The Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival has announced their
winners. This year's jury consisted of Canal +'s Servane Calmant,
director Catherine Montondo, RTBF journalist Hugues Dayez, Plateau
journalist Luc Joris and producer Steve Walsh. The prize winners at
this year's festival are: French Community Grand Prize: "Bzz" by
Benoît Feroumont; Flemish Community Grand Prize: "Suburbanites" by
Stefan Vermeulen; Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques
(SACD) Prize: "Pic Pic Andre Shoow Quatre Moins Un" by Stephane
Aubier and Vincent Patar; Canal + Prize: "Bzz" by Benoît Feroumont;
SABAM Prize: "Splitting Casanova" by Judith Vanderlinden; Vlaams
Radio Televisie (VRT) Prize: "Suburbanites" by Stefan Vermeulen;
"Freeze Frame Animation" Prize: "Bzz" by Benoît Feroumont; Cinergie
Prize from the Press Jury: "Pic Pic Andre Shoow Quarte Moins Un" by
Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar. Brussels' selections for the
prestigious Cartoon d'Or, the winner of which will be announced in
September are: Siri Melchoir's "Passport," Stephane Blanquet and
Stephanie Michel's "Mon Placard," Benoît Feroumont's "Bzz" and Stefan
Vermeulen's "Suburbanites." For more information on the festival,
visit
http://www.awn.com/folioscope/FDA2000/gb.html
PIC PIC ANDRE the video, which includes two-time winner "Pic Pic
André Shoow Quatre Moins Un," is now available in the AWN Store in
French language version, PAL (European) format only, for $16.00 plus
s/h. The
Folioscope
catalog includes a rare selection of videos,
featuring pioneer Belgian animator Raoul Servais ("Harpya"); the
famous "Pat & Mat" Czech puppets; La Cambre School films; a Best of
the Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival; and more.
