Awards & Prizes
European Animation Emile Awards 2025: Nominations
ZF Team
The re-scaled European Animation (Emile) Awards have returned with a bunch of nominations for both short and feature animation. The Oscar-awarded 'Flow' by Gints Zilbalodis is (understandably) in the nominees, along with 'Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds', 'Sultana's Dream,' and 'Pelican Blue'.
All four features will compete for Best Writing in Feature, Best Soundtrack in Feature, Best Backgrounds and Character Design in Feature, Best Animation in Feature, and Best of the Best in Feature.
- Read Also: Our review of 'Flow' animation feature
The animation short categories feature the Annecy-awarded pin screen 'Night Boots' (Pierre-Luc Granjon), the acclaimed (and multiple award-winning) Ukrainian animation short 'I Died in Irpin' (Anastasiia Falileieva), and three more French (co-)produced films. 'Beautiful Men' by Nicolas Keppens, Nina Gantz's stop-motion 'Wander to Wonder', and the Holocaust-themed 'Butterfly' by Florence Miailhe.
Both Keppen's and Miailhe's films also compete in the Best Character Design and Best Sound Design categories, respectively. Two nominations also for the Polish stop-motion film 'Joko' by Izabela Plucinska (Best Animation and Best Character Design and Background for A Short Film). Two other Polish films get a single nod: 'Zima' (Winter) by Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki (Best Sound and Music Design), and 'There are people in the woods' by Szymon Ruczynski (Best Student Film).
Joko
The queer-themed 'Carrotica' comedy by Daniel Sterlin-Altman competes in the student category; the 2024 Annecy winner 'Percebes' by Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves gets a single nomination in the Best Character Design and Backgrounds category -in the same category, the Croatian/French film 'Zarko, Zarko, You will Spoil the by Milivoj Popovic & Veljko Popovic is also nominated.
The full lineup of European Animation Awards 2025 nominees
Emile Awards 2025 nominees in feature film are:
- Pelikan Blue, Hungary (director László Csáki)
- Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds, France, Belgium (director: Benoît Chieux)
- Sultana’s Dream, Spain, Germany, India (director: Isabel Herguera)
- Flow, Latvia, France, Belgium (director: Gints Zilbalodis)
The Feature film nominee categories are: Best Writing in Feature, Best Soundtrack in Feature, Best Backgrounds and Character Design in Feature, Best Animation in Feature, and Best of the Best in Feature.
Disclaimer: Given the limited number of qualifying films during our selection period, we proudly present four outstanding nominees in this category.
Sultana's Dream
Emile Awards 2025 nominees in short film:
Category: Best of the Best in short film
- I died in Irpin, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine (director: Anastasiia Falileieva)
- Beautiful Men, Belgium, Netherlands, France (director: Nicolas Keppens)
- Butterfly, France (director: Florence Miailhe )
- Wander to Wonder, Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom (director: Nina Gantz)
- Night Boots, France (director: Pierre-Luc-Granjon )
Category: Best sound and music design in short film
- Winter Poland (director: Tomek Popakul & Kasumi Ozeki )
- Sans-voix, Switzerland (director: Samuel Patthey)
- The Voice of Sirens, France, Italy (director: Gianluigi Toccafondo )
- Butterfly, France (director: Florence Miailhe )
- Bunnyhood, United Kingdom (director: Mandi Mahesgwari )
Category: Best character design and backgrounds in short film
- Fox Tossing, Hungary (director:Zénó Mira)
- Percebes, Portugal, France (director: Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves)
- Zarko, You will Spoil the Child, Croatia, France (director:Milivoj Popovic & Veljko Popovic)
- Joko, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic (director: Izabela Plucinska)
- Beautiful Men, Belgium, Netherlands, France (director: Nicolas Keppens)
Category: Best animation in short film
- The Eastern Rain, Estonia (director: Milly Yencken)
- Joko, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic (director: Izabela Plucinska)
- Wander to Wonder, Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom (director: Nina Gantz)
- Beautiful Men, Belgium, Netherlands, France (director: Nicolas Keppens)
- Night Boots, France (director: Pierre-Luc-Granjon )
Category: Best Student Film
- Fox Tossing, Hungary (director:Zénó Mira)
- There are People in the Woods, Poland (director: Szymon Ruczynski )
- Carrotica, Germany (director: Daniel Sterlin-Altman )
- Dodo, Germany (director: Yi Luo )
- Pear Garden, Germany, Iran (director: Shadab Shayegan)
Carrotica
The Emile Awards 2025 Ceremony will be held on Sunday, November 16, during PÖFF Shorts and Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn.
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