Adam Elliot’s stop-motion animation Memoir Of A Snail has received the Cristal for greatest movie on the 2024 Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Pageant.
The Australian movie was chosen from 12 titles in the principle Competitors. Elliot’s second characteristic Memoir follows Grace, a lonely misfit who hoards snails and who strikes up a permanent friendship with Pinky, an eccentric aged girl.
Anton and Charades co-represent gross sales on the movie, and secured a number of key offers shortly previous to the competition opening together with Benelux, Spain and Scandinavian territories.
Memoir had its world premiere in Annecy on Monday, June 10, and can open Australia’s Melbourne Worldwide Movie Pageant in August.
Gints Zilbalodis’ Latvian-Belgian-French characteristic Circulate received 4 prizes: the Competitors jury award, the characteristic movie viewers award, the most effective unique music award for Zilbalodis and Rihards Zalupe, and the distribution award for UFO Distribution.
Charades can be promoting Circulate, with the 2 winners amongst six options the French gross sales agency had on the competition.
The movie follows a solitary cat that should staff up with numerous species after its house is devastated by a flood.
Shinnosuke Yakuwa’s Japanese title Totto-Chan: The Little Lady At The Window took the Paul Grimault award.
Within the Contrechamp part, Isabel Herguera’s Sultana’s Dream received the Grand Prix, with Kristina Dufkova’s Residing Massive taking the jury award.
The competition introduced 32 awards in whole, throughout its characteristic, brief, TV and VR sections.
It additionally confirmed its report attendance for 2024 at 17,400 accreditations – a considerable 10% improve on 2023’s 15,820. 103 nations had been represented among the many accredited friends.
“This yr’s report participation underlines the vitality of the sector, in a continuously evolving sector,” stated Mickael Marin, competition CEO.
