19th Jun 2021

  2021 Official Prize Winners 

After a week of competition, the winners are at last revealed!

Thanks to the participants and partners who were present for this first ever hybrid edition! You were more than 8000 badgeholders to join us virtually or physically to celebrate both our 60th anniversary and African animation.

The jury awarded the competition’s 20 official prizes during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday 19th June.

Find out who the 2021 winners are:

FEATURE FILMS

> OFFICIAL

Cristal for a Feature Film
Flee
Jonas POHER RASMUSSEN
Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden
SUN CREATURE STUDIO, FINAL CUT FOR REAL, VIVEMENT LUNDI !, MER FILMS, MOST FILM

Jury Award
My Sunny Maad
Michaela PAVLÁTOVÁ
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
SACREBLEU PRODUCTIONS, NEGATIV S.R.O., BFILM, LTD.

Jury Distinction
The Crossing
Florence MIAILHE
Germany, France, Czech Republic
LES FILMS DE L'ARLEQUIN, BALANCE FILM GMBH, MAURFILM S.R.O., XBO FILMS

Gan Foundation Award for Distribution
Flee

Jonas POHER RASMUSSEN
Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden
SUN CREATURE STUDIO, FINAL CUT FOR REAL, VIVEMENT LUNDI !, MER FILMS, MOST FILM

> CONTRECHAMP

Contrechamp Jury Distinction
Bob Cuspe – Nós Não Gostamos de Gente

Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People

Cesar CABRAL
Brazil
COALA FILMES

Mention du jury Contrechamp
Archipel > Archipelago

Félix DUFOUR-LAPERRIÈRE
Canada
EMBUSCADE FILMS

SHORT FILMS 

Cristal for a Short Film
Écorce > Peel

Samuel PATTHEY, Silvain MONNEY
Switzerland
DOK MOBILE

Jury Award
Easter Eggs

Nicolas KEPPENS
Belgium, France, The Netherlands
ANIMAL TANK, KA-CHING CARTOONS, MIYU PRODUCTIONS

Jury Distinction "Special Distinction for Direction"
Affairs of the Art > L'Art dans le sang

Joanna QUINN
United Kingdom, Canada
BERYL PRODUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD., ONF – OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA

"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First Film
Hold Me Tight

Mélanie ROBERT-TOURNEUR
Belgium, France
VIVI FILM, LA CLAIRIÈRE PRODUCTION

"Off-Limits" Award
Tunable Mimoid

Vladimir TODOROVIC
Australia
HOOPSNAKE STUDIO

TV AND COMMISSIONED FILMS

> TV FILMS

Cristal for a TV Production
Vanille
Guillaume LORIN
France, Switzerland
FOLIMAGE, NADASDY FILM SARL

Jury Award for a TV Series
Japan Sinks: 2020 "The Beginning of the End"

Masaaki YUASA
Japan
SCIENCE SARU INC.

Jury Award for a TV Special
Mum Is Pouring Rain
Hugo DE FAUCOMPRET
France
LAÏDAK FILMS, DANDELOOO

> COMMISSIONED FILMS

Cristal for a Commissioned Film
Kai "A Little Too Much"
Martina SCARPELLI
USA

Jury Award for a Commissioned Film
Hjelp, vi har en blind pasient > Help! We Have a Blind Patient

Robin JENSEN
Norway
MIKROFILM AS

FILMS DE FIN D'ÉTUDES

Cristal for a Graduation Film
Hippocampus > Hippocampe

Réalisateur
Zehao LI
China
CHINA ACADEMY OF ART

Jury Award
Avant

Marcell MOSTOHA
Hungary
MOME – MOHOLY – NAGY UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN

Jury Distinction "Outstanding Art Direction"
La Confiture de papillons > Butterfly Jam
Shih-Yen HUANG
France, Taiwan
ENSAD – ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS

VR WORKS

Cristal de la meilleure œuvre VR
Replacements (Penggantian)

Jonathan HAGARD
Germany, Indonesia, Japan
KAMPUNG AYU


Congratulations to one and all, and a huge thank you to the members of the jury!

We look forward to seeing you on 13th to 18th June 2022 for the Festival’s new edition, which will shine its spotlight on Swiss animation talents!

  Check out the 2021 Prize Winners