The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (Template:Lang-fr,[1] abbreviated as AIAFF, officially Annecy International Animation Film Festival in English[2]) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four international animated film festivals sponsored by the International Animated Film Association (Template:Lang-fr, or ASIFA).
The festival is a competition between cartoon films of various techniques (animated drawings, cut-out papers, modelling clay, computer generated imagery, etc.) classified in various categories:
- Feature films
- Short films
- Films produced for television and advertising
- Student films
- Films made for the internet (since 2002)
Throughout the festival, in addition to the competing films projected in various cinemas of the city, an open-air night projection is organized on Pâquier, in the centre of town, amongst the lake and with the mountains. According to the topic of the festival, classic or recent films are projected upon the giant screen. On Saturday evening, all the award winners are presented.
Award winners[]
Feature films[]
| Year | Cristal du long metrage | Audience Award | Jury Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Heroic Times | ||
| Also nominated: Gwen, or the Book of Sand – The Invisible Child – The Soldier's Tale – The Wind in the Willows | |||
| 1987 | When the Wind Blows[3] | ||
| Also nominated: Monkey King Conquers the Demon – The Adventures of Mark Twain – The Pied Pier – Valhalla | |||
| 1989 | Alice | ||
| Also nominated: Akira – Gandahar – Papobo – The Land Before Time | |||
| 1991 | Robinson and Co | ||
| Also nominated: Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland – The Journey to Melonia – The School of Fine Arts – War of the Birds | |||
| 1993 | Porco Rosso | ||
| Also nominated: The Flying Sneaker – The Tune – Under Milk Wood | |||
| 1995 | Pom Poko | ||
| Also nominated: Close to You – Hugo, the Jungle Creature – The Hero of Two Worlds | |||
| 1997 | James and the Giant Peach | ||
| Also nominated: Beavis and Butt-Head Do America – How the Toys Saved Christmas – Joe's Apartment – The Real Shliem – Werner - Eat My Dust!!! | |||
| 1998 | I Married a Strange Person! | ||
| Also nominated: H.C. Andersen's The Long Shadow – Peccato – Pippi Longstocking – The Hunt for the Key to Heaven | |||
| 1999 | Kirikou and the Sorceress | ||
| Also nominated: Gurin With the Foxtail – Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade – Lucky and Zorba – The Rugrats Movie | |||
| 2000 | The award was declared void | ||
| Nominated: Adolescence of Utena – Optimus Mundus – Pettson and Findus – The Miracle Maker | |||
| 2001 | Mutant Aliens | ||
| Also nominated: Blood: The Last Vampire – Help! I'm a Fish – The Dog Hotel | |||
| 2002 | My Beautiful Girl, Mari | ||
| Also nominated: Mercano the Martian – Metropolis – Momo – Tristan and Isolde | |||
| 2003 | My Life as McDull | ||
| Also nominated: Kaena: The Prophecy – The Boy Who Wanted to be a Bear – The Egg – The Legend of the Sky Kingdom | |||
| 2004 | Oseam | ||
| Also nominated: El Cid: The Legend – Hair High – Pinocchio 3000 – Toto Sapore and the Magic Story of Pizza | |||
| 2005 | The District! | ||
| Also nominated: Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey – Among the Thorns – Frank & Wendy – Terkel in Trouble | |||
| 2006 | Renaissance | ||
| Also nominated: Asterix and the Vikings – Origin: Spirits of the Past – Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit × – xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream | |||
| 2007 | Free Jimmy | Max & Co | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time |
| Also nominated: Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest – Brave Story – Film noir – Flushed Away – Paprika – The Blue Elephant | |||
| 2008 | Sita Sings the Blues | The Three Robbers | Idiots and Angels |
| Also nominated: Appleseed: Ex Machina – Dragon Hunters – Fear(s) of the Dark – Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure – Nocturna – The Perfect World of Kai | |||
| 2009 | Coraline ± and Mary and Max (ex aequo) | The Secret of Kells ± | The award was declared void |
| Also nominated: Battle for Terra – Boogie – Kurt Turns Evil – Monsters vs. Aliens – My Dog Tulip – The Story of Mr. Sorry | |||
| 2010 | Fantastic Mr. Fox ± | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Eleanor's Secret |
| Also nominated: Metropia – One Piece: Strong World – Piercing 1 – Summer Wars – The Storytelling Show | |||
| 2011 | The Rabbi's Cat | Colorful | Colorful |
