AWARDED FILMS ANIFILM 2013
CZECH-SLOVAK COMPETITION OF STUDENT FILMS
Best film:
Alien
director: Martin Máj, school: FAMU (Czech Republic)
The prize for the best film in the Czech-Slovak Student Competition goes to a bitter satire of our nomadic lifestyle, a film that is full of comical turns of events and is marked by excellent workmanship.
Special mention:
Pandas
director: Matúš Vizár, school: FAMU (Czech Republic, Slovak Republik)
The jury’s special mention in the Czech-Slovak Student Competition goes to a film that shows the dark side of our ideas of political and social correctness and that poses questions related to the environment and social progress.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF SHORT FILMS
Best film
Father
directors: Ivan Bogdanov, Moritz Mayerhofer, Asparuh Petrov, producers: Maria Stanisheva, Vanja Andrijevic, Christian Mueller (Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany)
The grand prize in the International Competition of Short Films goes to a film that combines various visual interpretations of real life. This short film vividly depicts the deepest feelings of our broken childhoods and speaks directly to our wounded inner child.
Special mention:
One moment, please…
director: Maarten Koopman, producer: Jan Musch (Netherland)
The jury’s special mention in the International Competition of Short Films goes to a film that expresses, in a simple manner, the feelings we must confront when we have to deal with modern communications systems. It does so through a story that each of us has experienced at least once in our lifetimes.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF FEATURE FILMS
FILMS FOR CHILDREN
Best film:
The Day of the Crows
director: Jean Christophe Dessaint, producer: Le Pacte (Belgium, France)
The grand jury prize for International Competition of Feature Films for children goes to THE DAY OF THE CROWS ´s directed by JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DESSAINT. Set in a fantastical forest filled with animal spirits, the story promotes a message of love and tolerance without moralizing. The film suggest a fresh, exciting production design for hand-drawn animation that is inspired but not derivative of anime.
FILMS FOR GROWN-UPS
Best film:
Consuming Spirits
director: Chris Sullivan, producer: Chris Sullivan (USA)
The grand jury prize for International Competition of Feature Films for grown-ups goes to CHRIS SULLIVAN debut animated feature CONSUMING SPIRITS. Sullivan exposes the seedy underbelly of rural America in his epic American Gothic tale. His from-the-guts filmmaking approach and intoxicating narrative rhythm holds the viewer's attention captive for the film's entire length. The gritty unpolished animation style combines a distinctive assortment of visual techniques including stop motion, drawn animation, and cut-out.
Special mention:
It’s such a beautiful day
director: Don Hertzfeldt, producer: Bitter Films (USA)
The special jury mention for International Competition of Feature Films for grown-ups is presented to Don Hertzfeldt´s IT´S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY. The jury appreciated the film´s sophisticated dramatic narrative in which a character confronts ilness and mortality with typical Hertzfeldian humor. Hertzfeldt´s maturing visual aesthetics combines his spare graphic approach while exploiting the possibilities of cinematic and animation language, through playful use of the frame, optical effects and live-action components.