Empty Places, On-Gaku: Our Sound, Easter Eggs Win Anima Festival 2021 Prizes

Anima Festival was held online for its 2021 edition (12-21 February). It has attracted more than 5,500 users and exceeded 90,000 streams.


INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
Jury: AMANDINE FREDON (France), CLAUDE BARRAS (Switzerland), GUILLAUME MALANDRIN (France)

AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: On-Gaku: Our Sound by Kenji Iwaisawa

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Jury: MARCEL JEAN (Canada) AGNÉ ADOMÉNÉ (Lithuania), MARIA ANESTOPOULOU (Greece)

GRAND PRIX ANIMA 2021 FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM provided by the Brussels-Capital Region (2.500 €): Empty Places by Geoffroy de Crécy

CREATIVE REVELATION AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM, provided by the Korean Cultural Center (2.500 €): Les Yeux grands ouverts, by Laura Passalacqua

SPECIAL JURY AWARD: Elo, by Alexandra Ramires

SPECIAL JURY MENTION: À La Mer poussière by Heloïse Ferlay

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FOR CHILDREN COMPETITION
Jury:TELIDJA KLAÏ (Belgium), SÉVERINE KONDER (Belgium), ARNAUD DEMUYNCK (Belgium)

AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM FOR CHILDREN: The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Robin Shaw

ANIMATED NIGHT COMPETITION

ANIMATED NIGHT AWARD: Rebooted by Michael Shanks

NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Jury:ARBA HATASHI (Kosovo), DICK TOMASOVIC (Belgium), PIETER DE POORTERE (Belgium)

AWARD FOR BEST BELGIAN SHORT FILM, provided by Sabam for Culture (2.500 €): Easter Eggs by Nicolas Keppens

GRAND PRIX FOR BEST SHORT FILM OF THE FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES provided by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (2.500 €): Amours libres by Emily Worms

AUTHOR AWARD, provided by SACD (2.500 €): Hold Me Tight by Mélanie Robert-Tourneur

SPECIAL JURY MENTION: Woods by Nicolas Gemoets, Carla Coder & Kelly Morival

The prizewinning films,  will also be available on the Anima Online platform till midnight, Sunday, 21 February, when the Anima Festival ends.