Calgary’s GIRAF Festival of Independent Animation Announces Jury and Audience Prize-winners
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The Quickdraw Animation Society is proud to share the winners of the jury and audience prizes at its 17th annual Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival (GIRAF). The list of winners is below, and jury statements on the selected films can be found below.
My Head Aches When I Look Too Long (dir. Callahan Bracken, 2020)
Juried Awards
Best Canadian Short Film:
My Head Aches When I Look Too Long (dir. Callahan Bracken, 2020)
Honorable Mention: Petal to the Metal (dir. Emily Pelstring, 2020)
Best International Short Film:
Boxballet (dir. Anton Dyakov, Russia, 2020)
Honorable Mention: Fall of the Ibis King (dir. Mikai Geronimo and Josh O’Caoimh, Ireland, 2021)
Jury Special Mentions (in alphabetical order by title):
A Bite of Bone (dir. Honami Yano, Japan, 2021);
And Yet We’re Not Super Heroes (dir. Lia Bertels, Belgium/Portugal/France, 2021);
Camille (dir. Nathanaël Sonn, France, 2020);
Fledge (dir. Hani Dombe and Tom Kouris, Israel/France, 2021);
Sanctuary (dir. Eva Matejovičová, Czech Republic, 2021)
Audience Choice Awards
Audience Award – Canadian Short Film:
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics (dir. Terril Calder, 2021)
Honorable Mention: The Clockwork Elves (dir. Nick Cross, 2020)
Audience Award – International Short Film:
Love is Just a Death Away (dir. Bára Anna Stejskalová, Czech Republic, 2020)
Honorable Mention: Nocturne (dir. Alexander Dupuis, United States, 2020)