Emile Awards 2024 WINNERS 
FEATURE FILM
Best Writing in Feature Film – MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE by Signe Baumane
Best Soundtrack in Feature Film – MARS EXPRESS by Jeremie Perin, soundtrack by Fred Avril and Philippe Monthaye
Best Backgrounds and Character Design – UNICORN WARS by Alberto Vázquez
Best Animation in Feature Film – CHICKEN FOR LINDA! by Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach, Key animator Danaé Mikrogeorgiou
Best of the Best in Feature Film – CHICKEN FOR LINDA! by Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
SHORT FILM
Best Backgrounds and Character Design – EEVA by Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak, art directors Morten Tšinakov and Lucija Mrzljak
Best Sound Design and Music – THE FAMILY PORTRAIT by Lea Vidaković, sound designer Zoran Maksimovic
Best Animation – ELECTRA by Daria Kashcheeva, animators Daria Kashcheeva, Marek Jasan, Vijtek Kiss, Isaac Vzk
Best Innovative film – A KIND OF TESTAMENT by Stephen Vuillemin
Best of the Best SHORT FILM – 27 by Flóra Anna Buda
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY!!!
LOTTE REINIGER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – PRIIT PÄRN
CONGRATULATIONS, MR PÄRN!
Emile Awards selection team has chosen the films for Emile Awards 2024.
The nominees in the following categories are:
SHORT FILM CATEGORIES
Nominees for “Best Backgrounds and Characters in Short Film“
A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi, producer József Fülöp
Ice Merchants (Portugal, United Kingdom, France), director João Gonzalez, produced by Bruno Caetano and Michael Proença
Eeva (Estonia, Croatia), directors Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov, produced by Draško Ivezić and Kalev Tamm
Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik, Polish National Film School in Łodz
Nominees for “Best Animation in Short Film“
27 (France, Hungary), director Flóra Anna Buda, produced by Emmanuel-Alan Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Péter Benjámin Lukács and Gábor Osváth
A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
Electra (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) director Daria Kashcheeva, produced by Zuzana Krivkova Martin Vandas, Tomáš Šimon, Olivier Catherin, Richard Van Den Boom, Juraj Krasnohorsky
The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković, producer Draško Ivezić
Nun or Never! (Finland), director Heta Jäälinoja, producer Jani Lehto
Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi, producer József Fülöp
Ice Merchants (Portugal, United Kingdom, France), director João Gonzalez, produced by Bruno Caetano and Michael Proença
Eeva (Estonia, Croatia), directors Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov, produced by Draško Ivezić and Kalev Tamm
Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik, Polish National Film School in Łodz
Nominees for “Best Sound Design and Music in Short Film“
Greylands (Switzerland), director Charlotte Waltert, Alvaro Schoeck, producer Saskia von Virág
Misaligned (Poland), directed by Marta Magnuska, producer Anna Glowinska
A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković, producer Draško Ivezić
Nominees for “Best Innovative Short Film“
A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
Electra (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) director Daria Kashcheeva, produced by Zuzana Krivkova Martin Vandas, Tomáš Šimon, Olivier Catherin, Richard Van Den Boom, Juraj Krasnohorsky
Goodbye Jérôme (France), directors Chloé Farr, Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, GOBELINS, l’école de l’image
Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik, Polish National Film School in Łodz
The Miracle (France, Belgium; Netherlands), director Nienke Deutz, produced by Annemie Degryse, Peter Lindhout, Koji Nelissen and Derk-Jan Warrink
Nominees for “Best of the Best Short Film“
27 (France, Hungary), director Flóra Anna Buda, produced by Péter Benjámin Lukács and Gábor Osváth
Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi, producer József Fülöp
A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković, producer Draško Ivezić
Ice Merchants (Portugal, United Kingdom, France), director João Gonzalez, produced by Bruno Caetano and Michael Proença
FEATURE FILM CATEGORIES
The feature film categories are:
- Best Writing in a Feature,
- Best Soundtrack in Feature,
- Best Backgrounds and Character Design in a Feature,
- Best Animation in a Feature,
- Best Of The Best Feature
And the following films are nominees for all above-mentioned categories:
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (France, Luxemburg, Canada, Netherlands), director Pierre Földes, produced by Tom Dercourt, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal and Pierre Baussaron
Chicken for Linda! (France, Italy), directors Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach, produced by Marc Irmer, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal and Pierre Baussaron
Mars Express (France), director Jeremie Perin, producer Didier Creste
My Grandfather’s Demons (Portugal, Spain, France), director Nuno Beato, produced by Nuno Beato, Diego Carvalho, Emmanuel Quillet, Martine Vidalenc, Carlos Juárez and Xosé Manuel Zapata Pérez
My Love Affair with Marriage (Luxemburg, United States, Latvia), director Signe Baumane, produced by Roberts Vinovskis, Sturgis Warner, Raoul Nadalet and Signe Baumane
Nayola (Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, France), director José Miguel Ribeiro, produced Ana Carina, Arnoud Rijken, Michiel Snijders, Linda Sterckx, Geert Van Goethem, Serge Kestmont, Tomás Oom Martins
Rosa and the Stone Troll (Denmark), director Karla Nor Holmbäck, produced by Marie Bro
Tender Metalheads (Spain), director Joan Tomas Monfort & Carlos Perez-Reche, produced by Juanjo Saez
Unicorn Wars (Spain, France, United Kingdom), director Alberto Vázquez, produced by Ivan Minambres, Chelo Loureiro, Nicolas Schmerkin
