrechamp Award

Bob Cuspe – Nós Não Gostamos de Gente
Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People

Cesar CABRAL
Brazil
COALA FILMES

Archipel

Contrechamp Jury Distinction

Archipel > Archipelago

Félix DUFOUR-LAPERRIÈRE
Canada
EMBUSCADE FILMS

SHORT FILMS

Écorce

Cristal for a Short Film

Écorce > Peel

Samuel PATTHEY, Silvain MONNEY
Switzerland
DOK MOBILE

Easter Eggs

Jury Award

Easter Eggs

Nicolas KEPPENS
Belgium, France, Netherlands
ANIMAL TANK, KA-CHING CARTOONS, MIYU PRODUCTIONS

The Town

Jury Distinction
"Special Distinction for Direction"

Affairs of the Art

Joanna QUINN
United Kingdom, Canada
BERYL PRODUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD., ONF – OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA

Hold Me Tight

"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film

Hold Me Tight

Mélanie ROBERT-TOURNEUR
Belgium, France
VIVI FILM, LA CLAIRIÈRE PRODUCTION

Serial Parallels

"Off-Limits" Award

Tunable Mimoid

Vladimir TODOROVIC
Australia
HOOPSNAKE STUDIO

TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS

> TV FILMS

Choum

Cristal for a TV Production

Vanille

Guillaume LORIN
France, Switzerland
FOLIMAGE, NADASDY FILM SARL

Undone

Jury Award for a TV Series

Japan Sinks: 2020 "The Beginning of the End"

Masaaki YUASA
Japan
SCIENCE SARU INC.

Tiger

Jury Award for a TV Special

Mum Is Pouring Rain

Hugo DE FAUCOMPRET
France
LAÏDAK FILMS, DANDELOOO

> COMMISSIONED FILMS

Lucky Chops

Cristal for a Commissioned Film

Kai "A Little Too Much"

Martina SCARPELLI
USA

Greenpeace

Jury Award for a Commissioned Film

Hjelp, vi har en blind pasient
Help! We Have a Blind Patient

Robin JENSEN
Norway
MIKROFILM AS

GRADUATION FILMS

Naked

Cristal for a Graduation Film

Hippocampus > Hippocampe

Zehao LI
China
CHINA ACADEMY OF ART

Pile

Jury Award

Avant

Marcell MOSTOHA
Hungary
MOME – MOHOLY-NAGY UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN

things

Jury Distinction
"Outstanding Art Direction"

La Confiture de papillons > Butterfly Jam

Shih-Yen HUANG
France, Taiwan
ENSAD – ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS

VR WORKS

Replacements

Cristal for the Best VR Work

Replacements (Penggantian)

Jonathan HAGARD
Germany, Indonesia, Japan
KAMPUNG AYU

Find all the Annecy Festival photos on Flickr

Contacts
Laurence Ythier
Head of Media Relations
Véronique Dumon – Press Officer