The 13th edition of Il Castelli Animati finished up November 30 in Rome, Italy, with winners including multiple winner Blu for the ambiguous animation MUTO.

International Competition

The Jury:
President: Nelson Shin, Korea
Sandra Ceccarelli, Italy
Heather Kenyon, USA
Marco Pavone, Italy
Gerben Schermer, The Netherlands

Grand Prize
CHAINSAW, Dennis Tupicoff, Australia, 2007
Production: Jungle Pictures

Special Jury Prize
THE BRIDGE, Vincent Bierrewaerts, France/Belgium, 2007
Production: La Boite Productions, Les Films Du Nord, Vivement Lundi, Crrav

Best European Film
SKHIZEIN, Jeremy Clapin, France, 2008
Production: Dark Prince

City Of Genzano Prize For Best Italian Film
MUTO, Blu, 2008
Production: Mercurio Film

Best First Film
KUDAN, Koichi Yamagishi, Japan, 2008
Production: Links Digiworks Inc.

Best Non-Narrative Film
MUTO, Blu, Italy, 2008
Production: Mercurio Film

Special Mention
A MOUSE'S TALE, Benjamin Renner, France, 2007
Production: La Poudriere

Audience Prize
OFFICE NOISE, Mads Johansen, Denmark, 2008
Production: The Animation Workshop

"Fabrizio Bellocchio" Prize For Social Content

The Jury:
President: Nicoletta Ercole
Bruno Brindisi
Wanda Danzi Bellocchio
Massimo Iacobis
Fabrizion Mazzotta

LE NOEUD CRAVATE/THE NECKTIE, Jean-Francoise Levesque, Canada, 2008
Production: National Film Board Of Canada

Italian Schools Competition

The Jury:
Maria Mussi Bollini
Paolo Di Girolamo
Michel Fuzellier

Grand Prize
IL NATURALIST/THE NATURALIST
Giulia Barbera, Gianluca Lo Presti, Federico Parodi, Michele Tozzi
Production: Centro Sperimentale Di Cinematografia, Dipartimento Di Animazione

Special Mentions
MR. COPPERFIELD
Samuele Barbieri, Luca Bigliazzi, Gabriele Coen, Simone Ghilardotti, Ivan Primo Peroni
Production: Istituto Europeo Di Design, Milano

BABAU
Omar Bianco, Giuliano Poretti, Valerio Terranova, Silvia Zappala
Production: Centro Sperimentale Di Cinematografia, Dipartimento Di Animazione

Web Competition

The Jury:
Richard Barnett, United Kingdom
Oscar Grillo, United Kingdom

Grand Prize
SHADOWS, Mahnaz Esmaeli, Iran

Special Mentions
BOCCIA, Pesce Rosso, TV, Cuiscuiglie, Italy
LILIES ON MARS, Aulos, Italy

Audience Prize
STRISCE BAVOSE, Sommacal, Arlenghi, Colombano, Italy

Special Effects Competition

The Jury:
Kevin Spruce, United Kingdom
Raffaello Vecchione, USA

Grand Prize
DESTINAZIONE FUTURO, Dot Mind In Motion

Special Mention
VFX Editing Of Short Film AFTERVILLE, Fast Forward/Bb Productions

Musicanimata Competition

The Jury:
Lorenzo Bartoli
Francesca Fornario
Joshua Held
Cinzia Mascoli

Grand Prize
UN ANNO IN PIU, Tommaso Cerasuolo, Giovanna Russiello, 2008
Production: Zenit Arti Audiovisive

Special Mentions
MORTO VIVO, Carlo Grimaldi, 2008
Production: Studio Roque
PERCORSO#0007-0308, Igor Imhoff, 2008