The Jury on the beach!
17 Awards for an Eclectic Selection
The different juries from the 41st International Animation Film Festival have revealed the winners from Annecy 2017! Amongst the 216 films nominated in the official competition (all categories combined), 17 awards were attributed during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday 17th June.
HONORARY CRISTAL
Marcel Jean handed over the Honorary Cristal to Georges Schwizgebel to commemorate his prolific career.
"For the fifth year in a row, the Annecy Festival awarded the Honorary Cristal to a leading figure in the animation world. This year, it’s not only an exceptional filmmaker that we’ve crowned, but a friend as well. The Swiss director Georges Schwizgebel has had his films in competition at the Annecy Festival fourteen times. Georges has been a member of the jury at the Festival twice and two of his shorts, The Ride to the Abyss and 78 Turns, are included in the list of the 100 best animation films that we published in 2006.
Georges Schwizgebel is an animation guru, an artisan of precision and an artist who has inspired many young animators. His style can be described as baroque and swirling, characterised by a confident brushstroke and a resolutely postmodern approach with his relationship to history and art.” Marcel Jean
His film Erlking was screened as his son Louis Schwizgebel-Wang played the piano.
OFFICIAL PRIZES
TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS
> Commissioned Films
Jury Award
Moby "Are You Lost in the World Like Me?"
Steve Cutts
STEVE CUTTS
USA, UNITED KINGDOM
Cristal for a Commissioned Film
Material World
Anna Ginsburg
STRANGE BEAST
United Kingdom
> TV Series and Specials
Special Distinction for a TV Series
BoJack Horseman "Fish Out Of Water"
Mike Hollingsworth
TORNANTE PRODUCTIONS, LLC
USA
Jury Award for a TV Series
The Man-Woman Case "Wanted"
Anaïs Caura
MY FANTASY / 2 P2L, FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS NOUVELLES ÉCRITURES
France
Cristal for a TV Production
Revolting Rhymes Part One
Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer, Bin-han To
MAGIC LIGHT PICTURES
United Kingdom
GRADUATION FILMS
Jury Distinction
Pas à pas
Charline Arnoux, Mylène Gapp, Léa Rubinstayn, Florian Heilig, Mélissa Roux
ESMA (ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEURE DES MÉTIERS ARTISTIQUES)
France
Jury Award
Summer's Puke is Winter's Delight
Sawako Kabuki
TAMA ART UNIVERSITY
Japan
Cristal for a Graduation Film
Sog
Jonatan Schwenk
HFG – HOCHSCHULE FÜR GESTALTUNG OFFENBACH AM MAIN
Germany
OFF-LIMITS SHORT FILMS
"Off-Limits" Award
Dix puissance moins quarante-trois seconde
FRANCIS
MIYU PRODUCTIONS
France
FEATURE FILMS
Audience Award
The talented Jean-Pierre Jeunet bestowed the Audience Award upon Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman for Loving Vincent. The film has been a great success since its world premiere on Tuesday 13th June.
TRADEMARK FILMS, BREAKTHRU PRODUCTIONS
Poland, United Kingdom
Jury Award
In This Corner of the World
Sunao Katabuchi
MAPPA (MARUYAMA ANIMATION PRODUCE PROJECT ASSOCIATION), GENCO, INC.
Japan
Cristal for a Feature Film
Lu Over the Wall
Masaaki Yuasa
SCIENCE SARU INC
Japan
SHORT FILMS
Audience Award
Grandpa Walrus
Lucrèce Andreae
CAÏMANS PRODUCTIONS
France
Jury Distinction
The Ogre
Laurène Braibant
PAPY3D PRODUCTIONS
France
The "Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film
The Blissful Accidental Death
Sergiu Negulici
ABIS STUDIO
Romania
Jury Award
Kötü Kiz > Wicked Girl
Ayce Kartal
LES VALSEURS
France, Turkey
Cristal for a Short Film
Min Börda > The Burden
Niki Lindroth Von Bahr
MALADE AB
Sweden
After the 2017 Festival hit the milestone with 10,000 accreditations (11% more than in 2016), we’ll see you in Annecy from 11th to 16th June 2018
to pay tribute to Brazilian animation!
Find photos of all the award-winning films
and all the Annecy Festival photos on Flickr 
