For the closing night party, we were back at La Plage and we really had a lot to celebrate. Nina looked radiant as she accepted congratulations from everyone. The last night is always bittersweet because we won't see some of our friends for quite a while, but there were so many good times to remember this year at Annecy that we will all have smiles on our faces when we recall this very special week in the beautiful town on the lake at the foot of the Alps.

ANNECY 2008 PALMARES

Feature Films:

Jury: Matt Groening, Ram Mohan and Barry Purves

Crystal for Best Feature:
Sita Sings the Blues -- Nina Paley/USA

Special Distinction:
Idiots and Angels -- Bill Plympton/USA

Audience Award:
Les Trois Brigands (The Three Robbers) --Hayo Freitag/Germany

Short Films:

Jury: John Canemaker, Stephan-Flint Muller, Zbigniew Rybczynski, Helene Tanguary and Richard Williams

The Annecy Crystal:
La Maison en Petit Cubes -- Kunio Kato/Japan

Special Jury Award:
La Dama en el Umbral (The Lady on the Threshold) -- Jorge Dayas/Spain

Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a First Film:
Portraits rates a Sainte-Helene -- Cedric Villain/France

Special Distinction:
Berni's Doll --Yann J./France
Morana -- Simon Bogojevic Narath/France, Croatia

Sacem Award for Original Music:
KJFG No. 5 -- Alexei Alexeev/Hungray, Russia