PARIS -- Stars and stripes flew at the 32nd Annecy International Animated Film Festival, which bestowed its top prizes on U.S. titles when the six-day toon-filled fest wrapped in the southeastern French town Sunday night.
A feature film jury composed of "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Indian director Ram Mohan and U.K. filmmaker Barry Purves gave the Cristal for best feature to Nina Paley's "Sita Sings the Blues" and a special distinction award to Bill Plympton's "Idiots & Angels."
German filmmaker Hayo Freitag won the audience award for "The Three Robbers". The Cristal for best TV movie went to French director Francois Reczulski's "Moot Moot 'L'Enfer de la mode, ' " and Leigh Hodgkinson won the special award for a TV series for his "Talented Mouse: 'Catnip, ' 'Pest Controller' and 'Oasis.' "
The award for best TV special went to German filmmakers Saschka Unseid and Jakob Schuh's "Engel Zu Fuss".
More than 500 films screened, with 216 titles from 34 countries in official competition. About 115,000 tickets were sold for public screenings and 6,700 professionals from 63 countries attended the festival and parallel MIFA market, a 10% jump from last year.
A feature film jury composed of "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Indian director Ram Mohan and U.K. filmmaker Barry Purves gave the Cristal for best feature to Nina Paley's "Sita Sings the Blues" and a special distinction award to Bill Plympton's "Idiots & Angels."
German filmmaker Hayo Freitag won the audience award for "The Three Robbers". The Cristal for best TV movie went to French director Francois Reczulski's "Moot Moot 'L'Enfer de la mode, ' " and Leigh Hodgkinson won the special award for a TV series for his "Talented Mouse: 'Catnip, ' 'Pest Controller' and 'Oasis.' "
The award for best TV special went to German filmmakers Saschka Unseid and Jakob Schuh's "Engel Zu Fuss".
More than 500 films screened, with 216 titles from 34 countries in official competition. About 115,000 tickets were sold for public screenings and 6,700 professionals from 63 countries attended the festival and parallel MIFA market, a 10% jump from last year.
- 6/16/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARIS -- Organizers of the 2008 Annecy Animation Festival have named the toons set to screen at the event's 32nd edition, which promises to serve a main dish of Franco-American-Japanese fare with a side of Indian flavor when it runs in the South-Eastern French town June 9-14.
Competition titles vying for the festival's Cristal award for best feature include Shinji Aramaki's "Appleseed: Ex Machina" and Masayuki Jokima's "Piano no mori" from Japan, Nina Paley's "Sita Sings the Blues" and Bill Plympton's "Idiots and Angels" from the U.S., French films Christian Hincker's "Peur(s) du noir ...," Guillaume Ivernel's "Chausseurs de dragons" and Olivier Jean-Marie's "Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure," plus German Hayo Freitag's "Die Drei Rauber" and Adria Garcia's "Nocturna" from Spain.
In all, 1,867 films competed for the coveted slots, with 284 making it into the official selection and 216 selected for the competition category; including nine feature films, 43 short films, 45 TV movies, 44 advertising clips and 75 student films. Organizers cited an "explosion in Japanese participation" this year with 119 films sent in.
Competition titles vying for the festival's Cristal award for best feature include Shinji Aramaki's "Appleseed: Ex Machina" and Masayuki Jokima's "Piano no mori" from Japan, Nina Paley's "Sita Sings the Blues" and Bill Plympton's "Idiots and Angels" from the U.S., French films Christian Hincker's "Peur(s) du noir ...," Guillaume Ivernel's "Chausseurs de dragons" and Olivier Jean-Marie's "Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure," plus German Hayo Freitag's "Die Drei Rauber" and Adria Garcia's "Nocturna" from Spain.
In all, 1,867 films competed for the coveted slots, with 284 making it into the official selection and 216 selected for the competition category; including nine feature films, 43 short films, 45 TV movies, 44 advertising clips and 75 student films. Organizers cited an "explosion in Japanese participation" this year with 119 films sent in.
- 4/24/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- The Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for children will unspool U.S. director Helen Hood Scheer's "Jump!" as part of its 11th edition, complete with a live demonstration by competitive jump ropers, organizers said Tuesday.
Scheer's documentary feature about teenagers training for the world jump-rope championships will be one of 26 features among a 68-film lineup to screen as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's kids edition April 12-18.
The full lineup, unveiled Tuesday, includes Danish director Charlotte Sachs Bostrup's "Karla's World", Iranian helmer Gholam-Reza Ramezani's "Standing Alone" and German filmmaker Hayo Freitag's "The Three Robbers".
Other U.S. movies bound for Sprockets includes Devin Bell's "Crank Balls", Logan Smalley's "Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life," David Levy's "Good Morning" and Todd Kessler's "Keith".
Sprockets, which annually features a healthy offering from Western Europe, particularly Scandinavia, also will unspool Arne Lindner Naess's "SOS – Summer of Suspense" from Norway, and Swedish filmmaker Petter Naess' "Leaps & Bounds."
The festival will additionally feature 30 non-English-language films with subtitles to be read aloud for the benefit of young audiences.
Scheer's documentary feature about teenagers training for the world jump-rope championships will be one of 26 features among a 68-film lineup to screen as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's kids edition April 12-18.
The full lineup, unveiled Tuesday, includes Danish director Charlotte Sachs Bostrup's "Karla's World", Iranian helmer Gholam-Reza Ramezani's "Standing Alone" and German filmmaker Hayo Freitag's "The Three Robbers".
Other U.S. movies bound for Sprockets includes Devin Bell's "Crank Balls", Logan Smalley's "Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life," David Levy's "Good Morning" and Todd Kessler's "Keith".
Sprockets, which annually features a healthy offering from Western Europe, particularly Scandinavia, also will unspool Arne Lindner Naess's "SOS – Summer of Suspense" from Norway, and Swedish filmmaker Petter Naess' "Leaps & Bounds."
The festival will additionally feature 30 non-English-language films with subtitles to be read aloud for the benefit of young audiences.
- 3/12/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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