This time, KAFF was organized for the 13th time. Parallel to KAFF, the 10th European Animated Feature Films and TV-films hosted a venue for the European feature animations, tv-specials, and tv-series, in separate categories. This year’s guest of honor was Australia, with its 38 films for the audience. The full programme of the festival features 400 films from 27 countries.
From the Hungarian contestants, 36 shorts, 25 TV-series, 22 student films and 33 applied animations made into the competition programme, according to the decision of the pre-selection jury.
The European competition programme has 36 films: 7 feature films, 7 tv-specials, and 22 episodes of series.
The phenakistoscope, the award of the festival, was designed by Mária Horváth, as the layout of the festival.
THE WINNERS OF THE 10TH EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE AND TV-FILMS FESTIVAL
Best feature film: The Red Turtle – Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
Best TV-serial: The Long Long Holiday – Director: Paul Leluc
The best tv-special: Revolting Rhymes 1 – Director: Jakob Schuh, Jaw Lachauer
The jury gave a honorable mention to two TV-specials: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (D.: Joanna Harrison), and The Wind in the Reeds (D.: Arnaud Demuynck, Nicolas Liguori).
The National Student Jury shared the award between the following two films: Revolting Rhymes 1 (D.: Jakob Schuh, Jaw Lachauer) and The Girl without Hands (D.: Sebastien Laudenbach).
13TH KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL
Grand Prix: Bond – Director: Judit WUNDER
CATEGORY AWARDS:
Best Short Film: LOVE – Director: Réka BUCSI
Best TV-Series: Hunor – Director: Árpád KOÓS, Béla KLINGL
Best Applied Animation: Kills on Wheels – Director: Donát Áron ERTSEY
Best Student Film: The Thirteenth Princess – Director: Tina OROSZ
Special Prize of the Metropolitan University: All my Days – Director: Kristóf Zénó MIRA
SPECIAL AWARDS
Best first film: Fiasco – Director: Szabolcs NAGY
Best visual language: Little Mouse – Director: Ervin B. NAGY
Best script: Coyote and the Wasichu – Director: Áron GAUDER
Best animated work: Mimik – Director: Petra VARGA
Best 3D Film: Gipsy Tales – The Fiery Red Snake – Directory: László BALAJTHY
The jury gave a honorable mention to The Kingdom of Cornel for the harmony of text and image (D.: Attila Bertóti), and Awakening (D.: Fruzsina Zángó) for the personalities of the characters.
FURTHER AWARDS
Award of the Hungarian Film Critics: Balcony – Director: Dávid Dell’Edera
Award of the Children’s Jury: The Hangnail Picker – Director: Krisztián Király
The National Student Jury shared the award between the following two films:
LOVE (D.: Réka Bucsi), and Theater only (d.: Benjamin Kalászi, Tímea Horváth, Gábor Filkor).
Audience Award: My Life as a Courgette – Director: Claude Barras
The Audience award of the Kecskemét Média Centre: The Round Four-Cornered Forest – Somersaulting is Strictly Forbidden – Director: Mária Horváth
Special award of Hungarian Television Foundation (MTVA): Hoppi Tales – The Holiday of Commemoration – Director: Ferenc Rófusz