The I Castelli Animati Festival has split its grand prize between Igor Kovalyov’s FLYING NANSEN and Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove’s VILLAGE OF IDIOTS. The event took place in Genzano, Italy from Wednesday, October 4 – Sunday, October 8, 2000. This year’s international competition jury was composed of Furio Scarpelli, Julian Nott, Massimo Bucchi, Paul Driessen and Wendy Tilby. The Italian competition jury composed of Konstantin Bronzit, Manfredo Manfredi and Giulio Gianini decided to not award the Grand Prize because "all the films in competition were of a good quality, but not good enough to earn the prestigious prize." New to this year’s event was the International competition for animated Websites. Castelli also featured retrospectives on Wendy Tilby, Paul Driessen, Konstantin Bronzit and Jan Pinkava. Composer Julian Nott, scorer for the WALLACE & GROMIT films, was the guest of honor. Below is a complete list of winners.





INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION





Grand Prize "I Castelli Animati"





FLYING NANSEN by Igor Kovalyov and VILLAGE OF IDIOTS by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove





Special Jury Prize





RING OF FIRE by Andreas Hikade





Prize For Best First Film





THE PERIWIG MAKER by Steffen Schaeffler





Prize For Best European Film





UN COUTEAU DANS LES FOURCHETTES by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol





Prize For The Best Non-Narrative Film





NOUS SOMMES IMMORTELS by Daniel Guyonnet





Audience Prize





FOR THE BIRDS by Ralph Eggleston and THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Alexander Petrov





Fabrizio Bellocchio Prize For Best Social Content





UN'ALTRA VIA DI USCITA by Maurizio Forestieri





Special Mentions





BROTHER by Adam Benjamin Elliot


THE MAN WITH THE BEAUTIFUL EYES by Jonathan Hodgeson


FOR THE BIRDS by Ralph Eggleston





ITALIAN COMPETITION





Special Jury Prize





LIFE FROM PLUTO by Saul Saguatti





Special Mention





MAMELLORSO by Simona Bursi