European Animation Awards

27/09/2024

Estonian animation legend Priit Pärn received the lifetime achievement award at the Emile gala of the prestigious European Animation Awards at the

27/09/2024

Emile Awards 2024 is over. A little photo-memory about the gala during ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival

23/09/2024

And one more award - Lotte Reiniger lifetime achievement award goes this year to...

23/09/2024

And now all the short film Emile Awards 2024 winners are announced! Congratulation to all of you!

23/09/2024

And - all the feature film Emile Awards 2024 winners are announced! Here they are! Congratulations to all winners!

23/09/2024

Hey everybody! Here is the link you can watch the Emile Awards ceremony live at 8 PM EEST - GMT+3

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23/09/2024

The EMILE AWARDS trophies are ready and waiting their time to be handed over! Stay tuned! Tonight

23/09/2024

THE EMILE AWARDS trophies are ready and waiting their time to be handed over! Stay tuned!

22/09/2024

Technical reheasle for Emile Awards ceremony tomorrow night at 8.pm Greece time (GMT+3).
All set. Follow our page, there will appear the link for online transmission, so you all can be part of it! Stay tuned!!!

20/09/2024

Just a couple of days to go! Already next Monday we shall find out the winners! Emile Awards award gala takes place during ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival on Monday, September 23. There are 5 category for short films with several films competing in each category. Let's go on with the introduction!
CATEGORY #5: Best of the Best Short Film

27 (France, Hungary), director Flóra Anna Buda, produced by Péter Benjámin Lukács and Gábor Osváth
Alice is 27 years old today who still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z_iG7NOtaI

ABOVE THE CLOUDS (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi, producer József Fülöp
The main character starts to feel deeper emotions for a guy, but she is afraid of falling in love again because of her past with her first love. So she runs off, rushing memories take her to an imaginary journey and forcing her to untangle her confused mind and heart.
https://www.animafest.hr/en/2023/film/read/above_the_clouds

A KIND OF TESTAMENT (France), director Stephen Vuillemin, produced by Ugo Bienvenu, Felix De Givry, Stephen Vuillemin, Aycevee London
A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. A stranger with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPUN8JU45sg

THE FAMILY PORTRAIT (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković, producer Draško Ivezić
A poetic, dark, and somewhat humorous social observation, in which family ties and relationships are broken down and dissected to pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPLoEu0eufY

ICE MERCHANTS (Portugal, United Kingdom, France), director João Gonzalez, produced by Bruno Caetano and Michael Proença
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNHlsxaS8OA

19/09/2024

Already next Monday we shall find out the winners! Emile Awards award gala takes place during ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival on Monday, September 23. There are 5 category for short films with several films competing in each category. Let's go on with the introduction!

CATEGORY #4: Best Innovative Short Film
A KIND OF A TESTAMENT (France), director Stephen Vuillemin, produced by Ugo Bienvenu, Felix De Givry, Stephen Vuillemin, Aycevee London
A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. A stranger with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPUN8JU45sg

ELECTRA (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) director Daria Kashcheeva, produced by Zuzana Krivkova Martin Vandas, Tomáš Šimon, Olivier Catherin, Richard Van Den Boom, Juraj Krasnohorsky
Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams and hidden fantasies. Is our memory just fiction?... Or a myth?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8XX94GUuuA

GOODBYE JÉRÔME (France), directors Chloé Farr, Gabrielle Selnet, Adam Sillard, GOBELINS, l’école de l’image
Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBZd_np2uuk

SUCH MIRACLES DO HAPPEN (Poland), director Barbara Rupik, Polish National Film School in Łodz
One day, all the statues in the area come to life. They leave the roadside shrines and pedestals and calmly set off straight ahead, all in the same direction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkg-rdARC8A

THE MIRACLE (France, Belgium; Netherlands), director Nienke Deutz, produced by Annemie Degryse, Peter Lindhout, Koji Nelissen and Derk-Jan Warrink
The Miracle, a place where the sun always shines, there's endless opportunities to relax and food is in abundance.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/themiracle2

18/09/2024

One week to go to the Emile Awards award gala during ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival on Monday, September 23. There are 5 category for short films with several films competing in each category. Let's go on with the introduction!

CATEGORY #3: Best Sound Design and Music in Short Film
GREYLANDS (Switzerland), director Charlotte Waltert, Alvaro Schoeck, produced by Saskia von Virág
An autumn day and the first winter night in the high mountains: it is hunting season. The paths of animals and humans cross and fade away. Swathes of mist blur the boundaries between dream, imagination and reality.
https://vimeo.com/808683435

MISALIGNED (Poland, Latvia), directed by Marta Magnuska, producer Anna Glowinska, Sabine Andersone
The woman and the man are in a room, a gecko sits in a terrarium, several flies are circling a lamp. Gradually we find more and more dependencies and analogies between their activities and observed elements as the rhythm of their universes accelerates. The microcosms shown seem to interact rhythmically and belong to some cosmic order.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB5dWXWReBQ

A KIND OF TESTAMENT (France), director Stephen Vuillemin, produced by Ugo Bienvenu, Felix De Givry, Stephen Vuillemin, Aycevee London
A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. A stranger with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3pCxxWja3g

THE FAMILY PORTRAIT (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković, producer Draško Ivezić
A poetic, dark, and somewhat humorous social observation, in which family ties and relationships are broken down and dissected to pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPLoEu0eufY

17/09/2024

One week to go to the Emile Awards award gala during ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival on Monday, September 23. There are 5 category for short films with several films competing in each category. Let's go on with the introduction!

