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IMAGINA AWARDS 2005
2005, an excellent year for the Imagina Awards!
The competition has had unprecedented success and has not finish growing.
654 works registred this year and 62 countries participating in the IMAGINA AWARDS 2005 : Europe, USA, Canada, Malaysia, India, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Moldavia, Israel, Brazil, Ireland, Poland, New Zealand, Lithuania, Finland...

It’s the most important competition of computer graphics and SFX in the world. A very high level competition which rhymes with creativity, discovery and diversity. A meeting point for independent artists, small creation studios, and the students who compete with the Majors companies.

This competition will award animated graphic works with the help of digital technology by considering not only the technical aspects of the work but also the emotional element in the same light.
The IMAGINA AWARDS Jury* elected the winners and the Prizes will be given during the Imagina Awards Ceremony on Friday 4 February 2005 in Monaco, at 9pm.

* The IMAGINA AWARDS Jury 2005: Chris Landreth (3 prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, Special Jury Prize at Siggraph 2004, Grand Prize at the 2004 Ottawa International Animation Festival for RYAN), Paco Rodriguez (Producer/Filmax – Pinocchio 3000), Michael Rose (independent producer – Wallace & Gromit), Vicky Jenson (Director – Shark Tale)

PALMARES

Grand Prix Imagina:

The Incredibles (USA)
Director : Brad BIRD
Producer : John WALKER (Pixar Animation Studio USA & Walt Disney Pictures Usa)
Feature (9’)

Special Prize of the Jury:

Birthday Boy (Australia)
Director : Sejong PARK
Producer : Andrew GREGORY
Short (9’30’’)

Prize for Best Direction:

Peugeot 607 (France)
Director : Frédéric PLANCHON
Producer : Irene
Commercial (1’06’’)


Prize for Best Animation :

Onimusha 3 (Japan)
Director : Takashi YAMAZAKI
Producer : Mikitaka KURASAWA
Video games trailer (6’3’’)

Prize for Best Rendering :

The Day After Tomorrow (USA)
Director : Roland EMMERICH
Producer : Mark GORDON
Feature (12’)

Prize for Best Script:

La Révolution des Crabes (France)
Director : Arthur DE PINS
Producer : Jérémy ROCHIGNEUX
Animated design (5’02’’)

Prize for Schools and Universities:

Birthday Boy (Australia)
Director : Sejong PARK
Producer : Andrew GREGORY
Short (9’30’’)

Prize fo Best Commercial:

Johnnie Walker ‘Tree’ (United-Kingdom)
Director : Daniel KLEINMAN
Producer : Large
Commercial (60’’)

Prize for Best Feature Film:

The Incredibles (USA)
Director : Brad BIRD
Producer : John WALKER (Pixar Animation Studio USA & Walt Disney Pictures Usa)
Feature (9’)


Art Direction Award:

City Paradise (United-Kingdom)
Director : Gaelle DENIS
Producer : Erika FORZY
Short (6’)

Public Prize :

True Color (France)
Director : Pierre Ducos & Bertrand Bey
Producer : Anne Brotot, Supinfocom Arles
Short (8’)