Cartoon d’Or 2015 Nominations Announced
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Nominations for the six films competing for the Cartoon d’Or have been announced. The finalists films will be screened at Cartoon Forum and one film will receive the prestigious Cartoon d’Or, a kind of “best of the best” representing the european festival circuit.
The six nominees for the Cartoon d’Or 2015 are:
A Single Life – Job, Joris & Marieke, Netherlands
Autumn Leaves – Carlos De Carvalho & Aude Danset, France
Brothers in Arms – Cav Bøgelund, Denmark
Coda – Alan Holly, Ireland
I Can’t Wait – Claire Sichez, France
The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs, United Kingdom
The award has been handed out to promote european animation since 1991. Since then there have been nine winners from the UK including Nick Park, Joanna Quinn, Mark Baker and Daniel Greaves. This years jury are producer Philippe Delarue (Futurikon, France), director Jan Bultheel (Tondo Films, Belgium) and producer Paul Young (Cartoon Saloon, Ireland)
The six nominees have found their way onto the awards list by winning at the award’s partner festivals including 3D Wire, Anima, Animafest, Cinanima, Encounters Festival, Festival International du Film d’Animation (Annecy), Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Holland Animation Film Festival, Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart and “Cartoon East”: the Eastern European festivals coalition.
For a long list of this years 31 eligible films (of which only six made it) see here
The 2015 Cartoon d’Or Ceremony will take place on Thursday 17 September 2015 in Toulouse.