Špela Čadež’s ‘Steakhouse’ & Sander Joon’s ‘Sierra’ Among Winners at Finland’s 7th Turku Animated Film Festival
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Nine films in 10 different categories were awarded at the Turku Animated Film Festival. Although the styles, techniques and atmospheres of the winning films differ, almost all of the films touching our juries hearts reflect the tensions within families.
TAFF’s Grand Prix was awarded to Špela Čadež‘s Steakhouse, which managed to convey the atmosphere of a home in crisis with its smoke and fog veiled story.
The title of the Best Professional Film as well as the Audience’s Choice was won by Sander Joon‘s Sierra, whose lively and colorful story about a father-son relationship charmed the audience and the jury. The prize for the best student film was awarded to Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard and Chloé Farr‘s Goodbye Jérôme!, where a breakup story is dressed in a colorful psychedelic aesthetic.
The award for the Best National Film was awarded to Iiti Yli-Harja‘s All My Mom’s Phone Calls, which the jury praised for its strong and realistic portrayal of a mother in her kitchen. The TAFF Junior Award was won by Uri Lotan‘s Black Slide, a film bursting with repressed emotions, that reminds us that children see and hear more than adults would let themselves believe.
The international jury of TAFF 2022 included Renata Gąsiorowska, Julian Gallese and Daniel Šuljić. The National awards were selected by Hanneriina Moisseinen, Lucija Mrzljak and Tomi Riionheimo. Luolavuori school’s 8th graders served as sharp-eyed judges in the TAFF Junior Competition.
The Grand Prix, worth 1,500 euros, was sponsored by YLE. The prize for the National Competition was donated by Finnish Animation Guild.
Awards and their winners
Grand Prix
Steakhouse – Špela Čadež
Best Professional Film
Sierra – Sander Joon
Best Student Film
Goodbye Jérôme! – Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard & Chloé Farr
Best National Film
All My Momr’s Phonecalls – Iiti Yli-Harj
TAFF Junior Award
Black Slide – Uri Lotan
Tough Eye Award
Backflip – Nikita Diakur
Audience Award
Sierra – Sander Joon
Special mention
In my chest of fire there is still place to temple your dagger: a love story – Pablo Ballarín
Special mention – student
Zoon – Jonatan Schwenk
Special mention – national
Bad to the Boner – Robert Lönnqvist
Read the jury’s statements from our webiste.
About TAFF
Turku Animated Film Festival is an international film festival celebrating creativity and the art of animation.
TAFF seeks to promote animated film culture both in Finland and internationally and to create a platform for encounters between filmmakers, industry delegates and local lovers of animation. TAFF is interested in extending the concept of film screening and bringing together cinema and other forms of creativity as well as entertainment.
Next TAFF will be held in late summer of 2023, in Turku, Finland.