Strange Grandfather Wins Montreal Prize

By Jennifer Wolfe | Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 2:13 pm | AWN News

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My Strange Grandfather by Dina Velikovskaya

Montreal – The fourth edition of the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival had a record number of attendees this year, both for screenings and panels that featured guest speakers and films from around the world.

The festival has announced the official list of winners from the 2012 edition:

Category: Film professional
Bydlo by Patrick Bouchard, Canada

Category: Film professional, under a minute
Sony Made of Imagination by W. Anderson & M. Gustafson, USA

Category: Film independent
Pushkin by Trevor Hardy, UK

Category: Film academic
I Am Tom Moody by Ainslie Henderson, UK

Public Prize
My Strange Grandfather by Dina Velikovskaya, Russia

Celebrate the Fifth anniversary of the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival next year, on October 18-20, 2013. For more information, visit www.stopmotionmontreal.com.

Source: Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival