Mary & Max, Muto Win at Stuttgart
By amoody
Created 05/11/2009 - 00:00
MARY & MAX won the AniMovi prize at Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, which concluded Sunday in Germany. Italian production MUTO won the Grand Prix. The complete list of winners is as follows:
International Competition
Grand Prix
State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and City of Stuttgart Grand Award of Animated Film with a cash prize of 15,000 Euros
MUTO
by Blu Italy 2008
Production: Mercurio Film SRL
World Sale: Mercurio Film SRL
International Promotion Award
Award for the best graduation Film with a cash prize of 10,000 Euros
RABBIT PUNCH
by Kristian Andrews
Great Britain 2008
Production: Animation Staff, R.C.A.
World sales: DAZZLE
Special Award: Music for Animation
Award of the GEMA Foundation for best music in an animated film with a cash prize of 5,000 Euros
DER DAVINCI TIMECODE -- EIN BEWEGTES BILD
(DAVINCI'S TIMECODE -- A MOVING PICTURE)
by Gil Alkabetz
Germany 2009
Production: Sweet Home Studio
Welt sales: Sweet Home Studio
Special Mention
SKHIZEIN
by Jeremy Clapin
France 2008
Production: Dark Prince
World sales: Premium Film
SWR Audience Award
Award voted for by the public with a cash prize of 6,000 Euros
SKHIZEIN
by Jeremy Clapin
France 2008
Production: Dark Prince
World sales: Premium Film
Young Animation
Award for the best Student Film with a cash prize of 2,500 Euros, sponsored by the Landesanstalt fur Kommunikation Baden-Wuerttemberg
O PONOZKACH A LASKE (ABOUT SOCKS AND LOVE)
by Michaela Copikova
Slovakia 2008
Academy of Music and Performing Arts -- Film&Television Faculty
Special Mention
NEVER DRIVE A CAR WHEN YOU'RE DEAD
by Gregor Dashuber
Germany 2009
Hochschule fur Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf (HFF)
Tricks for Kids
Award for the best children's animated film with a cash prize of 4,000 Euros, sponsored by Nick
THE HAPPY DUCKLING
by Gili Dolev
Germany/Great Britain 2008
Producer: Gili Dolev
AniMovi
Award for the best Animated Feature Film 2,500 Euros, sponsored by SuperRTL
MARY AND MAX
by Adam Elliot
Australia 2008
Producer: Melodrama Pictures
Special Mention
IDIOTS AND ANGELS
by Bill Plympton
USA 2008
Production: Plympton Studio
Animated Series
Award for the best TV Animated Series
2,500 Euros, sponsored by Studio 100 Media GmbH
HISTOIRES COMME CA -- L'ENFANT D'ELEPHANT"
(JUST SO STORIES -- "THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD")
by Jean-Jacques Prunes
France 2008
Production: Les Films de l'Arlequin
Special Mention
MOOT MOOT: "L'ENFER DE LA MODE"
by Francois Reczulski
France 2007
Production: Luc Bourdarias, Louis Viau
Under Commission
Award for the best German language for a feature-length animated Film with a cash prize of 2,500 Euros, sponsored by MACKEVISION
AUDI "UNBOXED"
by Aaron Duffy, Russell Brooke
Great Britain 2009
Production: Passion Pictures
German Language Screenplay Award
Award for the best German language screenplay for a feature-length animated film with a cash prize of 5,000 Euros, donated by the Evangelical Church in Germany
KONFERENZ DER TIERE
(ANIMAL'S CONFERENCE)
Autor: Oliver Huzly, Reinhard Klooss
NEW: Speaker Award
Trickstar for the best voice actor in a feature-length animated film with a cash prize of 2,500 Euros
Benno Furmann
The German voice of Puss-in-Boots in the sequels SHREK 2 (2004) and SHREK THE THIRD (2007)