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Annecy winners announced: blue legs and joint winners

Written by madevi 14th June 2009, 6:06pm

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© Melodrama Pictures, Gaumont

Mary and Max © Melodrama Pictures, Gaumont

The cheese has been eaten, the pedalos reeled in, the paper planes recycled… Annecy has wrapped up for another year and can return to its tranquil, peaceful life by the lake.

Winners were announced yesterday, with Coraline and Mary and Max jointly winning best feature film. The buzz around L’Homme à la Gordini (The Man in the Blue Gordini) had been growing on our last day at the Festival and it was rewarded with both Best First Film and the Junior Jury prize. Brendan and the Secret of Kells won the audience award for feature film; watch out for our interview with its director Tomm Moore this week.

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L'Homme à la Gordini © Prima Linea Productions

The UK came away with 4 awards, including best TV Special for Studio AKA’s Lost and Found, adapted from Oliver Jeffers’ charming tale, which screened on Channel 4 last Christmas.

This week we’ll be sorting through our Annecy reviews, photos and impressions as well as catching some more screenings at Edinburgh International Film Festival. You can visit the Festival’s site for a full list of winners.

Who were your Annecy winners? Tell us in the comments box!

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3 Comments

  1. At 11:23am on 15 June 09 Tim wrote:

    Dahlink, it was a whirl.

    So glad Adam Elliot’s ‘Mary & Max’ got the recognition it deserved. I first saw his work at Annecy 2003 when ‘Harvey Krumpet’ won a gong.

    I had such a nice time, without seeing many of the programmes, but would have loved to see ‘L’Homme à la Gordini’ and the work in progress for Joann Sfar’s ‘The Rabbi’s Cat’.

    Great to meet you folks.

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  2. At 11:09am on 17 June 09 Marianne Gallagher wrote:

    I fully enjoyed the insane whirlwind that was Annecy 2009.

    I was blown away by such short grad films as ‘La Main des maitres’ (Toupet, Delatre,Chauvet), ‘Ex E.T’ (Bargeton, Lasfas,Froment, Gracia) and ‘For sock’s sake’ (Vogele)

    Pleasantly surprized by the visuals of ‘Battle for Terra’ (Tsirbas) and absolutely relished Tomm Moore’s ‘Brendan and the secret of Kells’.
    I am yet to catch up on Mary and Max, but there’s EIFF and hope to see 9,99 $ at some point when I come back down to earth this week.

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  3. At 11:19am on 17 June 09 madevi wrote:

    Sadly Mary and Max is sold out at EIFF… Looking forward to the Don Hertzfeldt evening though!

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