WINNERS Holland Animation Film Festival 2013
Winner Grand Prix Dutch animation
Junkyard by Hisko Hulsing (NL/BE, 2012)
Winners Grand Prix shorts - narrative
Palmipedarium by Jérémy Clapin (FR, 2012)
Winners Grand Prix shorts - non-narrative
Recycled by Lei Lei and Thomas Sauvin (CN, 2012)
Winner Grand Prix features
Ánima Buenos Aires by María Verónica Ramírez (AR, 2012)
Winner Grand Prix European student films
Washed Ashore by Jonas Ott (AKV St. Joost Breda, NL, 2012)
20 - 24 March 2013 in Utrecht
Animation highlights, from art-house to commercial,
from cartoon to 3D,
at the largest animation film festival of the Netherlands
Sunday afternoon 24 March, the festive award ceremony of the 16th Holland Animation Film Festival took place.
Best Dutch animation
Winner Grand Prix Dutch animation
Hisko Hulsing received the first Grand Prix Dutch animation for his film Junkyard.
From the jury report:
This film is a great piece of storytelling. Love, hatred and despair - the emotions in this film are really intense. It shows great craftsmanship.
About Junkyard (NL/BE, 2012)
A man is stabbed on the subway. Before he dies, childhood memories flash by of his best friend.
Best short animation
Winners Grand Prix shorts - non-narrative
Lei Lei and Thomas Sauvin won the Grand Prix shorts in the category non-narrative with Recycled. Both have been invited to put together a programme for HAFF 2014.
From the jury report:
A film that unifies concept, technique and sound to create an almost epic portrait of anonymous humanity.
About Recycled (CN, 2012):
Some three thousand colour negatives found at Beijing rubbish dumps together show, at lightning speed, the city, its inhabitants and its transience.
Winner Grand Prix shorts – narrative
Jérémy Clapin received the Grand Prix shorts in the category narrative with his film Palmipedarium. He has been invited to put together a programme for HAFF 2014.
From the jury report:
A film which greatly impressed us with its seamless and elegant direction creating a powerful yet delicately understated setting.
About Palmipedarium (FR, 2012):
A country boy knows ducks quite well. They fly, swim and make noise. One day, he finds a remarkable bird.
Best long animation
Winner Grand Prix features
María Verónica Ramírez wins the Grand Prix features with her film Ánima Buenos Aires.
From the jury report:
The winning movie succeeds in evoking emotion with recognizable and everyday subjects.
About Ánima Buenos Aires (AR, 2012):
Portrait of the Argentinean capital of Buenos Aires by different filmmakers and cartoonists, showing aspects of the soul of this magical metropolis, in this era of ruthless globalisation.
Best European student film
Winner Grand Prix European student films
Jonas Ott received the Grand Prix European studenten films for his film Washed Ashore.
From the jury report:
We were impressed by the film’s depth and surprising turns, its intensity, and its vaudeville perversity.
About Washed Ashore (NL, 2012):
A drowning person washes ashore on the beach of a big city. Out of curiosity, he starts exploring. But the people he meets are strange and superficial.
Other price winners
HAFF Audience award Dutch animation
Fallin’ Floyd by Paco Vink and Albert ’t Hooft (NL, 2012)
Klassefilm HAFF Junior Audience award in cooperation with Eye
Rising Hope by Milen Vitanov (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf Potsdam, DE, 2012)
Winner web competition HAFFTube
Odio by Adriano Vessichelli (UK, 2012)
MovieZone HAFF Award in cooperation with Eye
Briganti senza Leggenda (Thugs with no Legend) by Gianluigi Toccafondo (FR, 2012)
For information about the winners, all HAFF jury’s and the full jury reports: www.haff.nl/en.
16th Holland Animation Film Festival
20 – 24 March 2013 in Utrecht
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