Prize of the Public in Annecy for the Spanish film O apòstolo
- The film by Fernando Cortizo Rodriguez won over the audience. Special Mention for Ma maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré Buffalo Bill
If the Crystal for the Best Feature Film in the 37th International Animated Film Festival of Annecy went to the Brazilian film Rio 2096: A story of Love and Fury by Luiz Bolognesi, Europe features prominently in the winners’ list with a Special Mention for the Franco-Luxembourg coproduction Ma maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré Buffalo Bill [+see also:
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film profile] by duo Marc Boréal - Thibaut Chatel. Produced by Label Anim, in coproduction with Mélusine Productions and StudioCanal (which is handling its international sales), the film, which focuses on a 6 year-old boy in the ‘70s, will be distributed in France on October 23rd by Gebeka.
The Prize of the Public went to O apòstolo [+see also:
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film profile] (photo) by Spanish director Fernando Cortizo Rodriguez (see the making of). Produced by Artefacto Producciones and making use of the puppet technique, this feature film recounts the mishaps of a prisoner who has just escaped from prison and attempts to retrieve the booty he hid a few years earlier in a small, remote and isolated village.
Click here to view the complete winners’ list.
(Translated from French)
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