Little Nicholas – Happy as Can Be, a France/Luxembourg co-production helmed by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre, received the top Cristal for a feature film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which concluded on Saturday.
A year ago, Flee won top Cristal, en route to three Academy Award nominations, including one for animated feature. In 2019, I Lost My Body additionally claimed Annecy’s Cristal for a feature before earning an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature. (Little Nicholas helmer Massoubre edited I Lost My Body.)
Little Nicholas follows a mischievous boy named Nicholas and is based on a series of illustrated children’s books created by Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempe.
The list of winners follows, and special prizes awarded on Friday can be found here.
CRISTAL FOR A FEATURE FILM: Little Nicholas – Happy as Can Be Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre Producers: On Classics, Aton Soumache, Cédric Pilot, Bidibul Productions, Lilian Eche, Christel Henon
JURY AWARD-FEATURE FILMS: Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens Alain Ughetto
JURY DISTINCTION-FEATURE FILMS: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Pierre Foldes
JURY DISTINCTION-FEATURE FILMS: My Love Affair with Marriage Signe Baumane
GAN FOUNDATION AWARD FOR DISTRIBUTION: Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens Alain Ughetto
CONTRECHAMP AWARD: Ikuta no Kita Koji Yamamura
CONTRECHAMP JURY DISTINCTION: Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On Jun-pyo Hong
CRISTAL FOR A SHORT FILM: Amok Balázs Turai
JURY AWARD-SHORT FILM: Steakhouse Spela Cadez
JURY DISTINCTION-SPECIAL DISTINCTION FOR ANIMATION: Anxious BodyYoriko Mizushiri
JEAN-LUC XIBERRAS” AWARD FOR A FIRST FILM: The Record Jonathan Laskar
“OFF-LIMITS” AWARD: Intersect Dirk Koy
CRISTAL FOR A TV PRODUCTION: My Year of Dicks Sara Gunnarsdottir
JURY AWARD FOR A TV SERIES: Dos pajaritos Alejo Schettini, Alfredo Soderguit
JURY AWARD FOR A TV SPECIAL: The House Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth Von Bahr, Paloma Baeza
CRISTAL FOR A COMMISSIONED FILM: Save Ralph Spencer Susser
JURY AWARD FOR A COMMISSIONED FILM: Aline Wes Anderson
CRISTAL FOR A GRADUATION FILM: Persona Sujin Moon
JURY DISTINCTION – GRADUATION FILMS Mom, What’s up with the Dog? Lola Lefevre
JURY AWARD -GRADUATION FILMS A Dog Under a Bridge Rehoo Tang
CRISTAL FOR THE BEST VR WORK: Glimpse Benjamin Cleary, Michael O’Connor
JURY DISTINCTION-VR WORK Goliath: Playing With Reality Barry Gene Murphy, May Abdalla
