07-05-2018

FNE at Anifilm 2018: Animated Coproduction Wins First VAF Feature Pitching Forum

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    Of Unwanted Things and People by David Sukup, Ivana Laucikova, Agata Gorzadek and Leon Vidmar Of Unwanted Things and People by David Sukup, Ivana Laucikova, Agata Gorzadek and Leon Vidmar photo: MAUR Film

    TREBON: The four-country coproduction Of Unwanted Things and People won the first animated feature film pitching award at the Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF), which was held during the Czech festival of animation Anifilm, which concluded on 6 May 2018.

    The project was represented by Juraj Krasnohorsky of the Slovak production company Artichoke and Czech producer Martin Vandas from MAUR Film. The project is a coproduction with ZVVIKS (Slovenia) and WJTeam/Likaon (Poland), with support from Creative Europe MEDIA, the Czech State Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the Slovenian Film Fund. The directors, one from each country, are David Sukup (CZ), Ivana Laucikova (SK), Agata Gorzadek (PL) and Leon Vidmar (SI).

    Serbia took home two main pitching awards. The TV Series/Specials pitch award went to the Serbian animated series Rabbit from a Tin Hat. The short film pitching award went to the Serbian film Floating directed by Jelena Milunovic.

    The VAF post-production award from Poland’s Playade Sound Studio went to the Polish project I Come Undone.

    The Anifilm award for Best Feature Film for Children went to Irish director Nora Twomey for her film The Breadwinner. Korean director Yongsun Lee won the award for the Best Feature Film for Grown-ups with his film I’ll Just Live in Bando.

    The list of winners follows:

    Anifilm 2018

    Best Feature Film for Children
    The Breadwinner (Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg)
    Directed by Nora Twomey

    Best Feature Film for Grown-ups
    I’ll Just Live in Bando (South Korea)
    Directed by Yongsun Lee

    Best Short Film
    Manivald (Estonia)
    Directed by Chintis Lundgren

    Best Student Film
    Enough (UK)
    Directed by Anna Mantzaris

    Best Abstract / Non-narrative Film
    Divisional Articulations
    Directed by Max Hattler

    Best Music Video
    I Don’t Like the Comics You Drew by The Shanghai Restoration Project (China, USA)
    Directed by Lei Lei

    Best Czech Short Film
    Walking and Running
    Directed by Vít Pancíř

    Best Czech Student Film
    WOO-HOO!
    Directed by Dávid Štumpf

    Best Czech TV and Online Film
    Hungry Bear Tales: Blueberries!
    Directed by Alexandra Májová and Kateřina Karhánková

    Best Czech Commissioned Work
    Jupí Hot Drink
    Directed by Michal Žabka

    Best Czech Music Video
    Krosna by Barbora Poláková
    Directed by Kosuke Sugimoto

    Independent Computer Games, Best Artwork: GNOG

    Best Game for Children.
    Chuchel (Czech Republic)

    Lifetime Achievement Award
    Libuše Čihařová

    Visegrad Animation Forum

    Best Feature Film
    Of Unwanted Things and People (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland)
    Directed by David Súkup (CZ), Ivana Laučíková (SK), Leon Vidmar (SI), Agata Gorządek (PL).
    Produced by Artichoke , MAUR Film, ZVVIKS , WJTeam/Likaon
    Support from Creative Europe MEDIA, the Czech State Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Slovenian Film Fund

    Nespresso Audience Award
    Of Unwanted Things and People (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland)

    Special Mention
    John Vardar vs the Galaxy (Macedonia, Bulgaria)
    Directed by Goce Cvetanovski
    Produced by Lynx Animation Studios
    Supported by Macedonian Film Agency, Bulgarian Film Fund, Bulgarian National Television

    Best Series/TV Special
    Rabbit from a Tin Hat (Serbia)
    Directed by Ivan Knizevic
    Produced by Origin Tales

    Special Mention
    Noah’s Tree (Hungary)
    Directed by Peter Vacz

    Best Short Film
    Floating (Serbia)
    Directed by Jelena Milunovic
    Produced by Platforma
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Special Mention
    I Come Undone (Poland)
    Directed by Piotr Chmielewski
    Produced by FrimGramm Foundation

    Post Production Award
    I Come Undone (Poland)
    Directed by Piotr Chmielewski