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Animaze 2016 – Award Winners

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The third edition of Montreal’s Animaze International Animation Festival celebrated its conclusion last night at the Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal.

This year’s Jury consisted of thrice-Oscar nominated British/Canadian animator/producer Gerald Potterton (My Financial Career, Christmas Cracker, The Selfish Giant), French producer Anne Pages and award-winning animator Luc Chamberland. With Irish animation as the predominant theme of the 2016 edition of the festival, the four day event featured a variety of screenings, retrospectives and panels spanning shorts, student films, interactive projects and experimental works. Due to the volume of screened projects each award category was supplemented by a special mention.

The awarded films are as follows:

Canadian Student Film Award

Neka (Dir. Nemnemiss Vollant-McKenzie)

Special mention: Meringue (Dir. Louise Petut-Truchon)

International Student Film Award

Catch It (Dir. Paul Bar/Marion Demaret/Nadège Forner/Pierre-Baptiste Marty, Julien Robyn/Jordan Soler, France)

Special Mention: Fulfilament (Dir. Rhiannon Evans, UK)

Short Film Award

Tea Time (Dir. Guillaume Blanchet, France)

Special Mentions: To Build A Fire (Dir. Fx Goby – France)  & Yul et le Serpent (Dir. Gabriel Harel, France)

TV Film Award

Tu mourras moins bête (Dir. Amandine Fredon, France)

Special Mention: Counterfeit Cat (Dir. Ben Marsaud, Canada/France)

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