The 20th Edition of the popular Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film came to a close this weekend, and several well-received features and shorts from around the world took home the event’s coveted top prizes. Here is a breakdown of the winners in each category:
Oh Willy…
Directed by Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels
International Competition Grand Prize (15,000 euros)
Kara No Tamago (A Wind Egg)
Directed by Ryo Okawara (Japan)
Lotte Reiniger Promotion Award for Animated Film (10,000 euros)
Junkyard
Directed by Hisko Hulsing (The Netherlands)
SWR Audience Award (6,000 euros)
Eine Murul (Breakfast on the Grass)
Directed by Erik Alunurm, Mari Pakkas, Mari Liis Rebane, Mihkel Reha (Estonia)
Young Animation Award/Best Student Film (2,500 euros)
Ernest & Celestine
Directed by Benjamin Renner, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar (France, Belgium, Luxembourg)
AniMovie Award for Best Animated Feature
Schrecken ohne Ende (Nearest and Dearest)
Directed by Michael Sieber and Max Stöhhr
Tricks for Kids Award for Best Children’s Feature
Der Notfall (Déjà-moo)
Directed by Stefan Muller
Cartoons for Teens award for Best Animated Series
Molly Monster: The Movie
Written by John Chambers
German Screenplay Award
Freitag X-Mas Movies
Claudia Rothlin and Yves Gutjar (Switzerland)
Animated Fashion Award
Rick Kavanian
Knight Rusty, Yesterday’s Hero Recycled (Universum, Germany)
German Voice Award
Animated Com Award: Awards for the best applied animation in the fields of advertising, technology and spatial:
Main prize USA 2012 Director: Lucas Zanotto Advertising: “MTV EMA 2012 Opener” Germany 2012 Director: Mate Steinforth, Commissioner: VIMN MTV World Design Studios Technology: “Mass Effects 3 – Take Earth Back” Hungary 2012 Director: Istvan Zorkoczy, Commissioner: Electronic Arts/Bioware Spatial Communication “Swiss Pavilion Expo Yeousu: The Source—It’s in Your Hands” Switzerland 2012 Director: Marc Tamschick, Commissioner: Präsenz Schweiz
Special Prize Mercedes-Benz Classic: Silver Arrows “A Racers Sketchbook” Germany 2013 Director: Falk Schuster
Special Prize Lapp Connected Award: “Pinball” Croatia 2012 Director: Darko Vidackovic
48h Animation Jam – Crazy Horse Session:
Trixi’s Curiosity
Antonio Jesús Busto Algarin, Martin Martínez Garcia (Spain)
In co-operation with M.A.R.K. 13, Landesanstalt für Kommunikation (LFK) and MFG Film Funding Baden-Wuerttemberg
Project Competition Animation Co-Production:
Forum Arab World (the countries of the Arab League) and the Caucasus region 2013
in cooperation with the Robert Bosch Stiftung
nominated for the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung for International Cooperation
Wanderland Lebanon/Germany Sarah Kaskas and Michael Schwertel LI.LE Georgia Natia Nikolashvili
For more info about this year’s program, www.itfs.de/en/
