Expotoons, the annual Argentine animation festival has announced its list of 2012 winners in feature films, shorts, commercials, TV series and graduation short categories. Here are some of the top prize winners in the key categories:
Features:
First Place: The Apostle, directed by Fernando Cortizo (Artefacto Producciones)
Second Place: The Machine That Makes Stars, directed by Esteban Echeverria (Nut’s Studio)
Honorable Mention: The Princess and the Pilot, directed by Jun Shishido (TMS Entertainment, Japan)
Shorts:
First Place: Oh Willy…, directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels (Belgium)
Second Place: Father (Padre), directed by Ivan Bogdanov and Compote Collective (Croatia, Bulgaria, Germany)
Honorable Mention: Nightingales in December, directed by Theodore Ushev (Canada)
Television:
First Place: Miriam’s Green Spots (NukuFilm, Estonia)
Second Place: Justin Time (Guru Studios/Imira, Canada)
Honorable Mention: Zoobabu (BRB/Screen 21, Spain)
To see the complete list of winners, visit www.expotoons.com.