Jun 25, 2014

Alan Holly's "Coda" wins top Prize at Festa na

Coda by Alan Holly.

Irish filmmaker Alan Holly's Coda was the grand prize winner at Fest Anca, which wrapped up last Sunday in Žilina, Slovakia. Holly's film, which follows a lost soul as it stumbles drunkenly through the city and meets Death, also won the animation prize at SXSW earlier this year. The film was funded by the Irish government's Film Board and national broadcaster RTÉ under their Frameworks program.

Other winners at Fest Anca include Nicolas Ménard for his student film Somewhere, which has previously been featured on Cartoon Brew, Benjael Halfmaderholz for the music video “Mañana Forever,” and Slovak filmmaker Joanna Kozuch, who won the top Slovakian film award for Fongopolis.

A complete list of winners follows:

Coda (Ireland) Director: Alan Holly

Max Hattler Personal Special MentionTo thy Heart / Do serca Twego (Poland) Director: Ewa Borysewicz

Peter Badac Personal Special MentionChoir Tour (Latvia) Director: Edmunds Jansons

Michael Frei Personal Special MentionMother / Maman (France) Director: Ugo Bienvenu, Kevin Manach

Somewhere (United Kingdom) Director: Nicolas Ménard

The Incredible Elastic Man / Nieprawdopodobnie elastyczny czlowiek (Poland) Director: Karolina Specht

“Mañana Forever” (Germany) Director: Benjael Halfmaderholz

Anca Music Video Award Special Mention 1 “Best Friend” (Poland) Director: Kijek/Adamski

Anca Music Video Award Special Mention 2 “We've been lovin” (United Kingdom) Director: Gavin C Robinson

Us (France) Director: Ulrich Totier

Fongopolis Director: Joanna Kozuch

Anca Slovak Award Special MentionIn Line / V rade Director: Kamila Kucíková

The Story of a Tornado / Ako vzniká tornádo Director: Veronika Kocourková