European Film Academy Selects ‘Flow,’ ‘Living Large,’ ‘Savages,’ ‘Sultana’s Dream’ and ‘Piano Player’ in Animation Award Contest
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor The European Film Academy has revealed the nominations in the animated feature film category of the European Film Awards.
The nominated films are Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow,” Kristina Dufková’s “Living Large,” Claude Barras’“Savages,” Isabel Herguera’s “Sultana’s Dream,” and Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal’s “They Shot the Piano Player.” “Flow” won the main jury and audience awards at Annecy, and the award for original music.
It played in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard. “Sultana’s Dream” won Annecy’s Contrechamp Award, while “Living Large” won the Contrechamp Jury Award. “Savages” played in competition at Annecy and also screened at Locarno.
Barras was Oscar nominated for “My Life as a Courgette.” Mariscal and Trueba were Oscar nominated for “Chico & Rita.” Trueba’s live-action drama “Belle Epoque” won an Oscar for best foreign-language film.
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