Annecy Film Festival: All the Winners of the 2025 Edition

Annecy Film Festival: All the Winners of the 2025 Edition. The prestigious Annecy Festival, hosted by the French town of the same name, has just concluded. All the awards were presented below.The Cristal Award for Best Feature Film goes to the French film Arco, a family adventure/fantasy film directed by Ugo Bienvenu [news].The Jury Award goes to the Japanese film by Studio 4°C ChaO [news].The Contrechamp Grand Prix goes to the Canadian film Endless Cookie.The Contrechamp Jury Award goes to the South Korean film The Square.The Gan Foundation Award for Distribution goes to the international co-production Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake.The Audience Award goes to the French film Little Amélie or the Character of Rain [news].The Paul Grimault Award goes to the Franco-Belgian film Dandelion's Odyssey.Moving on to short films, the Cristal Award goes to The Night Boots (France), the Jury Prize to Les Bétes (USA), the Audience Award to The Night Boots (France), the Off-Limits Award to The Graffiti (Japan), the Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for first feature film to Murmuration (Netherlands, Belgium), and the Alexeieff - Parker award to Sappho Award (Brazil).In the TV Production category, the Cristal award goes to Christo The Civilized Barbarian "Hunting Party" (USA), while in the Commissioned Production category, the Cristal award goes to Naive New Beaters, Star Feminine Band "Ye Kou Si Kuo" (France). The Jury Prize for a TV Series goes to Lena's Farm "Volles Nest" (Germany, Croatia). The Jury Prize for a Special goes to An Almost Christmas Story (USA). The Jury Prize for a Commissioned Production goes to Desi Oon (India), and the Audience Award goes to Freaked Out "Major Decision" (Belgium, France).In the Graduation Film category, Zootrope (France) won the Cristal Award. The Jury award goes to Between the Gaps (France), and the Lotte Reiniger Award to Q (Japan).The Cristal Award for Best VR Work goes to Fragile Home (Czech Republic).Among the Special Awards we remember the France TV Award for a Short Film to At Night (Iran), the SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack in a Short Film to Dollhouse Elephant (Finland), the SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack in a Feature Film to Arco (France), the Jury Special Distinction for an Original Soundtrack in a Feature Film to Death Does Not Exist (Canada, France), the CANAL+ Junior Jury Award to Forevergreen (USA), the Young Audience Award to The Great Annual Party of the Creatures of the Moon (Canada), the André Martin Award for a French Short Film to The Night Boots(France), the Festivals Connexion Award for a VR Work to Fragile Home (Czech Republic), the XPPen Award for a Graduation Film to Won't Be Here (China), the Vimeo Staff Pick Award for a Short Film in the Official and Off-Limits Categories to Les Bétes (USA), the City of Annecy Award to Ibuka, Justice (Canada) and the City of Annecy Jury Special Distinction to Psychonauts (Croatia).[ Fra - source Annecy ]. End of the article.