| Also nominated: A Cat in Paris ± – Chico & Rita ± – Green Days – Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan – Santa's Apprentice – The Great Bear – The House – The Tibetan Dog | |||
| 2012 | Crulic: The Path to Beyond | Approved for Adoption | Wrinkles |
| Also nominated: Asura – Children Who Chase Lost Voices – ParaNorman ± – Ronal the Barbarian – Tad, the Lost Explorer – The Dearest – The Nature of Frédéric Back – The Painting – Zarafa | |||
| 2013 | Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury | O Apóstolo | My Mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill |
| Arjun: The Warrior Prince – Berserk: Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey – Epic – Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart – Jasmine – Khumba – Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return – Pinocchio | |||
| 2014 | The Boy and the World ±[4] | The Boy and the World | Cheatin' |
| Also nominated: Asphalt Watches – Giovanni's Island – The Art of Happiness – Last Hijack – Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story – Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants – The Fake | |||
| 2015 | April and the Extraordinary World | Long Way North | Miss Hokusai |
| Also nominated: Adama – Mune: Guardian of the Moon – Possessed – Sabogal – The Case of Hana & Alice | |||
| 2016 | My Life as a Zucchini ± | My Life as a Zucchini | The Girl Without Hands |
| Also nominated: 25 April – Nuts! – Snowtime! – Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children – Seoul Station – Sheep and Wolves – Window Horses | |||
| 2017 | Lu Over the Wall | Loving Vincent ± | In This Corner of the World |
| Also nominated: A Silent Voice – Animal Crackers – Big Fish & Begonia – Ethel and Ernest – Tehran Taboo – Zombillénium | |||
| 2018 | Funan[5] | The Breadwinner ± | The Breadwinner |
| Also nominated: Cinderella the Cat – La casa lobo – Mirai of the Future ± – Seder-Masochism – Tito e os pássaros – Virus tropical – Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei! – Wall | |||
| 2019 | I Lost My Body±[6] | I Lost My Body | Buñuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles |
| Also nominated: Marona's Fantastic Tale – The Bears Famous Invasion – The Swallows of Kabul – Ride Your Wave – The Relative Worlds – Checkered Ninja – White Snake – The Wonderland | |||
Palmarès by producing countries[]
| France France | First award: 1991 | Last award: 2019 | Total awards: 17 |
| 8 Cristals du long metrage for Robinson & Co, Kirikou and the Sorceress, Renaissance, The Rabbi's Cat, April and the Extraordinary World, My Life as a Zucchini , Funan and I Lost My Body. 6 Audience Awards for Max & Co, The Secret of Kells, Approved for Adoption, Long Way North , My Life as a Zucchini and I Lost My Body. 3 Jury Awards for Eleanor's Secret, My Mommy is in America and she has met Buffalo Bill and The Girl Without Hands. Directors: Jacques Colombat, Michel Ocelot, Christian Volckman, Dominique Monféry, Joann Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux, Laurent Boileau, Marc Boréal, Thibaut Chatel, Franck Ekinci, Christian Desmares, Rémi Chayé and Sébastien Laudenbach and Denis Do. | |||
 USA |
First award: 1997 | Last award: 2014 | Total awards: 9 |
| 6 Cristals du long metrage for James and the Giant Peach, I Married a Strange Person!, Mutant Aliens, Sita Sings the Blues, Coraline and Fantastic Mr. Fox. 1 Audience Award for Fantastic Mr. Fox. 2 Jury Awards for Idiots and Angels and Cheatin'. Directors: Bill Plympton four times, Henry Selick twice, and Wes Anderson and Nina Paley once. | |||
 Japan |
First award: 1993 | Last award: 2017 | Total awards: 8 |
| 3 Cristals du long metrage for Porco Rosso, Pom Poko and Lu over the Wall. 1 Audience Award for Colorful. 4 Jury Awards for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Colorful, Miss Hokusai and In This Corner of the World. Directors: Keiichi Hara twice and Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Mamoru Hosoda, Masaaki Yuasa and Sunao Katabuchi once. | |||
| United Kingdom United Kingdom | First award: 1987 | Last award: 2017 | Total awards: 7 |
| 5 Cristals du long metrage for When the Wind Blows, Alice, James and the Giant Peach, Renaissance and Free Jimmy. 2 Audience Awards for Max & Co and Loving Vincent. Directors: Jimmy T. Murakami, Hugh Welchman. | |||
| Belgium Belgium | First award: 1999 | Last award: 2018 | Total awards: 6 |
| 3 Cristals du long metrage for Kirikou and the Sorceress, April and the Extraordinary World and Funan. 3 Audience Awards for Max & Co, The Secret of Kells and Approved for Adoption. | |||
