Laguionie, Dudok de Wit, Zucchini at the Cartoon Tributes Nominees

They may didn't get the Academy Award this year, but they are (rightfully so) nominated in CARTOON MOVIE tributes.

Academy Award nominated directors Claude Barras (My Life as a Zucchini), Oscar winner Michael Dudok de Wit (The Red Turtle) and Cannes-awarded Jean-François Laguionie (Louise en hiver) are the three nominees for the CARTOON MOVIE tributes as European director of the year.

 The premier European pitching forum each year awards the best of European animated feature artists. Its tributes fall into three categories,  Director, Distributor and Producer of the Year.

 Zucchini producers (Rita productions,Blue Spirit Productions and Gebeka films) are also nominated for the Best Producer award of the year, along with the producers of the new Ethel & Ernest film by Roger Mainwood.

The film is based on Raymond Briggs story and graphic novel about his own parents.

The full lists:
 
European Director of the Year

• Michael Dudok de Wit (the Netherlands) is nominated in the category "European Director of the Year" for the film "The Red Turtle" (released in June 2016) which received "Un Certain Regard Special Prize at Cannes Film Festival 2016 and was nominated for European Film Awards 2016, Césars Awards and Academy Awards 2017.
• Claude Barras (Switzerland) is nominated for his long feature "My Life as a Courgette" (released on 19 October 2016 in France – 737,830 admissions). This film received several awards at festivals including the César Awards for Best Animated Feature and for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Cristal Award for Best Feature and the Audience Award at Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2016, the Best European Animated Feature Film prize at European Film Awards 2016 and was nominated for Academy Awards 2017.
• Jean-François Laguionie (France) for "Louise by the Shore" released in November 2016 in France. This year, Jean-François Laguionie will present "The Prince’s Journey" which will be made in studios in Angoulême (under the aegis of the Pôle Image Magelis) and distributed by Gebeka Films.

 

The Red Turtle

 
European Distributor of the Year

•   MUBI (United Kingdom), a global SVoD player available in over 200 territories in the world and with 8 million subscribers - "A Town Called Panic", "Waltz with Bashir", "The Three Robbers"
• Angel Films (Denmark) - distributor in Scandinavian countries of "My Life as a Courgette", "Phantom Boy", "Ernest & Celestine", "Pinocchio", "Tad, The Lost Explorer"
• Urban Distribution International (France), sales agent of "Long Way North", "Cafard" and of two films which will be pitched at Cartoon Movie 2017; "Zombillenium" in production and "Canaan" in development.

European Producer of the Year

 

• Knudsen & Streuber Medienmanufaktur, Ulysses Filmproduktion (Germany), Melusine Productions (Luxembourg), Den Siste Skilling (Norway) & Walking The Dog (Belgium) for "Richard the Stork" (which will release in May 2017 in Germany), directed by Reza Memari and Toby Genkel ("Ooops! Noah is gone..."), which has been already sold to more than 70 countries and which celebrated its World Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival (Feb. 2017) in the Kplus section
• Lupus Films & Melusine Productions (United Kingdom/Luxembourg) for "Ethel & Ernest" (released at the end of October 2016 in UK), a graphic novel and animated film by English author and illustrator Raymond Briggs
• Rita productions (Switzerland), Blue Spirit Productions & Gebeka Films (France) for "My Life as a Courgette".

 

Ma vie de courgette

 

Over 800 professionals attending Cartoon Movie will be in charge of selecting the winners who will be announced in Bordeaux, France on 10th March.