Mar 26, 2014

Korean Animation Film Top Dutch Animation Film Festival

The 17th edition of the Holland Animation Film Festival concluded last Sunday in Utrecht, Netherlands. The winners of the top prizes for both feature film and narrative short hailed from South Korea. The feature film prize was awarded to The Fake by director Yeun Sang-Ho (King of Pigs), while the narrative short prize went to Love Games by Joung Yumi. A complete list of winners is below.

Special mentions feature filmCheatin', Bill Plympton (USA, Bill Plympton Studio, 2013)The Pain and the Pity, Philip Mulloy (United Kingdom, Spectre Design Ltd, 2013)

Grand Prix short narrativeLove Games, Joung Yumi (South Korea, Culture Platform, 2013)

Special mention short narrativeThe Obvious Child, Stephen Irwin (United Kingdom, 2013)

Grand Prix European student filmWind, Robert Loebel (Germany, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, 2013)(Wind was previously featured on Cartoon Brew.)

Grand Prix for Dutch animationMute, Job, Joris & Marieke (Netherlands, Job, Joris & Marieke, 2013)(Mute was previously featured on Cartoon Brew.)

Nominations Grand Prix for Dutch animationBoogie Woogie in Inkt en Krijt, René Adema (Netherlands, 2013)Cruise Patrol, Bobby de Groot and Arjan van Meerten (Netherlands, House of Secrets, 2013)

HAFF Audience Award Dutch animationMute, Job, Joris & Marieke (Netherlands, Job, Joris & Marieke, 2013)

Winner web competition HAFFTubeLittle Freak, Edwin Schaap (Netherlands, HKU University of the Arts, 2013)

HAFF Junior Audience Award in cooperation with EyeThe Smortlybacks, Ted Sieger and Wouter Dierickx (Switserland/China, Sophie Animation, 2013)

MovieZone HAFF Award in cooperation with EYEI Love Hooligans, Jan-Dirk Bouw (Netherlands/Belgium Seriousfilm, 2013)

Nominations HAFF MovieZone Award in cooperation with EYEMia, Wouter Bongaerts (Belgium, Netherlands, 2013)Mute, Job, Joris & Marieke (Netherlands, Job, Joris & Marieke, 2013)