| Luxembourg Luxembourg | First award: 1999 | Last award: 2018 | Total awards: 6 |
| 3 Cristals du long metrage for Kirikou and the Sorceress, Renaissance and Funan. 1 Audience Award for The Breadwinner. 2 Jury Awards for My Mommy is in America and she has met Buffalo Bill and The Breadwinner. | |||
| Switzerland Switzerland | First award: 1989 | Last award: 2016 | Total awards: 5 |
| 2 Cristals du long metrage for Alice and My Life as a Zucchini. 3 Audience Awards for Max & Co, Approved for Adoption and My Life as a Zucchini. Directors: Frédéric and Samuel Guillaume, and Claude Barras. | |||
| South Korea South Korea | First award: 2002 | Last award: 2012 | Total awards: 3 |
| 2 Cristals du long metrage for My Beautiful Girl, Mari and Oseam. 1 Audience Award for Approved for Adoption. Directors: Lee Sung-gang, Sung Baek-yeop and Jung Henin. | |||
 Brazil |
First award: 2013 | Last award: 2014 | Total awards: 3 |
| 2 Cristals du long metrage for Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury and The Boy and the World. 1 Audience Award for The Boy and the World. Directors: Luz Bolognesi and Alê Abreu. | |||
 Canada |
First award: 2015 | Last award: 2018 | Total awards: 3 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for April and the Extraordinary World. 1 Audience Award for The Breadwinner. 1 Jury Award for The Breadwinner. | |||
| Hungary Hungary | First award: 1985 | Last award: 2005 | Total awards: 2 |
| 2 Cristals du long metrage for Heroic Times and The District!. Directors: József Gémes and Áron Gauder. | |||
| Germany West Germany / Germany | First award: 1989 | Last award: 2008 | Total awards: 2 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for Alice. 1 Audience Award for The Three Robbers. Directors: Hayo Freitag. | |||
| Poland Poland | First award: 2012 | Last award: 2017 | Total awards: 2 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for Crulic: The Path to Beyond. 1 Audience Award for Loving Vincent. Directors: Dorota Kobiela. | |||
| Template:Country data Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia | First award: 1989 | Last award: 1989 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for Alice. Directors: Jan Švankmajer. | |||
| Template:Country data Soviet Union USSR | First award: 1989 | Lat award: 1989 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for Alice. | |||
| Template:Country data Hong Kong Hong Kong | First award: 2003 | Last award: 2003 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for My Life as McDull. Directors: Brian Tse. | |||
| Norway Norway | First award: 2007 | Last award: 2007 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for Free Jimmy. Directors: Christopher Nielsen. | |||
 Australia |
First award: 2010 | Last award: 2010 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for Mary and Max. Directors: Adam Elliot. | |||
| Template:Country data Romania Romania | First award: 2012 | Last award: 2012 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for Crulic: The Path to Beyond. Directors: Anca Damian. | |||
| Template:Country data Cambodia Cambodia | First award: 2018 | Last award: 2018 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Cristal du long metrage for Funan. Directors: Denis Do. | |||
| Republic of Ireland Ireland | First award: 2009 | Last award: 2018 | Total awards: 3 |
| 2 Audience Awards for The Secret of Kells and The Breadwinner. 1 Jury Award for The Breadwinner. Directors: Nora Twomey twice and Tomm Moore once. | |||
 Spain |
First award: 2012 | Last award: 2019 | Total awards: 3 |
| 1 Audience Award for O Apóstolo. 2 Jury Awards for Wrinkles and Buñuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles. Directors: Ignacio Ferreras, Fernando Cortizo and Salvador Simó. | |||
| Italy Italy | First award: 2010 | Last award: 2010 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Jury Award for Eleanor's Secret. | |||
| Denmark Denmark | First award: 2015 | Last award: 2015 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Audience Award for Long Way North. | |||
| Netherlands Netherlands | First award: 2019 | Last award: 2019 | Total awards: 1 |
| 1 Jury Award for Buñuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles. | |||
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Short films[]
- This prize was originally named Grand prix. In 1987 it was renamed Grand prix du court métrage to differentiate it from the feature films prize. In 2003 it took its current name, Le Cristal d'Annecy.
