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 winner is PRIIT PÄRN
Congratulations, Mr. PÄRN!
The 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, produced by József Fülöp
– Ice Merchants (Portugal, UK, 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, produced by Polish National Film School in Łódź
Nominees for “Best Animation in Short Film”
– 27 (France, Hungary), director Flóra Anna Buda
– A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
– Electra (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia), director Daria Kashcheeva
– The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković
– Nun or Never! (Finland), director Heta Jäälinoja
– Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi
– Ice Merchants (Portugal, UK, France), director João Gonzalez
– Eeva (Estonia, Croatia), directors Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov
– Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik
Nominees for “Best Sound Design and Music in Short Film”
– Greylands (Switzerland), directors Charlotte Waltert, Alvaro Schoeck
– Misaligned (Poland, Latvia), directed by Marta Magnuska
– A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
– The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković
Nominees for “Best Innovative Short Film”
– A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
– Electra (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia), director Daria Kashcheeva
– Goodbye Jérôme (France), directors Chloé Farr, Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard
– Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik
– The Miracle (France, Belgium, Netherlands), director Nienke Deutz
Nominees for “Best of the Best Short Film”
– 27 (France, Hungary), director Flóra Anna Buda
– Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi
– A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin
– The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković
– Ice Merchants (Portugal, UK, France), director João Gonzalez
FEATURE FILM CATEGORIES
The feature film categories are:
- Best Writing in a Feature
- Best Soundtrack in a Feature
- Best Backgrounds and Character Design in a Feature
- Best Animation in a Feature
- Best Of The Best Feature
The following films are nominees for all above-mentioned categories:
– Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (France, Luxembourg, Canada, Netherlands), director Pierre Földes
– Chicken for Linda! (France, Italy), directors Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
– Mars Express (France), director Jeremie Perin
– My Grandfather’s Demons (Portugal, Spain, France), director Nuno Beato
– My Love Affair with Marriage (Luxembourg, USA, Latvia), director Signe Baumane
– Nayola (Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, France), director José Miguel Ribeiro
– Rosa and the Stone Troll (Denmark), director Karla Nor Holmbäck
– Tender Metalheads (Spain), directors Joan Tomas Monfort & Carlos Perez-Reche
– Unicorn Wars (Spain, France, UK), director Alberto Vázquez
The European Animation Awards Association was founded in 2017 by renowned animation professionals to celebrate the art of animation. The Association organizes the annual European Animation Awards (The Emile Awards) to celebrate and honor the talent and achievements in animation, from independent animators to animation studios throughout Europe.
In 2023, the Association was revived, and the third edition of The Emile Awards Ceremony is held on Monday, 23 September 2024, at the historic Apollon Municipal Theatre of Hermoupolis, Syros Island, Greece in the framework of ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival. Official presentations will be held in June at World Festival of Animated Film Animafest ZAGREB and ANNECY International Animation Film Festival and Market.
