The Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival has announced their

winners. This year's jury consisted of Canal +'s Servane Calmant,

director Catherine Montondo, RTBF journalist Hugues Dayez, Plateau

journalist Luc Joris and producer Steve Walsh. The prize winners at

this year's festival are: French Community Grand Prize: "Bzz" by

Benoît Feroumont; Flemish Community Grand Prize: "Suburbanites" by

Stefan Vermeulen; Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques

(SACD) Prize: "Pic Pic Andre Shoow Quatre Moins Un" by Stephane

Aubier and Vincent Patar; Canal + Prize: "Bzz" by Benoît Feroumont;

SABAM Prize: "Splitting Casanova" by Judith Vanderlinden; Vlaams

Radio Televisie (VRT) Prize: "Suburbanites" by Stefan Vermeulen;

"Freeze Frame Animation" Prize: "Bzz" by Benoît Feroumont; Cinergie

Prize from the Press Jury: "Pic Pic Andre Shoow Quarte Moins Un" by

Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar. Brussels' selections for the

prestigious Cartoon d'Or, the winner of which will be announced in

September are: Siri Melchoir's "Passport," Stephane Blanquet and

Stephanie Michel's "Mon Placard," Benoît Feroumont's "Bzz" and Stefan

Vermeulen's "Suburbanites." For more information on the festival,

visit

http://www.awn.com/folioscope/FDA2000/gb.html





PIC PIC ANDRE the video, which includes two-time winner "Pic Pic

André Shoow Quatre Moins Un," is now available in the AWN Store in

French language version, PAL (European) format only, for $16.00 plus

s/h. The Folioscope

catalog includes a rare selection of videos,

featuring pioneer Belgian animator Raoul Servais ("Harpya"); the

famous "Pat & Mat" Czech puppets; La Cambre School films; a Best of

the Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival; and more.