Animated Dreams, one of the most important animation festivals in the Baltic and Nordic regions which ran between 19th and 23rd November, has revealed the winners for 2010
The International Competition showcased some of the finest global animated shorts selected from more than 400 entries
The winner of the Grand Prix, in addition to the Wooden Wolf made by Estonian puppet masters, received 1000EUR sponsored by Premia. The international jury members Wiola Sowa (Poland), Tatu Pohjavirta (Finland) and Mait Laas (Estonia) decided to hand out the festival awards as follows:
Grand Prix – “Wooden Wolf” (Prize of 1000EUR sponsored by Premia)
Hand Soap
Director: Kei Oyama, Japan
This film touches a very strange moment in a person’s life, with a strong vision from the directors that has a profound psycho and physiological influence.
Best Design
Tussilago
Director: Jonas Odell, Sweden
The simplifyed complexity of the visual helps us to step inside the environment of the time and expresses emotions.
Best Story
Divers in the Rain
Directors: Olga Pärn, Priit Pärn, Estonia
A story that can’t be explained in words, but is perfectly told by two atmospheres.
Jury’s Special Mention (I)
Angry Man
Director: Anita Killi, Norway
The film leads us to the director’s light of empathy.
Jury’s Special Mention (II)
The Lipsett Diaries
Director: Théodore Ushev, Canada
We thank the director of the film for the visual richness of a sad soul.
Jury’s Special Mention (III)
The Smaller Room
Director: Cristóbal León, Nina Wehrle, Switzerland
In the ordinary room of imagination there can be a separated life.
The students of Estonian Academy of Arts’ animation department gave out their award for the second time as well – the “Brain-tap” inspired by Animated Dreams logo:
My Mother’s Coat
United Kingdom 2010, 6’
Director: Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits
The winner is “My Mother’s Coat” because it is condensed, subtle, honest and personal.
The Audience Award went to:
Angry Man
Director: Anita Killi, Norway
For information on the films go to www.poff.ee
The awards were conferred at a ceremony t the Cinema Soprus in Tallinn and culminated four days of animated shorts and features alongside guest lectures and special events. With a large number of foreign guests and a wildly enthusiastic audience, the 12th edition of Animated Dreams was a huge success.
The programme director of Animated Dreams Heilika Pikkov said:
“We’re delighted with the way everything has gone. The audiences have been brilliant, the guests amazing and the films superb. I’d like to thank everyone for all their hard work and I’m looking forward to next year already!”
Animated Dreams is a sub-festival of the Black Nights Film Festival which also encompasses a main programme of feature premieres and retrospectives, the Nokia Mobile Film Festival (MOFF) which invites filmmakers from around the planet to make a short film on their mobiles and upload it to the MOFF website, the Just Film Children and Youth Festival and Sleepwalkers, the Student and Short Film Festival. The Black Market Industry is a regional film market which introduces film industry professionals to the latest works from North-Eastern Europe and its neighbouring regions whilst in the Baltic Event Co-production market deals projects from the Baltic countries, Scandinavia, Central - Eastern Europe and Russia. On the night of December 4, the European Film Academy will be presenting the 23rd European Film Awards in Tallinn an event that will kick off Tallinn’s hosting of the European Capital of Culture.
