The winners of the Annecy Festival 2020. Announced the prizes to the best projects presented at Annecy 2020, a festival that this year took place in a virtual version and which will go on until the end of the month with numerous events.The jury among the feature films was convinced by the latest work by Rémi Chayé, Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary, presented on our pages last week [news], while among the shorts the acclaimed The Physics of Sorrow by Theodore Ushev. For productions directed to the small screen instead to triumph were Shooom's Odyssey by Picolo Productions, Undone by Amazon/Torante/Submarine and The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Lupus Films.Here the complete list:FEATURE FILMSCrystal for a Feature Film:Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary [news]Rémi Chayé(France, Denmark; Maybe Movies, Norlum)Jury Award:The Nose or the Conspiracy of MavericksAudrey Khrzhanovsky(Russia, School-Studio Shar)Jury Distinction:Kill It and Leave This TownMariusz Wilczynski(Poland; Bomobnierka, Extreme Options, Iam-Adam Mickiewicz Institute, EC1 Lodz City of Culture, Letko, DI Factory, Gigant Films, Polish Film Institute)Contrechamp Award:My Favorite WarIlzeBurkovskaJocobsen(Latvia/Norway: Bivrost film & TV, Ego Media)Contrechamp Jury Distinction:The Shaman Sorceress [news]Jae-huunAhn(South Korea, Meditation with a Pencil)SHORT FILMSCristal for a Short Film:The Physics of SorrowTheodore Ushev(Canada, National Film Board of Canada)Jury Award:Homeless HomeAlberto Vazques(France, Spain; Autour de Minuit, UnikoEstudioCreativo)Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a First Film:The TownYifan Bao(China, ARC Anime Studio)Jury Distinction:Freeze FrameSoetkinVerstegen(Belgium, Akademie Schloss Solitude)Jury Distintion:Genius LociAdrien Merigeau(France, Kazak Productions, Folimage)Off-Limits Award:Serial ParallelsMax Hattler(Germany, Hong Kong: Relentless Melt)TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMSCristal for a TV Production:Shooom's OdysseyJulien Bisaro(Belgium, France: Picolo Pictures)Jury Award for TV Series:Undone [news]Hisko Hulsing(U.S.; Amazon Prime Video, Torante Productions, Submarine)Jury Award for a TV Special:The Tiger Who Came to TeaRobin Shaw(U.K., Lupus Films)COMMISSIONED FILMSCristal for a Commissioned Film:Lucky Chops "Traveler"Daniel Almagor, Raman Djafari(Germany, Studio Vogel)Jury Award:Greenpeace "Turtle Journey" [news]Gavin Strange(U.K. Aardman Animations)GRADUATION FILMSCristal for a Graduation Film:NakedKirill Khachaturov(Russia, Moscow School of New Cinema)Jury Award:PileToby Auberg(U.K., Royal College of Art)Jury Distinction:SuraHae-Ji Jeong(South Korea, Korean National University of Arts, Knuadis K'Arts)VR WORKSCristal for the Best VR Work:Minimum MassRaqi Syed, Areito Echevarria(France, New Zealand; Like Amber, Floreal Films)Jury Special Distinction:Battlescar - Punk Was Invented by GirlsMartin Allais, Nicolas Casavecchia(USA, France; Atlas, Albyon, 1st Ave. Machine, Ryot, Arte France)For videos of the ceremony, please refer to the channel YouTube of the festival.[ Fra - source AnimationMagazine ]. End of the article.
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