Award winners 2018

Grand Prix

15,000 euros funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg and the city of Stuttgart

Cat Days

Director: Jon Frickey
Producers: Jon Frickey, Takashi Horiguchi
Germany, Japan 2017, 11:09 min.

Jury statement: “The five of us agreed fairly quickly on this year´s winner. The film we´re taling has it all: It offers many levels of interpretation, it transcends age, has smart humor, offers an honest and sometimes funny child´s perspective on life…and it has cats! We all felt that it´s hard to make something this level of complexity feel that effortless. The winner of this year´s International Competition is CAT DAYS by Jon Frickey.”

Special Mention

(Fool Time) JOB
Director: Gilles Cuvelier
Produzent/Producer: Richard Van Den Boom
Produktion/Production: Papy3D Productions
France 2017, 16:31 min.

Lotte Reiniger Award for animation film

10,000 Euro funded by the MFG Film Promotion Baden-Württemberg

Enough                           

Director: Anna Mantzaris
School: Royal College of Art
Great Britain 2017, 2:19 min.

The jury’s statement: A blunt, hilarious, short representation of what we all sometimes feel we want to do.

SWR Audience Award

6,000 euros

Negative Space                        

Director: Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter
Producers: Edwina Liard, Jean-Louis Padis, Nidia Santiago
Production: Ikki Films
France 2017, 5:30

Animated Com Award International

Funded by Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart

„Migros – Finn“
Kyra Buschor, Constantin, Paeplow, Ben Liam Jones, Great Britain 2017
Production Companies: Passion Animation Studios, Stories AG, Switzerland

“The lovingly designed characters are perfectly integrated into the live action and provide the audience with an unexpected perspective on an everyday activity such as shopping at a supermarket check-out. This is complemented by the seasonal background and the Christmas spirit conveying family values and sociability, contrasting the main character’s loneliness at the beginning of the story when the supermarket is deserted over the holidays. Thanks to the art of animated film, a trivial act is re-visualised and charged with emotion on top. After one has seen this commercial, shopping at a supermarket check-out will be a whole new experience with different emotions, because the familiar sound of the check-out scanner now has a face and a story. The jury recognizes the uniqueness of “Migros – Finn” within an established, seasonal genre.”

Special Mention:

Imaginary Friend Society
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, Agentur: RPA

“In an ambitious project to help children better understand a cancer diagnosis, RPA brought together 20 individual animation, music and sound-design partners launching a series of animated films for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, the world’s largest nonprofit dedicated to families facing a child’s brain tumor diagnosis.”

Young Animation – Award for the best student film

2,500 euros funded by the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LfK) and MFG
Film Funding Baden-Württemberg

Sog

Director: Jonatan Schwenk
Producer: Jonatan Schwenk
School: Kunsthochschule Kassel
Germany 2017, 10:14 min.

Statement of the jurys: “We were impressed with the general quality of all films in the programme. Congratulations to all participants. We chose to award a powerful story, that delivers an important social message: a reflection of nowadays society. Impecable execution, a courageous and harmonic use of several animation techniques makes this film a compelling and outstanding work.
Congratulations – SOG.“

Special Mention

Augenblicke

Director: Kiana Naghshineh
Producers: Mareike Keller, Malte Stehr  (im Katalog steht das gleiche wie Regie…)
School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg – Animationsinstitut
Germany 2017, 3:45 min.

Tricks for Kids – Award for the best short film for children

4,000 Euro funded to Studio 100 Media GmbH

Kokosha
Coco’s Day

Director: Tatiana Moshkova
Producers: Mikhail Aldashin, Boris Mashkovtsev
Russia 2017, 4:20 min.

Statement of the Children`s Jury:

„….because the film reflects every day life of children“. (Luise)

„….because the film is very imaginative and invites you to dream”.  (Anni)

….“because it is realistic, not every kid likes Brussels sprouts“. (Fanny)

Special Mention                        

Le Vent dans les roseaux
The Wind in the Reeds      

Director: Arnaud Demuynck, Nicolas Liguori
Producer: Arnaud  Demuynck
Production: Les Films du Nord
France, Switzerland 2016, 26:37 min.

Tricks for Kids – Award for the best animation series for children nationally

National, sponsored by MIP Junior 2018

„Animanimals – Sloth“

Germany, 2018, 4:00 Min.
Director:  Julia Ocker
Production: Studio FILM BILDER

International, sponsored by MIP Junior 2018

„Hey Duggee – The Tadpole Badge“

Great Britain, 2016, 7:00 Min.
Director: Grant Orchard
Production: Studio Aka

AniMovie – Award for the best feature-length animated film

Xing Fu Lu Shang
On Happiness Road

Director: Hsin-Yin Sung
Producer: Sylvia Feng
Production: On Happiness Road Productions Ltd.
Taiwan 2017, 110 min.

Statement of the Jury: „We liked the visual style and creative approach which got us immediately into the enchanting coming-of-age story of a young girl growing up in Taiwanese contemporary history. On Happiness Road is a universal tale about family roots, compelling and beautifully told through its captivating animation.“

Animated Games Award Germany

5,000 euros funded by the MFG Baden-Württemberg

The Inner World – Der letzte Windmönch
Developer: Tobias Frisch
Publisher: Headup Games

German Screenplay Award

2,500 euros funded by Telepool GmbH

„Peterchens Mondfahrt“
Authors: Ali Samadi Ahadi und Arne Nolting

German Voice Actor Award

Amazon Audience Award

5,000 euros

Hybrids        

Director: Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion
School: MoPA
France 2017, 6:22 min.

Pitching of the Arab Animation Forum

Nomination for the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung for International Cooperation

Project: Double Vision
by: Ibraheem Ramadan
Syria

The FANtastic Prize

1,000 euros, funded by the Animation Family, the most loyal fans of ITFS

O Matko!
Oh Mother!

Director: Paulina Ziolkowska
Producers: Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak
Production: FUMI STUDIO (steht nicht im Katalog)
School: The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School – Lodz Film School
Poland 2017, 12:49 min.

Special Mention                        

Cubed

Director: Xue En Ge
School: Nanyang Technological University
Singapore 2017, 3:52 min.

Trickstar Business Award

7,500 € endowed, sponsored by the Stuttgart region

Project “House of Broken Hearts” von Tünde Vollenbroek
Production: Studio Pupil
The Netherlands

Statement of the jury: “ The jury was impressed by the project concept with its various possibilities for exploitation. Exploitation of the project is promising and feasible as a web series or short film on TV, on social media channels, as a mini-game or comic book, etc.”

Germany’s Next Animation Talent

5.000 Euro, funded by Studio 100 Media GmbH | m4e

„The Snollies“ by Jens Opatz and Pia Auteried.

Crazy Horse Session – 48h Animation Jam

Team Lebanon: Peter Aoun and Radé Zorkot

Jury-Statement:

“The jury chose the movie from Peter Aoun and Radé Zorkot. We liked the funny idea, the story, the artwork and the animation that come together to form a perfectly arranged short film.”

ITFS Game Jam at Gerber

Date Flip
Team: Stella Bialek, Matthias Heim, Rico Weinert

Jurystatements: „Date Flip has an interesting, unique idea with the funny stylized characters. The
animations are funny and have a cute softness of style.“