User:Mitchobacano/2023 Annecy International Animated Film Festival

The 47th edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023 ran from 11 to 17. This year's featured country was Mexico.

The festival opened with Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams directed by Benoît Chieux The winners were announced on the 17th of June: the short film 27 by Flóra Anna Buda won the Short Film Cristal and the feature film Chicken for Linda! by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach won the Feature Film Cristal,.

Feature films

 * Sofía E. Alexander, Mexican showrunner and executive producer
 * Kid Koala, Canadian composer and director
 * Jan Kounen, French director and screenwriter

Short films

 * Jerry Beck, American animation historian
 * Emma de Swaef, Belgian director,
 * Dan Levy, French composer

Graduation films and Off-Limits shorts

 * Julie Ann Crommett, American CEO of Collective Moxie
 * Patricia Hidalgo, British director of BBC Children's and Education
 * Benjamin Massoubre, French director

Television and commissioned films

 * Estrella Araiza, Mexican general director of the Guadalajara International Film Festival
 * Ana Chubinidze, Georgian director
 * Carlo Vogele, Luxembourger director

Contrechamp Feature Films

 * Choi Eun-young, Japanese CEO and co-founder of Science SARU
 * Céline Devaux, French director
 * Hippolyte Girardot, French actor, screenwriter and director

VR Works

 * Jorge Gutiérrez, Mexican creator, designer, scriptwriter and director
 * Chris Lavis, Canadian director and animator
 * Manu Weiss, Swiss producer and curator

Perspectives Short Films

 * Airam Gracia, Sara Gutiérrez et Pablo Emiliano Pérez, Mexican directors

André Martin Award for a French Short Film

 * Thomas Fouet, French journalist
 * Christine Gendre, French head of the short film department Unifrance
 * Jacques Kermabon, French journalist
 * Carolina López Caballero, Spanish journalist
 * Dominique Seutin, Belgian director of Festival Anima

Festivals Connexion and Festivals Connexion VR Awards

 * Fabien De Macedo, French general manager of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
 * Jean-Sébastien Esnault, French executive director of Le Grand Bivouac Festival in Albertville
 * Maral Mohsenin, Swiss head of programmes at Geneva International Film Festival

Jury for the Young Audience Award

 * Philomène Lacostaz, Manel Luesma-Saadia and Charlotte Meiffre
 * Arthur Chiabaut Salentiny, Yasmine Cocco and Thomas Leoutre

Exhibitions

 * "Theodore Ushev, Mind and Matter"
 * "Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget" Puppet Exhibition
 * "Camino a Bolla" with Los Calladitos
 * "Polenta, Love and Puppets", the behind-the-scenes look at the animation film No Dogs or Italians Allowed!

Previews

 * Yuzuru Tachikawa for Blue Giant and Détective Conan : Black_Iron_Submarine
 * Tian Xiaopeng for Deep Sea
 * Peter Sohn et Denise Ream for Elemental
 * Naoko Yamada for Garden of Remembrance
 * Julio Soto Gurpide for Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow
 * Hiroaki Ando for Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage
 * Denis Do for La Forêt de mademoiselle Tang
 * Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli and Jérôme Duc-Maugé for Nina et le Secret du hérisson
 * Tim Harper for Ozi: Voice of the Forest
 * Kirk DeMicco and Faryn Pearl for Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
 * Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears and Ramsey Naito for Ninja Turtles : Teenage Years
 * Kim Burdon and Robert Chandler for The Canterville Ghost
 * Yoshimi Itazu for The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store
 * Takehiko Inoue for The First Slam Dunk
 * Kenji Kamiyama for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
 * Michelle Raimo Kouyate, David Schulenburg, Jarelle Dampier, Khaila Amazan, Clara Chan and Joe Darko for The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
 * Paul Young, Gabriel Osorio and Julien Chheng for Star Wars: Visions
 * Peter Ramsey, Tendayi Nyeke, Anthony Silverston, Orion Ross, Shofela Coker, Nthato Mokgata, Catherine Green and Ng'endo Mukii for Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
 * Nick Bruno, Troy Quane and N.D. Stevenson for Nimona
 * Dan Abraham and Trent Correy for Once Upon a Studio
 * Bob Peterson for Carl's Date

