Nicolas Keppens and his bald, stop-motion comedy of manners 'Beautiful Men' was the big winner of the 48th CINANIMA Festival in Espinho, Portugal (8-17 November 2024). The film received the festival's Grand Prize for Best Short Film (jury: Bruno Simões, Joanna Quinn, Juan Carlos Concha, Marta Pajek, Olivier Cotte). While the the Canadian film 'A Crab in the Pool'  Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel got the festival's special mention.

In the feature film battle between the two most acclaimed indie animation features of 2024, Adam Eliot and his 'Memoir of A Snail' stop-motion feature won. The Latvian's Gints Zilbalodis' ecological post-human tale of a cat and its companions 'Flow' received the festival's special mention.

'Percebes' by Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves won both the festival's National Competition prize and the Audience Award, with a topic (sea and its unlimited exploitation) and a viewpoint (the complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called Percebes) that drew attention. 

The full list of CINANIMA 2024 Winners

International Competition Short Films

GRAND PRIZE CINANIMA 2024 - ESPINHO CITY AWARD
"Beautiful Men", by Nicolas Keppens (Belgium, France, Netherlands)

JURY SPECIAL AWARD
"A Crab in the Pool", by Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel (Canada)

AWARD FOR THE BEST ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY
"I died in Irpin", by Anastasiia Falileieva (Czech Republic)

AWARD FOR THE BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
"See the Sun Rise in the Moon", by Charles Nogier (France)

AWARD FOR THE BEST SOUND DESIGN
"Entropic Memory", Nicolas Brault (Canada)

AWARD FOR THE BEST SCREENWRITING
"A Crab in the Pool", by Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel (Canada)

COMMENDATION FOR SHORT FILMS
"Zarko, You Will Spoil the Child!", by Veljko Popovic, Milivoj Popovic (Croatia)
 

AUDIENCE AWARD
"Percebes", by Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves (Portugal)

International Competition Feature Films

GRAND PRIZE CINANIMA 2024
"Memoir of a Snail" by Adam Elliot  (Australia)

 SPECIAL MENTION
"Flow", by Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia/Belgium/France)

International Competition Student Films

GRANDE PRÉMIO CINANIMA 2024 - PRÉMIO GASTON ROCH
"Unrecognized Character Detected", by Song Ye (China)

SPECIAL MENTION
"Dragfox", by Lisa Ott  (United Kingdom)

National Competition

ANTÓNIO GAIO AWARD
"Percebes", by Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves (Portugal)

YOUNG PORTUGUESE DIRECTOR AWARD (UNDER 18 YEARS OLD)
"Never Stop Singing", by Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa, EB de Fernão de Magalhães (Portugal)

YOUNG PORTUGUESE DIRECTOR AWARD (MORE THAN 18 TO 30 YEARS OLD)
"Bursting At The Seams", by Adriana Andrade, Luana Rodrigues, Daniela Tietzen (Portugal)

SPECIAL MENTION
"It Shouldn’t Rain Tomorrow", Maria Trigo Teixeira (Portugal)

The 48th CINANIMA Festival took place 8-17 November in Espinho, Portugal.

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