Chicken for Linda! a French and Italian feature film for children by directors Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, has won the top prize, the Cristal Award, for best film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023.
The 2D feature follows a mother who struggles to make a chicken dinner for her daughter Linda despite the fact that she can’t cook and has chosen a day when the whole country is on strike, making it almost impossible to cook a chicken. to find. to buy. Produced by Dolce Vita Films, Chicken for Linda! also received Annecy’s Gan Foundation Award for distribution.
Four Souls of Coyotea 2D feature film about indigenous creation stories, by director Áron Gauder, won the jury prize, while the Japanese feature film The tunnel to summer, the exit of farewell, by director Tomohisa Taguchi, won the Paul Grimault Award.
Sirocco and the kingdom of air currents by French director Benoît Chieux, who opened the festival this year, won the Audience Award 2023. The 2D children’s film follows two sisters who discover a passage between their world and a children’s book set in the ‘Kingdom of the Sky’.
Pablo Berger Robot dreams, which premiered in Cannes, won the Contrechamp Grand Prix. The feature explores the friendship between a dog and a robot – named Dog and Robot – who take a fateful trip to the beach. The Contrechamp jury prize went to Filip Posivac Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light.
In the special awards of Annecy, which were announced on Friday, the Prize of the City of Annecy went to Michael Faust Island; the festivals connection VR award went to From the Great Square from director Pedro Harres; Tom Prezman and Tzor Edery’s Maurice bar won the festivals connection award; The purple season by director Clémence Bouchereau won the André Martin Award for Best French Short Film; Erik Truffaz won Best Original Music for a Feature Film for his work on Sepideh Farsi’s The sirenwhile Mári and Rozi Mákó won the award for Best Original Music for a Short Film for their music on Flóra Anna Buda’s 27. Directors Clément Céard and Anne-Sophie Gousset accepted the Young Audience Award being sisters; the prize of the Canal+ Junior Jury went to Bret Parker Pete; and Heta Jäälinoja to the France TV Award for a short film for No or never!
Check out the full list of winners below.
Cristal for a feature film
Chicken for Linda!directors Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Prize of the jury
Four Souls of Coyotedirector Aaron Gauder
Paul Grimault Prize
The tunnel to summer, the exit of farewelldirector Tomohisa Taguchi
Grand Prix of Contrechamp
Robot dreamsdirector Pablo Berger
Contrechamp Jury Prize
Tony, Shelly and the Magic Lightdirector Filip Posivac
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Chicken for Linda!directors Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Audience Award
Sirocco and the kingdom of air currentsdirector Benoît Chieux
Commissioned TV and movies
Cristal for a commissioned film
November Ultra “Come into My Arms”, director Tamerlan Bekmurzayev
Jury Award for a Commissioned Film
The Beatles “I’m Only Sleeping”, director Em Cooper
Cristal for a TV production
Pebble Hilldirector Marjolaine Perreten
Jury Award for a TV Series
Shape Island ‘Square’s Big Joke’ director Drew Hodges
Jury Award for a TV Special
Scavengers rule ‘the wall’ director Vincent Tsui
Graduation films
Cristal for a graduation film
La notedirectors Martina Generali, Simone Pratola, Francesca Sofia Rosso
Prize of the jury
The harbor masterdirector Mia L. Henriksen, Konrad Hjemli
Lotte Reiniger Prize
Manodirected by Toke Ringmann Madsen
Cristal for best VR work
red tail, director Fish Wang
Special prices of the Annecy festival
Prize of the city of Annecy
Islanddirector Michael Faust
André Martin Award for a French short film
The purple seasondirector Clemence Bouchereau
Best Original Music Award for a feature film
Erik Truffaz for The siren
Best Original Music Award for a Short Film
Mari and Rozi Mákó 27
Young Audience Award
being sistersdirectors Clément Céard and Anne-Sophie Gousset
CANAL+ Junior Jury Prize
Petedirector Bret Parker
Festivals Connexion Award
Maurice bardirectors Tom Prezman, Tzor Edery’s
Festivals Connection VR Award
From the Great Squaredirector Pedro Harres
France TV Award for a short film
No or never!director Heta Jäälinoja
Special prices of the Annecy festival
Prize of the city of Annecy
Islanddirector Michael Faust
André Martin Award for a French short film
The purple seasondirector Clemence Bouchereau
Best Original Music Award for a feature film
Erik Truffaz for The siren
Best Original Music Award for a Short Film
Mari and Rozi Mákó 27
Young Audience Award
being sistersdirectors Clément Céard and Anne-Sophie Gousset
CANAL+ Junior Jury Prize
Petedirector Bret Parker
Festivals Connexion Award
Maurice bardirectors Tom Prezman, Tzor Edery’s
Festivals Connection VR Award
From the Great Squaredirector Pedro Harres
France TV Award for a short film
No or never!director Heta Jäälinoja
