Annecy 2015 Announce Cristal Winners
One of the highlights of the Annecy festival comes after a week of watching, discussing and enjoying films as the exciting anticipation of finding out who takes home one of the coveted Annecy Cristals is finally satiated when the winners are revealed. Well anticipate no longer ladies and gentlemen as we announce the winners of Annecy 2015.
The headline winners were April and the Extraordinary World for feature and We Can’t Live Without Cosmos for short film, with the UK taking home awards for Graduation film with Marcus Armitage’s My Dad, Hornet Inc took home the award for their NSPCC advert Lucy and the Boy.
The full list of winners is below. Do you have any favourite films from the festival or were they any films that you’d have liked to have seen win? Let us know in the comments below, on Twitter or Facebook.
Cristal Winners
Cristal for a Feature Film
April and the Extraordinary World
FRANCK EKINCI, CHRISTIAN DESMARES
France, Canada, Belgium
Cristal for a Short Film
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
KONSTANTIN BRONZIT
Russia
Cristal for a TV Production
Hello World! “Long-Eared Owl”
ÉRIC SERRE
France
Cristal for a Commissioned Film Rotary
“Fateline”
SURESH ERIYAT
India
Cristal for a Graduation Film
My Dad
MARCUS ARMITAGE
United Kingdom
https://vimeo.com/99997078
Feature Film Awards
Jury Award
Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai
KEIICHI HARA
Japan
https://youtu.be/FODhlR-ZZh0
Audience Award
Long Way North
RÉMI CHAYÉ
France, Denmark
Short Film Awards
Jury Award
The Master
RIHO UNT
Estonia
“Jean-Luc Xiberras” Award for a First Film
Guida
ROSANA URBES
Brazil
Jury Distinction Audience Award
World of Tomorrow
DON HERTZFELDT
USA
Off-Limits” Award
Mynarski Death Plummet
MATTHEW RANKIN
Canada
TV Film Awards
Jury Award for a TV Series
Rita and Crocodile “Fishing”
SIRI MELCHIOR
Denmark, United Kingdom
Jury Award for a TV Special
The Mitten
CLÉMENTINE ROBACH
France, Belgium
Commissioned Film Award
Jury Award
NSPCC “Lucy and the Boy”
YVES GELEYN
United Kingdom
Of course the real winners of the day were awarded a few hours earlier as the Joanna Quinn and Skwigly Rounders Game crowned the ever so modestly titled “Team Awesome” 2015 champions. Congratulations to all the Annecy winners!
#AnnecyRounders winners! Well done team awesome -7-5 score! pic.twitter.com/7ldHhy7kV0
— Skwigly Magazine (@skwigly) June 20, 2015