AWARDED FILMS ANIFILM 2012
CZECH-SLOVAK COMPETITION OF STUDENT ANIMATED FILMS
Best Film Award:
Case, director: Martin Živocký, school: Univerzita Tomáše Bati, Zlín (CZ)
Visually stunning and strongly styled. A passionate homage to classic noir thriller.
Special mention:
Sex Evolution in the Space, director: Aleš Koudela, Inventura o.s. (ČR)
Za upřímnou otevřenost a originalitu na téma sexuality, opravdovost a za poznání, že autismus a animátor mají mnoho společného.
Special mention:
Mechanical Grandpa, director: Jakub Kouřil, school: FAMU, Praha (ČR)
An expertly told human view of dealing with loneliness and loss.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF ANIMATED SHORT FILMS
Best Film Award:
Oh Willy…, director: Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels, producer: Ben Tesseur, Nidia Santiago - Beast Animation, Polaris, Vivement Lundi, il Luster Films
A surprising, sensitive story with a tender, different view of family relationships.
Special Mention:
The Last Bus, director: Martin Snopek, Ivana Laučíková, producer: Ivana Laučíková, feel me film (SK)
An atmospheric, unsettling vision of human history that forces self-reflection.
Swarming, director: Joni Männistö, school: Turku Arts Academy (Finland)
A surrealistic Arcimboldo story of childhood: uncomfortable and disgusting.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS
Films for Children
Best Film Award:
Painting, director: Jean-François Laguionie, producer: Armelle Glorennec, Éric Jacquot, Christophe Louis - Blue Spirit Animation, Be Films, uFilm
Director tells an innovative and engaging story and uses new technologies to create seanless painterly images.
Films for Grown-Ups
Best Film Award:
Alois Nebel, director: Tomáš Luňák, producer: Pavel Strnad - Negativ
For its poignant visual and psychological depiction of the small victims of big historical events.
Special Mention:
Crulic – the Path to Beyond, director: Anca Damian, producer: Anca Damian - Aparte Film, Magellan Foundation
For its use of stark cut-out animation and striking design.