files/pictures/picture-35.jpgThe Holland Animation Film Festival concluded its five-day festival with the presentation of its awards. This year's event was the first to hand out an award for independent animation films. With this competition, the festival sets out to promote the short, artistic animation film, and, as a result, encourage media attention toward independent animation. This year's student jury included: Joan Ashworth (animation filmmaker, England), Henk Beumers (animation filmmaker, the Netherlands) and Menno de Nooijer (animation filmmaker, the Netherlands). The applied animation jury included: Mikhail Aldashin (animation filmmaker, Russia), Ron Diamond (producer, Acme Filmworks, U.S.A.), Marc Glassman (journalist, Canada), Han Hoogerbrugge (plastic artist and Flash animator, the Netherlands) and Piet Schreuders (graphic designer, the Netherlands). The independent shorts jury included: Pierre Hébert (animation filmmaker, Canada), Jerzy Kucia (animation filmmaker, Poland), Anatoly Prokhorov (producer, Pilot Moscow Animation Studio, Russia), Marjut Rimminen (animation filmmaker, England) and Rob Stevenhagen (animation filmmaker, the Netherlands). The festival took place from Wednesday, November 15 to Sunday, November 19, 2000 in Utrecht, Holland. For more information on the festival and its winners visit the
Holland Animation Film Festival Website . Below is a complete list of winners.
Competition For Student Films
First Prize: CHAY ABAH. Sander Alt
Second Prize: CONCERN. Marc Roels
Third Prize: GRENOUILLE? Alexander Beun Voor
Competition For Applied Animation
Guilty Pleasures (In Holland jury members get to choose their favorite):
Mikhail Aldashin: SUITMAN: WENS. Koji Yamamura
Ron Diamond: GOODNIGHT, CHILDREN. Yuri Norstein
Marc Glassman: KAZUYOSHI NAKAMURA: JUBILEE. Koji Yamamura
Han Hoogerbrugge: ANOUK: THE DARK. Rosto A.D
Piet Schreuders: "Natwest: Escape." Vehicle
Golden Pegbars:
First Prize Educational Films
"Science Please: Le Moteur à Explosion (The Internal Combustion Engine)." Sylvain Charbonneau
First Prize Music Videos:
FREUNDESKREIS: ESPERANTO. Jürgen Haas
First Prize Commercials:
"Nestea Cool: Closed." Dave Borthwick
First Prize Leaders:
"Steam Kakaricyo: Noodle." Hiroyuki Nakao
First Prize Campaign:
"Steam Kakaricyo: Duel, Noodle, Yozora." Hiroyuki Nakao
Grand Prix:
"Metetra: = Equal." Hitoshi Suenaga
Competition For Independent Shorts
Grand Prix Narrative Films:
FATHER AND DAUGHTER. Michael Dudok Wit
Grand Prix Non-Narrative Films:
#11, MAREY<->MOIRÉ. Joost Rekveld
Special mentions:
GRACE. Lorelei Pepi
THE MAN WITH THE BEAUTIFUL EYES. Jonathan Hodgson
FLYING NANSEN. Igor Kovalyov
