Director Alain Ughetto’s stop-motion feature No Dogs or Italians Allowed (France, Italy, Switzerland) and Urska Djukick and Emilie Piegard’s short Granny’s Sexual Life were the big animation winners at the European Film Awards today (Dec. 10).
Ughetto’s feature, which was nominated for a Cristal and took home the Jury Prize at Annecy in June, was able to beat four other high-profile nominated titles in the Best Animated Movie category—Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be, My Love Affair with Marriage, My Neighbors’ Neighbors and Oink.
No Dogs or Italians Allowed centers on how Ughetto’s family left their home in northern Italy in order to find a better life in France and the challenges and hardships they encountered in their new country. As the five films competing in this category were all either 2D animated or stop-motion projects, it certainly feels like there is less appetite for CG-animated features in Europe.
Watch the trailer below:
Granny’s Sexual Life also faced tough competition from four other global favorites, which include Ice Merchants, Love, Dad, Techno, Mama and Will My Parents Come to See Me. The 2D-animated short, which was nominated for a Cristal at Annecy and won the top prize at Animateka Film Festival, focuses on the true memories of four older women who look back at the relationships between men and women, and provides a glimpse at the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century.
Here’s the trailer:
The 35th European Film Awards took place at the Harpa concert hall in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. The awards were voted on by the 4,400 members of the European Film Academy. Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of Sadness was the big live-action winner of the evening, taking home the top European Film Awards for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenwriter. Last year, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee won for Best Animated Feature and Best Documentary.
For more info, visit www.europeanfilmawards.eu
