Some festival favorites took home awards at this year's I Castelli Animati Festival, in Genzano di Roma, Italy. Concluding on October 27, 2002, the festival honored Christopher Hinton's FLUX with the International Grand Prize, while Robert Bradbrook's HOME ROAD MOVIES picked up the award for Best European Film. Special Jury Prizes were awarded to STROJENIE INSTRUMENTOW (TUNING INSTRUMENTS) by Jerzy Kucia and THE INVASION by Phil Mulloy. In the Italian Competition the Grand Prize went to Liana Dognini's BYE BYE with a Special Jury Prize to CHI SI FA LASPETTI by the students of The Istituto Europeo Di Design. The full list of winners is below, congratulations to all!
International Competition
Grand Prize FLUX by Chris Hinton (Canada)
Special Jury Prizes
STROJENIE INSTRUMENTOW (TUNING INSTRUMENTS) by Jerzy Kucia (Poland)
THE INVASION by Phil Mulloy (UK)
Best First Film
BIOTOPE by Merwan Chabane (France)
Best European Film
HOME ROAD MOVIES by Robert Bradbrook (UK)
Best Non Narrative Film
ANGELAS ASHES: TYPOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE by Damien Borowik, Sung Hoon Kang, Alexander Kokhwee Ng (UK)
Audience Prize
CAUSES by Joe Brumm (UK)
"Fabrizio Bellocchio" Prize For Social Content
HIDDEN by David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn, Mats Johansson (Sweden)
Special Mentions
GERANIUM PEACE by Marcel Hobi (Switzerland)
CAUSES by Joe Brumm (UK)
LA FUNAMBOLA by Roberto Catani (Italy)
1300 CC by Eoin Clarke (UK)
LE TROP PETIT PRINCE by Zoia Trofimova (France)
Italian Competition
Grand Prize
BYE BYE by Liana Dognini
Special Jury Prize
CHI SI FA LASPETTI by Students Of The Istituto Europeo Di Design
Menzione Speciale
PORTALI by Marco Lucente
Web Competition
Audience Prize
PIZZY & LUCY by Francesco Zecchinelli And Giovanni Maietta (Italy)
Best Series
BANJA by Team Chm An (France)
Best Short TESTIMONY: A STORY MACHINE by Simon Norton (Australia)
Special Mention
PLOK by David Berlioz (France)
