An avalanche of prizes for Luxembourg animation at the Annecy International Film Festival
Date of event
11/06/2018 - 15/06/2018
11/06/2018 - 15/06/2018
Luxembourg's animation sector hit the jackpot with 5 awards at the Annecy Animation Film Festivalthe biggest and most prestigious festival of its kind.
- The competition's grand prize, the Crystal for Best Feature Film, was awarded to Funan directed by Denis Do and co-produced by Bac Cinema (David Grumbach with the participation of the La Fabrique d'Images studio).
- The Breadwinner by Nora Twomey and co-produced by Melusine Productions (Stéphan Roelants) won 3 prizes: the Audience prizethe Jury Prize and the Special prize for best original music.
- Le Work in Progress of the feature film The Swallows of Kabuldirected by Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec and Zabou Breitman and co-produced by Melusine Productions (Stéphan Roelants), has been awarded the Fondation GAN broadcasting prize (MIFA Award).
Luxembourg had 5 films in selection at Annecy and the Film Fund Luxembourg was represented there for the 18th time.e with an umbrella stand at the Marché du Film.