Ugo Bienvenu’s French function Arco received the Cristal award for greatest function movie on the 2025 Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition.
Produced by Felix de Givry for France’s Remembers and Natalie Portman and Sophie Mas for US agency MountainA, the movie is co-written byt Bienvenu and de Givry.
Scroll down for the total listing of function winners
Arco depicts an eponymous rainbow who crash lands on near-future earth from the yr 3000. Slightly woman who witnesses his fall helps him to return residence.
It debuted as a Particular Screenings title in Official Choice at Cannes final month.
The Jury award in the principle competitors went to Yasuhiro Aoki’s Japanese title ChaO, a narrative of human-merpeople relationships in near-future Shanghai.
Finest Pal Endlessly secured worldwide rights to ChaO this week.
The Paul Grimault award went to Momoko Seto’s France-Belgium co-production Dandelion’s Odyssey, which blends laptop animation and timelapse pictures.
The Gan Basis award for distribution went to Irene Iborra Rizo’s Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake, a co-production between Spain, France, Belgium, Chile and Switzerland; whereas the viewers award went to French function Little Amelie or the Character of Rain.
Within the aggressive Contrechamp part, Seth Scriver and Pete Scriver’s animated documentary Limitless Cookie took the Grand Prix; with Bo-Sol Kim’s South Korean movie The Sq. receiving the Jury award.
The awards had been handed out at a ceremony within the Bonlieu venue this night (Saturday, June 14).
10 particular prizes and two distinctions had been offered in a separate ceremony on Friday, June 13, with Arco taking the very best authentic soundtrack prize, and a distinction in the identical class going to Canadian-French co-production Loss of life Does Not Exist.
Within the concurrent Mifa market, Gorune Aprikian’s Maryam & Varto received the SACD prize for greatest function pitch. Set in Anatolia in 1915, the story follows two Armenian youngsters caught within the turmoil of struggle; and the Turkish teenager who tries to save lots of them.
Annecy concludes this night after seven days of premieres, studio showcases and discussions. New titles launched on the competition embrace Pixar’s authentic animation Gatto; whereas additional data was unveiled for Excessive In The Clouds primarily based on Paul McCartney’s e book; and Sony, Paramount and Netflix had been among the many studios to host slate shows.
Annecy 2025 winners
Characteristic movie
Cristal for function movie – Arco (Fr) dir. Ugo Bienvenu
Jury award – ChaO (Jap) dir. Yasuhiro Aoki
Paul Grimault award – Dandelion’s Odyssey (Fr-Bel) dir. Momoko Seto
Gan Basis award for distribution – Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake (Sp-Fr-Bel-Chile-Switz) dir. Irene Iborra Rizo
Viewers award – Little Amelie or the Character of Rain (Fr)
Contrechamp
Grand Prix – Limitless Cookie (Can) dirs. Seth Scriver, Pete Scriver
Jury award – The Sq. (S Korea) dir. Bo-Sol Kim
Particular awards
SACEM award for greatest authentic soundtrack – Arco (Fr) for Arnaud Toulon
Pablo Pico Distinction, SACEM award for greatest authentic soundtrack – Loss of life Does Not Exist (Can-Fr) for Jean L’Appeau
Mifa
SACD prize for a function pitch – Maryam & Varto (Fr) dir. Gorune Aprikian