CATEGORY #2: 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
Alice is 27 years old today who still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z_iG7NOtaI

A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin, produced by Ugo Bienvenu, Felix De Givry, Stephen Vuillemin, Aycevee London
A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. A stranger with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPUN8JU45sg

Electra (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia) director Daria Kashcheeva, produced by Zuzana Krivkova Martin Vandas, Tomáš Šimon, Olivier Catherin, Richard Van Den Boom, Juraj Krasnohorsky
Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams and hidden fantasies. Is our memory just fiction?... Or a myth?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8XX94GUuuA

The Family Portrait (Croatia, France, Serbia), director Lea Vidaković, producer Draško Ivezić
A poetic, dark, and somewhat humorous social observation, in which family ties and relationships are broken down and dissected to pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPLoEu0eufY

Nun or Never! (Finland), director Heta Jäälinoja, producer Jani Lehto
In a convent, the nuns are living together in harmony. But when one nun discovers a man in the garden, the harmony is disrupted and she falls out of sync with the others. A dream does not come true, but she finds out that everyone in the community has their own hidden universe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIgGIc3bNfs

Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi, producer József Fülöp
The main character starts to feel deeper emotions for a guy, but she is afraid of falling in love again because of her past with her first love. So she runs off, rushing memories take her to an imaginary journey and forcing her to untangle her confused mind and heart.
https://www.animafest.hr/en/2023/film/read/above_the_clouds

Ice Merchants (Portugal, United Kingdom, France), director João Gonzalez, produced by Bruno Caetano and Michael Proença
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNHlsxaS8OA

Eeva (Estonia, Croatia), directors Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov, produced by Draško Ivezić and Kalev Tamm
It’s pouring down with rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZdEv3Xxr8E

Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik, Polish National Film School in Łodz
One day, all the statues in the area come to life. They leave the roadside shrines and pedestals and calmly set off straight ahead, all in the same direction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkg-rdARC8A

16/09/2024

One week to go to the Emile Awards award gala during ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival on Monday, September 23. There are 5 category for short films with several films competing in each category. Let's start today.
CATEGORY #1: Best Backgrounds and Characters in Short Film
A Kind of Testament (France), director Stephen Vuillemin, produced by Ugo Bienvenu, Felix De Givry, Stephen Vuillemin, Aycevee London https://vimeo.com/890736367
A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. A stranger with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”

Above the Clouds (Hungary), director Vivien Hárshegyi, producer József Fülöp
The main character starts to feel deeper emotions for a guy, but she is afraid of falling in love again because of her past with her first love. So she runs off, rushing memories take her to an imaginary journey and forcing her to untangle her confused mind and heart.
https://www.animafest.hr/en/2023/film/read/above_the_clouds
Ice Merchants (Portugal, United Kingdom, France), director João Gonzalez, produced by Bruno Caetano and Michael Proença
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ice_merchants
Eeva (Estonia, Croatia), directors Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov, produced by Draško Ivezić and Kalev Tamm
It’s pouring down with rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZdEv3Xxr8E
Such Miracles Do Happen (Poland), director Barbara Rupik, Polish National Film School in Łodz
One day, all the statues in the area come to life. They leave the roadside shrines and pedestals and calmly set off straight ahead, all in the same direction.
https://vimeo.com/668394148

11/09/2024

Let's introduce Emile Awards 2024 nominees and start from feature films. Jury has selected 9 features and they all are nominees in 5 different categories: Best Writing in Feature, Best Soundtrack and Music in Feature, Best Backgrounds and Character Design in Feature, Best Animation in Feature and BEST OF THE BEST FEATURE.

#9 UNICORN WARS (Spain, France, United Kingdom), director Alberto Vázquez, produced by Ivan Minambres, Chelo Loureiro, Nicolas Schmerkin
For ages, teddy bears have been locked in an ancestral war against their sworn enemy, the unicorns, with the promise that victory will complete the prophecy and usher in a new era. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear boot camp turn to the psychedelic horrors of a combat tour in the Magic Forest, two brothers' increasingly strained relationship will come to determine the fate of the entire war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ3sZDvsZwE

10/09/2024

Let's introduce Emile Awards 2024 nominees and start from feature films. Jury has selected 9 features and they all are nominees in 5 different categories: Best Writing in Feature, Best Soundtrack and Music in Feature, Best Backgrounds and Character Design in Feature, Best Animation in Feature and BEST OF THE BEST FEATURE.

#8 TENDER METALHEADS (Spain), director Joan Tomas Monfort & Carlos Perez-Reche, produced by Juanjo Saez
Juanjo is an asthmatic boy who has been protected by his family to the point where it is suffocating. Miquel is growing up in a family with an absent father, whose mother tries to get by, but does not always succeed.
https://mubi.com/en/ee/films/tender-metalheads

09/09/2024

Almost two weeks before the winners are revealed during AnimaSyros (Greece), the full list of candidates for the European Animation Awards 2024

Professionals / educators / students within the European Community are invited to join the European Animation Association, vote on the 16 different achievement and production categories, and attend the annual awards ceremony

09/09/2024

Let's introduce Emile Awards 2024 nominees and start from feature films. Jury has selected 9 features and they all are nominees in 5 different categories: Best Writing in Feature, Best Soundtrack and Music in Feature, Best Backgrounds and Character Design in Feature, Best Animation in Feature and BEST OF THE BEST FEATURE.

#7 ROSA AND THE STONE TROLL (Denmark), director Karla Nor Holmbäck, produced by Marie Bro
In the fantastic Summerland lives the lonely and insecure flower fairy Roselil. Roselil's biggest dream is to make a friend. One day she meets the tough and rebellious butterfly Silke, and the two become instant friends, even though they are opposites.
https://www.levelk.dk/films/rosa-and-the-stone-troll-9774