‘Arco’ & More Winners At Annecy Animation Film Festival 2025
Annecy Animation Film Festival 2025 has officially wrapped up, and all the prize winners have been announced.
As the week long celebration of animation came to a close this Saturday at the 2025 Annecy Animation Film Festival, awards were handed out to projects deemed to be the best of the best. The previous year saw the likes of Flow and Memoir of a Snail taking top prize spots. Both of which went on to not only receive an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Picture, but in Flow‘s case specifically, win the Academy Award in the category. Here are the winners for Annecy Animation Film Festival 2025:
Feature Film
Cristal for a Feature Film (Top Prize)
Arco | Directed by Ugo Bienvenu
Paul Grimault Award
Planetes / Dandelion’s Odyssey | Directed by Momoko Seto
Jury Prize
ChaO | Directed by Yasuhiro Aoki
Gan Foundation Award For Distribution
Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake | Directed by Irene Iborra Rizo
Audience Award
Amélie and the Metaphysics of Tubes | Directed by Mailys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han
Contrechamp
Contrechamp Grand Prix
Endless Cookie | Directed by Seth Scriver & Pete Scriver
Contrechamp Jury Award
The Square / Gwang-jang | Directed by Bo-Soi Kim
Short Film
Cristal for a Short Film
The Night Boots | Pierre Luc Granjon
Jury Prize
Les Bêtes | Directed by Michael Granberry
Audience Award
The Night Boots | Pierre Luc Granjon
Off-Limits Film Award
Rakugaki / The Graffiti | Directed by Ryo Orikasa
Jean-Luc Xiberras Prize for the first work
Murmuration / Zwermen | Directed by Janneke Swinkels & Tim Frijsinger
Alexeieff-Parker Prize
Sappho | Directed by Rosana Urbes
Television and commissioned films
Cristal for a TV Production
Christo The Civillized Barbarian “Hunting Party” | Directed by Shaddy Safadi
Cristal for a Commissioned Film
Naive New Beaters, Star Feminine Band “Ye Kou Si Kuo” | Directed by Lola Lefevre
Jury Prize for a TV series
Lena’s Farm “Volles Nest” | Directed by Elena Walf
Jury Prize for a TV Special
An Almost Christmas Story | Directed by David Lowery
Jury Prize for a commissioned film
Desi Oon | Directed by Suresh Eriyat
Audience Award
Freaked out “Major decision” | Directed by Theo Grosjean & Mothy Richard
Graduation films
Cristal Graduation Film Award
Zoetrope | Directed by Lena Martinez
Jury Prize
Entre les jours / Between the gaps | Martin Bonnin
Lotte Reiniger Prize
Q | Directed by Masataka Kihara
VR
Cristal for Best VR Work
Fragile Home | Directed by Ondrej Moravec & Victoria Lopukhina
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