FAB 2022
The Winners of the
6th Festival of Animation Berlin
BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION
Winners:
Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard – GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE
Jury:
“Award for the powerful use of animation as a storytelling tool and the courageous and sensible way of approaching a meaningful and challenging theme.”
Special Mention:
Claire Sichez – L’AMOUR EN PLAN
Jury:
“Using elegant design to tell a mature story about difficult family relationships.”
BEST German ANIMATION
Winner:
Gerhard Funk – A GOATS SPELL
Jury:
“Award for a contemporary and surprising form of storytelling and the preservation in it of nostalgia, humour and the grotesque, where the goat is the starting point.”
Special Mention:
Robert Seidel – HYSTERESIS
Jury:
“Special Mention for disconnecting from reality, rebooting receptors and dizziness!”
Special Mention:
Simon Schnellmann – TO THE LAST DROP
Jury:
“Special Mention for an humouristic rollercoster of a film about cancer treatment. The film makes excellent use of the animation medium through it´s black & white characters´ shapes and changes in the space. The close encounter with Death is told with great humour and empathy.
Best New Talent
Winner:
Shi-Rou Huang – GIRL IN THE WATER
Jury:
“Award for the quiet, poetic and compelling use of animation to portray a young woman’s soul in a journey of self discovering and healing.”
Special Mention:
Zhong Xian – SPACE
Jury:
“Special Mention for attention to spiritual rhythms and for the visual language that emphasizes them.”
Special Mention:
Hagar Faibish – RIM
Jury:
“A special mention for the film RIM for its richness of detail and situation, interesting combination of modern design with the old image.”
Best PINK PANDA
Winner:
Pauline Kortmann – FOX FOR EDGAR
Jury:
“The animated film fox Edgar by Pauline Kortman convinces us without words, it shows how important togetherness and shared experiences are to avoid a dull everyday life. We especially like the fact that not only children but also adults can learn from the story. Sometimes it is important that parents see through the eyes of their children so that the world becomes a little more colorful.”
Special Mention:
Bruno Caetano –
THE PECULIAR CRIME OF ODDBALL MR JAY
Jury:
“ ‘The peculiar crime of oddball Mr Jay’, a richly detailed stop motion film by Bruno Caetano, takes us into a world that is only worth living in again if you fight for your dreams and don´t give up hope. Because life is a tree with many branches and possibilites.”
BEST Commissioned Animation
Winner:
Tsuneo Goda (dwarf studios) – WARM HANDS
Jury:
“Award for a beautiful and hopeful hommage to the medical professionals, helping patients through the hardship and loneliness of sickness. The film is wonderfully poetic and the analogue textures underlines the emotions.”
Special Mention:
Okyana Kurmaz –
WITHOUT YOU I’M NOTHING (OKEAN ELZY)
Jury:
“Special Mention for matching the music, touching story, and love for cats!”
