The twenty first annual Sommets du cinéma d’animation ended on Sunday and Return to Furry Hill gained the prize for the perfect Canadian animated movie of the pageant.
ProVideo Coalition not too long ago instructed the story of Return to Hairy Hill, an experimental animated movie. We wrote, then, that “the ultimate theatrical lower of Return to Furry Hill will make its debut on the Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation de Montréal pageant and competitors, the place it’ll face off towards among the greatest animated initiatives on the planet. Based in 2002 to have fun animation cinema in all codecs, the pageant launched a world competitors in 2011 to award the perfect animated initiatives around the globe. In 2022, t shifted focus to honor the rising group of animation filmmakers situated in Canada.”
The information, now, is that the E.D. Movies animated movie Return to Furry Hill gained the prize for the perfect Canadian animated movie of the pageant. The jury mentioned this to justify giving the award to the movie: “For the refined expressiveness of the primary character, for the lighting and for the design of the atmosphere and the secondary characters built-in in harmonious steadiness with the enigmatic story, which leaves room for interpretation to the spectator, whereas being achieved.” The award is accompanied by a $2,000 grant from Mrs. Nancy Coté.
This yr’s robust competitors
The twenty first annual Sommets du cinéma d’animation got here to an in depth on Sunday with a a lot anticipated awards ceremony. In keeping with the organizers, “this yr’s robust competitors demonstrated the dynamism and high quality of Canadian animation. Simply earlier than the announcement of the winners, composer Normand Roger acquired the René-Jodoin Award in entrance of buddies and long-time collaborators. This version was distinctive with a file variety of guests and an viewers that’s as enthusiastic as ever about animated movies. The outside screenings, new this yr, had been additionally an awesome success!”
The jury for the Official Competitors, in command of awarding six prizes, was composed of Jason Béliveau, founder and director of programming at Circuit Beaumont in Quebec Metropolis and editor-in-chief of Séquences journal; Illeana Dana Darie, filmmaker and professor of 3D animation and conventional animation on the École NAD/UQAC; Julia Rosenberg, founding father of the manufacturing firm January Movies, in Toronto; Delphine Selles-Alvarez, in command of movie programming at FIAF (French Institute Alliance Française), in New York; and Joël Vaudreuil, filmmaker, musician and multidisciplinary artist.
Bed room Folks by Vivien Forsans gained the Raoul-Barré Grand Prize for Greatest Canadian Pupil Movie, a prize accompanied by a $2,000 scholarship provided by the Raoul-Barré Basis. Two One Two by Shira Avni gained the Particular Jury Award – École Nad-Uqac, a prize accompanied by a $1,000 scholarship awarded by the École NAD-UQAC. A collection of different awards and particular mentions had been distributed by the pageant.
