Annecy 2018: Summary & Winners
Another Annecy Animation Festival is over for another year, but what a year. Whether or not you were fortunate enough to be there this year, join us for a quick catch up and snapshot of what went down at this year’s festival.
From the five short film programmes, (jury and audience awards both going to Trevor Jimenez’s Weekends), to the world premiere of stop-motion feature Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires, this year was the biggest yet: 11,700 badge-holders, 3,800 MIFA badge-holders and 88 countries represented.
Watch our Facebook Live coverage of the festival in our 2 videos below (apologies for the patchy connection!) or jump straight down to this year’s award winners.
Skwigly Live at Annecy 2018 – Part one
Skwigly Live at Annecy 2018 – Part deux!
You couldn’t have missed the fact that Brazil was the country in focus this year – the vibrant colours decorated the Bonlieu, MIFA and the streets of Annecy (not to mention the daily screening trailers, produced by Gobelins).
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- Brazil was the country being celebrated at this year’s festival
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- MIFA, taking place at Impérial Palace
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- Open air screening of How to Train Your Dragon
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- Brad Bird picked up the Honorary Cristal prior to the ‘French screening’ of Incredibles 2
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- Disney / PIXAR party and BBQ
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- The 2018 jury
We couldn’t complete a summary of Annecy without a mention of the annual Skwigly/Joanna Quinn rounders match, which takes place during Nik and Nancy’s picnic. This year a mix of professionals, students, tutors and Skwigly writers made up the two teams: the Ball Breakers and the Underdogs, with the captain of the Ball Breakers taking home the trophy.
Score: Underdogs 4 – 5 Ball Breakers
Next year the festival focus will be on Japan, and will take place between 10th – 15th June 2019. Put the dates in your diary – we are off to book next year’s accommodation already. See you there!
Put the dates in your diary!
The 2018 Award Winners
TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS> Commissioned filmsJury AwardMark Lotterman “Happy” |
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Cristal for a Commissioned FilmLeica “Everything in Black and White” |
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> TV FilmsJury Award for a TV SeriesWe Bare Bears “Panda’s Art” |
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Jury Award for a TV SpecialThe Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who’s Walking |
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Cristal for a TV ProductionPIG: The Dam Keeper Poems “Yellow Flower”, “Hello Nice to Meet You” |
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GRADUATION FILMSJury DistinctionHybrids |
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Jury AwardInanimate |
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Cristal for a Graduation FilmBarbeque |
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ANIMATION OFF-LIMITS SHORT FILMSOff-Limits Award (tied)An Excavation of Us |
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Off-Limits Award (tied)Boy Transcoded from Phosphene |
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FEATURE FILMSAudience Award/PremièreThe Breadwinner |
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Jury DistinctionThe Wolf House |
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Jury AwardThe Breadwinner |
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Cristal for a Feature FilmFunan Belgium, Cambodia, France, Luxembourg |
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SHORT FILMSAudience AwardWeekends |
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Jury DistinctionBiciklisti |
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“Jean-Luc Xiberras” Award for a First FilmEgg |
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Jury AwardWeekends |
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Cristal for a Short FilmBloeistraat 11 |
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