Rabbitland, My mommy is in America win ReAnimania 2013 awards

The 5th edition of ReAnimania (26 Oct -1 Nov) had a distinct, European feel. The Berlin-awarded Rabbitland, by Ana Nedeljkovic and Nikola Majdak, and its allegorical tale of democracy, won the award for Best Short Film.

Runner-up (and a special jury mention) to the US film Fight, by Steven Subotnick.

The feature film award (out of 7 features competing) was given to the French Western homage "My Mommy is America and She Met Buffalo Bill" (Marc Boréal, Thibaut Chatel).

The Annecy-awarded,  Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury by Luiz Bolognesi (Brazil, 2013) received a jury's special mention.

Another French victory for the short graduation, stop-motion horror film The Bungled Child (La Ravaudeuse) by Simon Filliot.

The Swiss animator Georges Schwizgebel, who also gave a lecture at the 5th ReAnimania, was awarded the Robert Sahakyants special award.

All the winners:

• Best Short Film: Rabbitland, Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak  (Serbia, 2013)
• Juries' Special Mention: Fight, Steven Subotnick (US, 2012)
• Best Armenian Short Film (after Lev Atamanov): Naira Muradyan for Ballet
• Best Feature Film: My Mommy is America and She Met Buffalo Bill, Marc BORÉAL, Thibaut CHATEL      (France | Luxembourg, 2013)
  
• Juries' Special Mention: Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury, Luiz Bolognesi (Brazil, 2013)
• Best Graduation Film: The Bungled Child (La Ravaudeuse),  Simon Filliot  (France, 2012)
  
• Best Music Video award: Katachi (Shape), Katarzyna Kijek, Przemyslaw Adamski  (Poland & Japan, 2013)
• Best Concept Award: Cheatin', Bill Plympton,(US, 2013)
• Special award of Converse bank: Zack Demirtshyan
• Best TV and Educational category winner: Anton
• Cinema Union special award: Maggot Feeder, Priit Tender

Georges Schwizgebel (Switzerland) was awarded the Robert Sahakyants special award.

Zippy Frames was a media sponsor of the event.