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'Steakhouse', 'Flee', 'Luce and the Rock' Win at Anima Brussels 2022

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It was the hybrid, 41st edition of  Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival (26 Feb - 6 Mar 2022), which succeeded in attracting around 30,000 spectators in theaters (plus 25,000 streams in its Anima Online platform).

The Oscar-nominated animation documentary 'Flee' by Jonas Poher Rasmussen was one of the big winners in the ceremony, winning both the best feature film and the audience award for best animated feature. In the verge of marriage to his long-time boyfriend, a successful academic in Denmark is confronted with a secret from his past.

The chilling Steakhouse by Slovenian animation director Špela Čadež won the Grand Prix for a Short Film. 

In the film, Franc takes great pleasure in preparing a steak. On the other side of the city Liza is hurrying from work. The apartment is thoroughly engulfed in smoke. She extinguishes the damage, but the anger growing in Franc cannot be extinguished so easily.


 
After her film 'Catherine', Britt Raes scored another victory at the Belgian animation festival. Her children animation short, 'Luce and the Rock' won the award for Best National Short. This is her second win in this category.

Luce lives a happy life in a peaceful little village, together with Mom and the Villagers. Every day is the same, and that’s the way everyone likes it. The only thing that scares Luce is the dark – but luckily her little lightsticks keep her safe! One day a giant Rock Creature disturbs the quiet life in the village. He destroys all the houses including Luce’s! Luce is angry and determined to take the Rock Creature back to his home. But the Rock might have more in common with Luce than she first thought -Film Synopsis

The full list of awarded films:

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
Jury: DORIEN SCHETZ (Belgium), JÉRÉMY CLAPIN (France), PASCAL VERMEERSCH (Belgium)

AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
FLEE by by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
FLEE by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM FOR CHILDREN COMPETITION

Jury: KITTY CROWTHER (Belgium), CLAIRE PAOLETTI (France), NADÈGE HERRYGERS (Belgium)

AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FOR CHILDREN

Princesse Dragon by Anthony Roux & Jean-Jacques Denis

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FOR CHILDREN
PIL by Julien Fournet

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Jury: LÉOLUNA ROBERT-TOURNEUR (Belgium), ULI WEGENAST (Germany), BASTIEN DUBOIS (France)

GRAND PRIX ANIMA 2022 FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM provided by the Brussels-Capital Region (2.500 €)
Steakhouse by Špela Čadež

CREATIVE REVELATION AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM provided by the Korean Cultural Center (2.500 €)
La Confiture de papillons by Shih-Yen Huang

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
To the Last Drop by by SCHNELLMANN

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Mom by by Kajika Aki Ferrazzini

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Au Revoir Jérôme ! by Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet & Chloé Farr

ANIMATED NIGHT AUDIENCE AWARD
Loop by Pedro Polledri

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FOR CHILDREN COMPETITION
Jury: KITTY CROWTHER (Belgium), CLAIRE PAOLETTI (France), NADÈGE HERRYGERS (Belgium)

AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM FOR CHILDREN
Un Caillou dans la chaussure by Eric Montchaud

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Battery Daddy by Seung-bae Jeon

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM FOR CHILDREN
Zog and the Flying Doctors by Sean Mullen

NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Jury: LIA BERTELS (Belgium), AN DE WINTER (Belgium), THIBAUT QUIRYNEN (Belgium)

AWARD FOR BEST BELGIAN SHORT FILM provided by Sabam for Culture (2.500 €) & acquisition of the broadcasting rights by Canvas (2.000 €)
Luce and the Rock by Britt Raes

GRAND PRIX FOR BEST SHORT OF THE FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES provided by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (2.500 €)
Câline by Margot Reumont

AUTHOR AWARD provided by SACD (2.500 €)
Les Liaisons foireuses, by Violette Delvoye & Chloé Alliez

AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM provided by Amplo (1.000 €)
Rode Reus by Anne Verbeure

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
AWARD FOR BEST BELGIAN SHORT FILM
Les Grandes Vacances by Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
GRAND PRIX FOR BEST SHORT OF THE FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES
Ronde de Nuit by Julien Regnard

MENTION SPÉCIALE DU JURY
AUTHOR AWARD
Le Renard, la tortue, l'araignée et le gâteau by Collectif de 10 enfants, Louise-Marie Colon & Mathieu Labaye

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Krak by Stan Lievens

The 2022 Anima Brussels International Animation Film Festival took place 25 February - 6 March 2002 in Flagey and online.

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