Annecy Festival 2026: Special Prizes

Annecy Festival 2026: Special Prizes

12 awards were presented during the Annecy Festival's Special Prizes Ceremony, which was held this Friday at 5:00 pm.

The full list of Winners:

SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack in a Short Film

'God Is Shy' - Composer: P.R2B (Pauline Rambeau de Baralon), Director: Jocelyn CHARLES, Producer: Remembers, (France)

SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack in a Feature Film

'The Violinist' - Composers: Ricky HO and Isabel LATORRE, Directors: Ervin HAN, Raúl GARCÍA, Producers : Raúl GARCÍA, Throne Inc., Robot Playground Media, TV ON Producciones, Altri Occhi, Leonard LAI, Justin DEIMEN, (Singapore, Spain, Italy)

Annecy Presents Audience Award – supported by Peugeot – new

'Brave Cat' - Director: Gabriel OSORIO, Producers: Punkrobot, (Chile)

CANAL+ Junior Jury Award

'Piccolo Piccolo' - Director: Marta GENNARI, Producers: Gebeka Films, Folimage, Reginald DE GUILLEBON, Nadasdy Film, (France, Switzerland)

Young Audience Award

'Into the Forest' - Director: Antonin NICLASS, Producers: Milos-Films SA, (Switzerland)

André Martin Award for a French Short Film

'Hold It Together' - Director: Fan SISSOKO, Producers: Compass Films, Komawé, Artémis Productions – Artébis Entertainment, (Iceland, France, Belgium)

Hold It Together by Fan Sissoko animated film still

Hold It Together

ARTE Award for a European Short Film – new

'Uka-uka' - Director: Henri VEERMÄE, Producer: Grafik, (Estonia)

Festivals Connexion Award for an Immersive Work

'Voooooo---Peeeeee---' - Directors: Hyeunjoo WOO, Jiyun PARK, Producer: Ubac Studio, (South Korea)

Vimeo Staff Pick Award for a Short Film

'Creation' - Director: Béla KLINGL, Producer: Béla KLINGL, (Hungary)

Warner Bros. Animation Award for a Graduation Film – new

'The 12 Inch Pianist' - Director: Lucas ANSEL, Producer: Rhode Island School of Design, (USA)

Midnight Shorts Award – new

'Eclosión' - Director: Luis MORILLO, Producers : Luis MORILLO, Edwin GAUTREAU SANTANA, Claudio LLUBERES, Miguel CABAÑAS, Jaime CANO, Daysi CRUZ , (Dominican Republic, Spain)

City of Annecy Award

'Because Today Is Saturday' - Director: Alice EÇA GUIMARÃES, Producers: Animais AVPL, La Clairière Ouest, Studio Kimchi, Os Filmes do Pinguim, (Portugal, France, Spain)

And already presented:

Titmouse WTF Award – new

'You Are Not Part of the Cake' - Director: Ting-Jui CHEN, Producers: RCA – Royal College of Art, (Taiwan, United Kingdom)

Titmouse WTF Jury Distinction – new

'I Have a' - Director: Rory WAUDBY-TOLLEY, Producer: Rory WAUDBY-TOLLEY, (United Kingdom)

 

The Annecy Film Festival will award the main winners on June 27 at 8 p.m.

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