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Template:Country data TCH The Lion and the Song[7] | Lev a písnička | Bretislav Pojar |
| 1962 | Template:Country data GBR The Flying Man [8] | George Dunning | |
| 1963 | Template:Country data TCH Incorrectly Drawn Hen | Špatné Namalovana | Jiří Brdečka |
| 1965 | Template:Country data FRA The Lady and the Cellist | La demoiselle et le violoncelliste | Jean-François Laguionie |
| 1967 | Template:Country data FRA Ares vs. Atlas | Arès contre Atlas | Manolo Otero |
| Template:Country data POL Cages | Klatki | Mirosław Kijowicz | |
| Template:Country data YUG Tamer of the Wild Horses | Krotitelj divljih konja | Nedeljko Dragić | |
| Template:Country data GBR The Breath | Jimmy Murakami | ||
| 1971 | Template:Country data POL The Appeal | Apel | Ryszard Czekała |
| Template:Country data YUG The Bride | Nevesta | Borislav Sajtinac | |
| The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam ±
|
Dale Case and Robert Michell | ||
| 1973 | Frank Film ×
|
Frank Mouris | |
| 1975 | Template:Country data FRA The Footsteps | Le Pas | Piotr Kamler |
| 1977 | Template:Country data NED David | Paul Driessen | |
| Template:Country data CAN The Sand Castle ×[9] | Le château de sable | Co Hoedeman | |
| 1979 | Template:Country data CAN Afterlife | Ishu Patel | |
| Template:Country data GBR Mr. Pascal | Alison De Vere | ||
| 1981 | Template:Country data POL Tango × | Zbigniew Rybczyński | |
| 1983 | Template:Country data TCH Dimensions of Dialogue | Možnosti dialogu | Jan Švankmajer |
| 1985 | Template:Country data BEL A Greek Tragedy × | Een griekse tragedie | Nicole van Goethem |
| 1987 | Template:Country data CAN The Man Who Planted Trees × | L'homme qui plantait des arbres | Frédéric Back |
| Template:Country data BUL Crushed World | Smatchkan sviat | Boiko Kanev | |
| 1989 | Template:Country data GBR The Hill Farm ±[10] | Mark Baker | |
| 1991 | Template:Country data URS Grey Wolf and Little Riding Hood | Seryi Volk & Krasnaya Shapochka | Garri Bardin |
| 1993 | Template:Country data CAN The Mighty River ± | Le fleuve aux grandes eaux | Frédéric Back |
| 1995 | Template:Country data RUS Switchcraft | Konstantin Bronzit | |
| 1997 | Template:Country data FRA The Old Lady and the Pigeons ± | La vieille dame et les pigeons | Sylvain Chomet |
| 1998 | Template:Country data BEL Nocturnal Butterflies | Nachtvlinders | Paul Delvaux and Raoul Servais |
| 1999 | Template:Country data CAN When the Day Breaks ± | Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis | |
| 2000 | Template:Country data RUS The Old Man and the Sea × | Starik i more | Aleksandr Petrov |
| 2001 | Template:Country data NED Father and Daughter × | Michaël Dudok de Wit | |
| 2002 | Template:Country data NED Barcode | Adriaan Lokman | |
| 2003 | Template:Country data JPN Mount Head ± | 頭山, Atama-yama | Kōji Yamamura |
| 2004 | Lorenzo ±
|
Mike Gabriel | |
| 2005 | Template:Country data AUS The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello ± | Anthony Lucas | |
| 2006 | Template:Country data POR Tragic Story with Happy Ending | Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse | Regina Pessoa |
| 2007 | Template:Country data GBR Peter & the Wolf × | Suzie Templeton | |
| 2008 | Template:Country data JPN La maison en petits cubes × | つみきのいえ, Tsumiki no Ie | Kunio Katō |
| 2009 | Template:Country data SWE Slaves | Slavar | David Aronowitsch and Hanna Heilborn |
| 2010 | Template:Country data AUS The Lost Thing × | Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan | |
| 2011 | Template:Country data FRA Pixels | Patrick Jean | |
| 2012 | Template:Country data CZE Tram | Tramvaj | Michaela Pavlátová |
| 2013 | Template:Country data CAN Subconscious Password | Chris Landreth | |
| 2014 | Template:Country data KOR Man on the Chair | Dahee Jeong | |
