ANIMA'05 - III Còrdoba Animation Festival, which took place in Córdoba, Argentina, April 27-30, 2005, handed out its awards on the closing day of the event. German director Gil Alkabetz took home the top prize for his film MORIR DE AMOR.
Professional jury members were Giannalberto Bendazzi (Italy), Irene Blei (Argentina) and Pablo Rodríguez Jáuregui (Argentina). Student's jury members were Federico Caram, Armando Frezze, Silvana Staudinger (Students from the Dept. of Film and TV, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba).
ANIMA'05 winners are:
Grand Jury PrizeMORIR DE AMORGil Alkabetz, DirectorGermany
Best Animation Prize - Animated Stories ProgramBIP - BIPRomain Segaud, DirectorFrance
Best Animation Prize - Themes and Rhythms ProgramThe Jury decided to share the award between the shorts:
ABRAÇO DO VENTOJosé Miguel Ribeiro, DirectorPortugal
FALL STUDIEN 2Gabriel Pielke, DirectorGermany
Best Animation Prize - Music VideoEASYVessella Dantcheva, Iván Bogdanov, DirectorsHolland
Best Animation Prize - Internet Animation ProgramTHREE FEATHERS AND A RAINWORMIgor Coric, DirectorSerbia and Montenegro
Special Jury MentionsGUARD DOGBill Plympton, DirectorU.S.
VIAJE A MARTEJuan Pablo Zaramella, DirectorArgentina
Best School Work PrizeAFTERKim Noce, DirectorNational Film and Television SchoolU.K.
Special Student Jury MentionSANATORIOTessa Knapp, DirectorAcademy of Media Arts, CologneGermany
Audience Prize LITTLE THINGSDaniel Greaves, DirectorU.K.
For more information, visit www.animafestival.com.ar.
Rick DeMott
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