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Anifilm 2014: And the Winners Are…

Anifilm 2014: And the Winners Are…

The 5th edition of the International Festival of Animated Films, Anifilm 2014, is drawing to a close, announcing the winners of all festival competition categories. The Main Prize in the International Competition of Feature Films for Grown-ups has gone to the American director Bill Plympton for Cheatin'. The Main Prize for the best film in the International Competition of Feature Films for Children has been awarded to The Boy and the World (O menino e o mundo) made by the Brazilian director Alê Abreu. The film Approved for Adoption (Couleur de peau: miel) directed by Jung a Laurent Boileau has received the Special Mention of the Jury.

The International Competition of Short Films has been won by the Estonian film The Worst-Case Scenario (Must Stsenaarium) directed by Kristjan Holm. The Main Prize in the International Competition of Student Films has been awarded to the director and student of Lucerne University Michael Frei for Plug and Play. The student film Symphony No. 42 directed by Réka Bucsi from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest has received the Special Mention of the Jury. Apart from the prize money, each winner will be taking home the Animorph, a crystal glass trophy from the design studio Morphe.

And in the beginning of the festival, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Animation went to Zdeněk Smetana, a director, screenwriter and designer, whose films have been screened in the non-competition section of the festival.