135 No Dogs or Italians Allowed, The Debutante, Persona won BIAF2022 2022-10-25 19:59
No Dogs or Italians Allowed, The Debutante, Persona won BIAF2022
The 24th Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF2022, 21-25 OCT, 2022) announced its award winners.
▲BIAF2022 Grand Prize for a Feature Film: "No Dogs or Italians Allowed" by Alain UGHETTO
No Dogs or Italians Allowed by Alain Ughetto won the Grand Prize. The autobiographical film, which tells the story of the director's family, has been described as “a simple and frank film that shows the director's bond with his family.” Juries picked it as the best, commenting "It is an understatedly beautiful film. We were deeply moved by the scene where the director's real hand moves in interaction with the animated character's hand."
The Jury Prize went to Dozens of Norths by YAMAMURA Koji. "Great animation work, you can feel the director's artistic passion and the theme is outstanding." jury members praised. Special Distinction Prize went to My Love Affair With Marriage by Signe BAUMANE and Perlimps by Alê ABREU. Supported and loved by the audience, Little Nicholas - Happy as Can Be took the Audience Prize.
Juries for Feature Film Competition: Jury President Florence MIAIHLE, novelist KIM Choyeop, Félix DUFOUR-LAPERRIÈRE, HIROTA Yusuke.
COCOMICS Music Prize went to Nayola by José Miguel RIBEIRO, a film about three generations of women and their solidarity in the Angolan Civil War. The film also won the DHL Diversity Prize, taking two awards in total.
Juries for the Music Prize: director KWON Byungjun, actress SHIN Eunsoo.
The judges described Nayola as “a masterpiece in which the rhythm is felt throughout the play, not only the rap but the lines are also musical, and the music harmonizes well with the drawings.”
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes by TAGUCHI Tomohisa won the Korean Society of Cartoon and Animation Studies(KOSCAS) Prize and Perlimps by Alê ABREU won the Korea Animation Industry Association Prize.
The Jury Prize went to Dozens of Norths by YAMAMURA Koji. "Great animation work, you can feel the director's artistic passion and the theme is outstanding." jury members praised. Special Distinction Prize went to My Love Affair With Marriage by Signe BAUMANE and Perlimps by Alê ABREU. Supported and loved by the audience, Little Nicholas - Happy as Can Be took the Audience Prize.
Juries for Feature Film Competition: Jury President Florence MIAIHLE, novelist KIM Choyeop, Félix DUFOUR-LAPERRIÈRE, HIROTA Yusuke.
COCOMICS Music Prize went to Nayola by José Miguel RIBEIRO, a film about three generations of women and their solidarity in the Angolan Civil War. The film also won the DHL Diversity Prize, taking two awards in total.
Juries for the Music Prize: director KWON Byungjun, actress SHIN Eunsoo.
The judges described Nayola as “a masterpiece in which the rhythm is felt throughout the play, not only the rap but the lines are also musical, and the music harmonizes well with the drawings.”
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes by TAGUCHI Tomohisa won the Korean Society of Cartoon and Animation Studies(KOSCAS) Prize and Perlimps by Alê ABREU won the Korea Animation Industry Association Prize.
▲BIAF2022 Grand Prize for a Short Film: "The Debutante" by Elizabeth HOBBS
Grand Prize for a Short Film was given to The Debutante by Elizabeth HOBBS. Juries commented that the "film makes us feel an instinctive sympathy for this girl who doesn't want to be a good girl. We witness a conservative and patriarchal society that forces this debutante, which makes her deny who she is and find no way but to let her inner hyena come out. It is the story of a time and place that may have not changed that much."
Jury Prize went to SCALE by Joseph PIERCE. "Big films find their strength in general aspects as in their smallest details. Here the director focused on every detail," the juries commented on the film. Special Distinction Prize was given to Christopher at Sea by Tom C J Brown, El After del Mundo by Florentina GONZALEZ, and Two Sisters by Anna BUDANOVA.
Run Totti Run by Shad BRADBURY won the Audience prize, and Dog - Apartment by Priit TENDER won the AniB's Choice.
Juries for Short Film Competition: Hugo COVARRUBIAS, JEONG Dahee, Bastien DUBOIS
Special awards: cocone M Prize and EBS Prize Short Film each went to Home of the heart by Sarah SAIDAN and CANARY by Pierre-Hugues DALLAIRE and Benoit THERRIAULT.
▲BIAF2022 Jury Prize for a Graduation Film: "Persona" by MOON Sujin
Persona by MOON Sujin won the Jury Prize for a Graduation Film. "It is a unique and creative film with excellent sensuous, realistic description," the juries remarked. Jury Prize for TV & Commissioned Film went to Funny Birds by Charlie BELIN. House of Existence by JOUNG Yumi won the Jury Prize for a Korean Short Film, and I am a Horse by IM Chaerin took the Special Distinction Prize.
Juries for Graduation / TV&Commissioned Film / Korean Short Film: producer SEKI Hiromi, director ZHU Yantong, editor LEE Juhyun.
The winner of the Venice Immersive Grand Jury Prize, Main Square by Pedro HARRES, won the Jury Prize for a VR Film at BIAF2022 as well.
The 24th Bucheon International Animation Festival (BIAF2022) took place from 21 to 25 Oct 2022 in Bucheon, South Korea. BIAF2023 will celebrate its 25th year. (www.biaf.or.kr)