September 23 awards ceremony kicks off the ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival taking place September 23-29 in Syros, Greece.
The Emile Awards, the European Animation Awards, has announced its nominees in 10 categories of short and feature animated films. Founded in 2017, The Emile Awards honor the art of European animation and the talented people who create it, from independent animators to animation studios.
The September 23 Emile Awards ceremony marks the start of the ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival 2024 taking place September 23-29 in Syros, Greece.
Emile Awards 2024 Nominees - Short Film Categories
Best Backgrounds and Characters in Short Film
- A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
- Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi, produced by József Fülöp
- Ice Merchants (Portugal, United Kingdom, France), director João Gonzalez, produced by Bruno Caetano and Michael Proença
- Eeva (Estonia, Croatia), directors Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov, produced by Draško Ivezić and Kalev Tamm
- Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik, produced by Polish National Film School in Łodz
Best Animation in Short Film
- 27 (France, Hungary), director Flóra Anna Buda, produced by Emmanuel-Alan Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Péter Benjámin Lukács and Gábor Osváth
- A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
- Electra (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) director Daria Kashcheeva, produced by Zuzana Krivkova Martin Vandas, Tomáš Šimon, Olivier Catherin, Richard Van Den Boom, Juraj Krasnohorsky
- The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković, produced by Draško Ivezić
- Nun or Never! (Finland), director Heta Jäälinoja, produced by Jani Lehto
- Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi, produced by József Fülöp
- Ice Merchants (Portugal, United Kingdom, France), director João Gonzalez, produced by Bruno Caetano and Michael Proença
- Eeva (Estonia, Croatia), directors Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov, produced by Draško Ivezić and Kalev Tamm
- Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik, produced by Polish National Film School in Łodz
Best Sound Design and Music in Short Film
- Greylands (Switzerland), director Charlotte Waltert, Alvaro Schoeck, produced by Saskia von Virág
- Misaligned (Poland, Latvia), directed by Marta Magnuska, produced by Piotr Szczepanowicz, Grzegorz Wacławek, Sabine Andersone
- A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
- The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković, produced by Draško Ivezić
Best Innovative Short Film
- A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
- Electra (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) director Daria Kashcheeva, produced by Zuzana Krivkova Martin Vandas, Tomáš Šimon, Olivier Catherin, Richard Van Den Boom, Juraj Krasnohorsky
- Goodbye Jérôme (France), directors Chloé Farr, Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, produced by GOBELINS, l’école de l’image
- Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik, produced by Polish National Film School in Łodz
- The Miracle (France, Belgium; Netherlands), director Nienke Deutz, produced by Annemie Degryse, Peter Lindhout, Koji Nelissen and Derk-Jan Warrink
Best of the Best Short Film
- 27 (France, Hungary), director Flóra Anna Buda, produced by Péter Benjámin Lukács and Gábor Osváth
- Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi, produced by József Fülöp
- A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
- The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković, produced by Draško Ivezić
- Ice Merchants (Portugal, United Kingdom, France), director João Gonzalez, produced by Bruno Caetano and Michael Proença
Feature Film Categories
The Feature Film nominations are for Script Writing, Soundtracks, Background and Character Design, Best Animation, and Best of the Best Feature Film.
Here are the nominees for all feature film categories:
- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (France, Luxemburg, Canada, Netherlands), director Pierre Földes, produced by Tom Dercourt, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, and Pierre Baussaron
- Chicken for Linda! (France, Italy), directors Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach, produced by Marc Irmer, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, and Pierre Baussaron
- Mars Express (France), director Jeremie Perin, produced by Didier Creste
- My Grandfather’s Demons (Portugal, Spain, France), director Nuno Beato, produced by Nuno Beato, Diego Carvalho, Emmanuel Quillet, Martine Vidalenc, Carlos Juárez and Xosé Manuel Zapata Pérez
- My Love Affair with Marriage (Luxemburg, United States, Latvia), director Signe Baumane, produced by Roberts Vinovskis, Sturgis Warner, Raoul Nadalet and Signe Baumane
- Nayola (Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, France), director José Miguel Ribeiro, produced Ana Carina, Arnoud Rijken, Michiel Snijders, Linda Sterckx, Geert Van Goethem, Serge Kestmont, Tomás Oom Martins
- Rosa and the Stone Troll (Denmark), director Karla Nor Holmbäck, produced by Marie Bro
- Tender Metalheads (Spain), director Joan Tomas Monfort & Carlos Perez-Reche, produced by Juanjo Saez
- Unicorn Wars (Spain, France, United Kingdom), director Alberto Vázquez, produced by Ivan Minambres, Chelo Loureiro, Nicolas Schmerkin
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Source: Emile Awards 2024
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
