The I Castelli Animati Festival has split its grand prize between Igor Kovalyovs FLYING NANSEN and Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newloves VILLAGE OF IDIOTS. The event took place in Genzano, Italy from Wednesday, October 4 Sunday, October 8, 2000. This years 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 years 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
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