Work in progress sessions

 * Walt Dohrn, Gina Shay and Tim Heitz for Trolls Band Together
 * Jennifer Lee for Wish
 * Sam Fell, Peter Lord and Leyla Hobart for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
 * Ashkan Rahgozar and Franciane Abassan for Juliet and the King
 * Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies, Marine Blin and Gilles Cuvelier for Here Lies My Heart
 * Winshluss, Alexis Ducord, Marc Jousset, Dimitri Lucy and Luciano Lepinay for Into the Wonderwoods
 * Yoko Kuno, Keiichi Kondo, Julien de Man and Tanguy Olivier for Ghost Cat Anzu
 * Vicky Jenson, Brian Pimental and Dimitri Granovsky for Spellbound
 * Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza, Ron Dyens and Virginie Guilminot for Flow
 * Anaïs Caura, Hélène Gendronneau and Joëlle Oosterlinck for Eugene
 * Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
 * Isabel Herguera, Fabian Driehorst and Chelo Loureiro for Sultana's Dream
 * Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen, Oriane Hurard, Daniel Balage and Mathieu Rous de Madinhac for Empereur
 * Spencer Grammer, Steve Levy et Michael Ouweleen for Rick et Morty : 10 Years of Intergalactic Adventures
 * Gilles Jobin, Thomas Ott, Tristan Siodlak and Susana Pandès Diaz for Sunset Motel
 * Arturo Ambriz, Rodolfo Ambriz, Fernanda G. Manzur and Ana Coronilla for Frankelda and the Prince of Spooks
 * Mehdi Leffad, Balak, Hugo Revon, Jérémie Bonnouvrier and Claire Rieuneau for Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix
 * Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Justine Thibault and Eddine Noël for Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
 * Rogerio Nunes and Sébastien Onomo for Heart of Darkness
 * Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski, Patrick Watson and Marc Bertrand pour La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles
 * Genndy Tartakovsky and Michelle Murdocca for Fixed
 * Razahk Issaka, Samaher Bantan and Afnan Bawyan for the Saudi Animation Night
 * Jean-François Laguionie, Stéphan Roelants, Camille Raulo and Denis Lambert for Slocum
 * Chris Meledandri, Benjamin Renner and Pharrel Williams for Migration

Graduation Films
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 * Bedroom People (Le Peuple des chambres) by Vivien Forsans (Canada)
 * Beneath by Beth Walker (United Kingdom)
 * Bottled Insects by Yuxin Gao (Japan)
 * Carp Xmass by Anna Heribanová (Czech Republic)
 * Conej Steps Out by Pablo Río (Spain)
 * Cyclepaths (Cyclepathes) by Anton Claeys (Belgium)
 * Glass Fingers (Degete de sticlǎ) by Alina Gheorghe (Romania)
 * "Dede Is Dead" ("Deniska umřela'') by Philippe Kastner (Czech Republic)
 * Dodo by Yi Luo (Germany)
 * Dog, Ball, Park by Renana Palmor (Israel)
 * The Feast (El festín de last bestias) by Simón Bucher, Claudia Saldivia and Amanda Rivera (Chile)
 * "Fires" (Feux) by Mohammad Babakoohi (France)
 * Fox Tossing by Zénó Mira (Hungary)
 * Fur by Zhen Li (United States)
 * Furrie by Lucie Grannec (France})
 * "The Harbourmaster" ("Havnesjefen'') by Mia L. Henriksen and Konrad Hjemli (Norway)
 * "Horse" (Hobune) by Jass Kaselaan (Estonia)
 * Horse by Diana Gong (United States)
 * "Heave" (Houle) by Timothée Sarran (France)
 * "Under Cover" ("Ispod Maske'') by Darian Bakliza (Croatia)
 * La notte by Martina Generali, Simone Pratola and Francesca Rosso (Italy)
 * "The White Night" (La Nuit blanche) by Audrey Delepoulle (France)
 * "Holes" (Luknje) by Sofiya Kruglikova (Slovenia)
 * "Where's Ornicar" (''Mais où est donc Ornicar") by Oscar Maso y Guell Rivet (France)
 * Makulatour by Tim Markgraf (Germany)
 * Mano by Toke Ringmann Madsen (Denmark)
 * "Origins of a World" (Origines d'un monde) by Emma Zwickert (France)
 * "Not in Love" (Pas amoureux) by Eugénie Bouquet (Switzerland)
 * "Passengers" (Passagers) by Celia Hardy (Belgium)
 * Pipes by Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran and Kilian Feusi (Switzerland)
 * "Dear Me" (Priyo Ami) by Suchana Saha (India)
 * Réalitude by Théophile Farant (France)
 * "Reincarnation" by Fang Zhou (China)
 * Ressources humaines by Titouan Tillier, Trinidad Plass and Isaac Wenzek (France)
 * "Saltwater" (Eau salée) by Declan McKenna (United States)
 * "Shuffle" ("Schoenmaten") by Quita Felix (Netherlands)
 * Sewing Love by Yuan Xu (Japan)
 * Smell of the Ground by Olivia Rosa (Poland)
 * Soaked In by Shiyu Tang (China)
 * " Such Miracles Do Happen" (''Takie cuda się zdarzają") by Barbara Rupik (Poland)
 * The Eastern Rain by Milly Yencken (Estonia)
 * This Will Never Last by Julia Van Oppen, Katrina Lin and Holly May Fletcher (Australia)
 * Throng by Will Clarke (United Kingdom)
 * Tomoya! by Masataka Kihara (Japan)
 * Unique Time by Oh Yu-jin (South Korea)
 * Unusual Sunset by Noé Garcia (Belgium)}}