| 2015 | Template:Country data RUS We Can't Live Without Cosmos ± | Mi ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa | Konstantin Bronzit |
| 2016 | Template:Country data CANTemplate:Country data FRA The Head Vanishes | Template:Interlanguage link multi | Franck Dion |
| 2017 | Template:Country data SWE The Burden | Min Börda | Niki Lindroth von Bahr |
| 2018 | Template:Country data BELTemplate:Country data NLD Bloeistraat 11 | Nienke Deutz | |
| 2019 | Template:Country data FRA Mémorable ± | Bruno Collet |
Films produced for television[]
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Insektors: Le pont de la Konkorde (Grand Prix pour un spécial TV) |
| 1997 | Famous Fred (Grand prix du film TV) ± |
| 1998 | Die Hard (Grand prix attribué à une série TV) |
| 2000 | The Periwig-Maker (Grand prix du film TV) ± |
| 2002 | Hamilton Mattress (Grand prix) |
| 2003 | Verte (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2004 | Creature Comforts "Cats or Dogs?" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2005 | Peppa Pig "Mummy Pig at Work" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2006 | Pocoyo "A Little Something Between Friends" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2007 | Shaun the Sheep "Still Life" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2008 | Moot Moot 'L'enfer de la mode (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2009 | Log Jam "The Log", "The Rain", "The Moon", "The Snake" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2010 | Der Kleine und das Biest (The Little Boy and the Beast) (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2011 | The Amazing World of Gumball, "The Quest" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2012 | Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, "Nightmare Sauce" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2013 | Room on the Broom (Le Cristal pour une production TV) ± |
| 2014 | En sortant de l'école "Tant de forêts" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2015 | Hello World! "Long-Eared Owl" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2016 | Stick Man (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2017 | Revolting Rhymes (Le Cristal pour une production TV) ± |
| 2018 | PIG: The Dam Keeper Poems "Yellow Flower", "Hello Nice to Meet You" (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
| 2019 | Panique au village "La Foire agricole" (Panic in the Village "The County Fair") (Le Cristal pour une production TV) |
Notes[]
- × Academy Award for Best Animated Feature winner
- ± Academy Award for Best Animated Feature nominee
- × Best Animated Short Subject winner
- ± Best Animated Short Subject nominee
See also[]
- List of animation awards
External links[]
- ASIFA official website
- Annecy International Animation Festival official website
- Official YouTube channel
References[]
- ↑ "Site officiel du Festival et du Marché international du film d'animation d'Annecy" (in fr). CITIA, Image & Creative Industries. https://www.annecy.org/accueil. Retrieved 29 April 2019. "Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy"
- ↑ "Official website – Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market". CITIA, Image & Creative Industries. https://www.annecy.org/home. Retrieved April 29, 2019. "Annecy International Animation Film Festival"
- ↑ Annecy Animated Film Festival 1987 - Page 4|Animation Mag - Archive
- ↑ Annecy Animation Festival 2014 Award Winners|Cartoon Brew
- ↑ Annecy:'Funan', 'Bloeistraat 11' Top 2018 Annecy (Complete List of Winners)|Cartoon Brew
- ↑ 'I Lost My Body', 'Memorable' and 'Daughter' Win Cristal Awards at Annecy 2019|Animation World Network
- ↑ Czech Animation Legend Bretislav Pojar Dies at 89|Cartoon Brew
- ↑ The Flying Man - George Dunning (1962)|Animation Mag - Animation from the Web
- ↑ Annecy Winners - NFB
- ↑ Annecy Animation Festival 1989|Animation Mag - Archive