ANIMATION
WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.10 - January 1999
Awards
MTV Character Screen Test Winners. After four months of judging and over two hundred entries,
the winners have been chosen for MTV's 1998 Character Screen Test competition.
The contest was designed by the MTV animation development department as a
way to discover new talented artists and voice actors. MTV is now in the process
of assessing the various potential development possibilities of the winning
entries. The winners are as follows:
1st place - $2000:
Mitch Greenblatt (Brooklyn, New York).
2nd Place - $1500:
Thomas Schmid (New York City, New York).
3rd Place - $1000:
Robyn Chapman (Wasilla, Alaska).
The Kwiky Mart Is Big In Holland. Sunday, November 22, marked the end
of the 7th Holland Animation Film Festival 1998. Awards were presented for
both the international competition for applied animation and student films.
The jury for the international competition for applied animation consisted
of Garri Bardin (Russia), Paul Bush (United Kingdom), Dingeman Kuilman (The
Netherlands), Adriaan Lokman (The Netherlands), and Linda Simensky (United
States). They chose the following films to receive the Golden Pegbar Awards:
Grand Prix
Nestea Cool Kwiky Mart by Dave Borthwick (United Kingdom).
Best Commercial
Last Order by Mamoru Oshii (United Kingdom).
Best Education Film
Invisible Ocean by Fran Hois Garnier (France).
Best Station ID
MTV Japan Papa Ga Tonda Asa by Keita Kurosaka
(Japan).
Best Music Video
4 Day Weekend by Kojii Morimoto (United Kingdom).
Best Animated Campaign
Beavis & Butt-head by Geoffrey Johnson (United
States).
The jury for student films consisted of Michael Dudok de Wit (United Kingdom),
Nicole Saloman (France), and Harry Schreurs (The Netherlands). They awarded
the following student films:
First prize: Elastic Bombastic by Michael Schelfthout.
Second prize: L'Arme du Crocodile by Eric Blesin.
Third prize: The Big Mix by Pieter Engels and Efim Perlis.
For more information about future Holland Animation Festivals, visit the festival's
website or e-mail haff@knoware.nl.
Read Menno de Nooijer's review of the festival in "The
Holland Animation Film Festival: A Vast Array of Programming."
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| The Albatross. © Paul Bush. |
Cinanima Results Are In. The 22nd Cinanima International
Animated Film Festival wrapped up on November 15 in Espinho, Portugal. The
international jury consisted of Carlos Pinto Coelho (Portugal), Florence Henrard
(Belgium), Borivoj Dovnikovic (Croatia), Georges Sifianos (France) and Georges
Schwizgebel (Switzerland). Below is a complete list of winners as reported
by the festival:
GRAND PRIZE CINANIMA 98 - PRIZE CAIXA GERAL DE DEPOSITOS
T.R.A.N.S.I.T. by Piet Kroon (United Kingdom).
CLASS A (less than 6 minutes) - tie
Festival by Roberto Catani (Italy).
L'Arme du Crocodile by Eric Blesin (Belgium).
CLASS B (between 6 and 13 minutes)
Silence by Sylvie Bringas/Orly Yadin (United Kingdom).
CLASS C (between 13 and 26 minutes)
The Albatross by Paul Bush (United Kingdom).
CLASS D (between 26 and 52 minutes)
This prize was not awarded.
CLASS E (feature film)
This prize was not awarded.
CLASS F (publicity and institutional)
The Parachutists by Guionne Leroy (Belgium).
CLASS G (first film)
Un Jour by Marie Paccou (France).
CLASS H (didactic and information)
This prize was not awarded.
CLASS I (title sequences - TV/cinema)
Jardim da Celeste by Jose Miguel Ribeiro (Portugal).
CLASS J (series)
This prize was not awarded.
PRIZE CITY OF ESPINHO/JURY SPECIAL AWARD
A Viagem by Christian Boustani (Portugal).
PRIZE JOSE ABEL
Midnight Dance by John Macloskey (United Kingdom).
PRIZE RTP
Sientje by Christa Moesker (Holland).
AUDIENCE PRIZE - PRIZE NUNO LACERDA LOPES
T.R.A.N.S.I.T. by Piet Kroon (United Kingdom).
YOUNG PORTUGUESE DIRECTOR PRIZE
LADO B by Alunos do curso de animacao de volumes da Fundacao
Calouste Gulbenkian/CITEN.
PRIZE ALVES COSTA
The Albatross by Paul Bush (United Kingdom).
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
CLASS A (less than 6 minutes)
Hungarian Pictures Etude by Kinga Rofusz (Hungary).
El Caminante by Debra Smith (United Kingdom).
CLASS B (between 6 and 13 minutes)
Pork Park by Gunter Grossholz (Germany).
The Queen's Monastery by Emma Calder (United Kingdom).
CLASS D (between 26 and 52 minutes)
L'Enfant au Grelot by Jacques-Remy Girerd (France).
CLASS G (first film)
One Eye by Lianna Dognini (United Kingdom).
A Casa do Joao by Daniela Duarte Rui (Portugal).
Sientje by Christa Moesker (Holland).
Peaches by Chairmaine Choo (United Kingdom).
For more information about the festival visit the Cinanima
website.
Read Don Perro's review of Un
Jour and Guionne Leroy's article, "Going
Digital and Loving It."
Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.
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