Short Films

 * Cristal for a Short Film: 27 by Flóra Anna Buda
 * Jury Award: Drijf by Levi Stoops
 * Alexeïeff – Parker Award: Eeva by Morten Tšinakov and Lucija Mrzljak
 * Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a First Film: Our Uniform by Yegane Moghaddam
 * Off-Limits Award: Is Heaven Blue? 2 by Menno De Nooijer and Paul De Nooijer
 * Audience Award: Nun or Never by Heta Jäälinoja
 * Young Audience Award: To Be Sisters by Clément Ceard et Anne-Sophie Gousset
 * CANAL+ Junior Jury Award: Pete by Bret Parker
 * Best Original Music Award for a Short Film: 27 by Flóra Anna Buda

Feature Films

 * Cristal for a Feature Film: Chicken for Linda! by Chiara Malta et Sébastien Laudenbach
 * Jury Award: Four Souls of Coyote by Áron Gauder
 * Audience Award: Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams by Benoît Chieux
 * Paul Grimault Award: The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes by Tomohisa Taguchi
 * Contrechamp Grand Prix: Robot Dreams by Pablo Berger
 * Contrechamp Jury Award:Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light by Filip Pošivač
 * Best Original Music Award for a Feature Film: The Siren by Sepideh Farsi
 * Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: Chicken for Linda! by Chiara Malta et Sébastien Laudenbach

TV and Commissioned Films

 * Cristal for a TV Production: Pebble Hill by Marjolaine Perreten
 * First Jury Award for a TV Series: Shape Island "Square's Big Prank" by Drew Hodges
 * Second Jury Award for a TV Series: Scavengers Reign - The Wall de Vincent Tsui
 * Cristal for a Commissioned Film: Come Into My Arms - November Ultra by Tamerlan Bekmurzayev
 * Jury Award for a Commissioned Film: I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles by Em Cooper

Graduation Films

 * Cristal for a Graduation Film: La notte by Martina Generali, Simone Pratola and Francesca Sofia Rosso
 * Jury Award: The Harbourmaster by Mia L. Henriksen and Konrad Hjemli
 * Lotte Reiniger Award: Mano by Toke Ringmann Madsen

VR

 * Cristal for the Best VR Work: Red Tail by Fish Wang

Special Prizes

 * City of Annecy Award: Island by Michael Faust
 * André Martin Award for a French Short Film: The Purple Season by Clémence Bouchereau
 * Festivals Connexion Award: Maurice's Bar by Tom Prezman and Tzor Edery
 * Festivals Connexion VR Award: From the Main Square by Pedro Harres
 * France TV Award for a Short Film: Nun or Never by Heta Jäälinoja