Dec 8, 2018

"Prince Ivan doe" and "The Breadwinner" dominate the European animation awards.

The 2018 European Animation Awards were handed out Saturday evening at Le Nouveau Siècle theatre in Lille, France. The Danish Cartoon Network series The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe dominated the television side, winning four of the seven Emile Awards for broadcast production, while Nora Twomey's The Breadwinner did the same on the feature film side, winning four awards.

Other feature film awards were presented to Funan and Another Day of Life, while the best student film was presented to Anna Mantzaris' Enough. In the key short film category, Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels won best direction for This Magnificent Cake!

A detailed report from the ceremony will follow. Here is the complete list of winners from tonight's event:

Anna Mantzaris (director) for Enough (United Kingdom)

Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels (co-directors) for This Magnificent Cake! (Belgium, France, Netherlands)

Gilles Cuvelier (director) for (Fool) Time Job (France)

Magnus Igland Møller (director) for A most precise and nuanced look into the life of the man, legend and visionary – Martin Luther (Denmark>

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Christian Bøving-Andersen, Eva Lee Wallberg (co-directors) for The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe (Denmark)

Kim Fupz Aakeson, Ida Mule Scott (writers) for Vitello “Vitello Gets a Yucky Girlfriend” (Denmark)

Kenneth Ladekjær, Eva Lee Wallberg (storyboard artists) for The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe (Denmark)

Tina Lykke Thorn, Henrik Sønniksen, Mikkel Vedel & Eva Lee Wallberg (co-animators) for The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe (Denmark)

Mikkel Sommer, Birk Von Brockdorff (co-designers) for The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe (Denmark)

Yan Volsy, Pablo Pico (composer) for A Man is dead (France)

?Célia Sayaphoum (sound designer) for Athleticus “Middle-distance running” (France)

Nora Twomey (director) for The Breadwinner (Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada)

Denis Do & Magali Pouzol (writers) for Funan (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cambodia)

Giovanna Ferrari, Julien Regnard, Stuart Shankly (storyboard artists) for The Breadwinner (Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada)

Fabian Erlinghäuser, John Walsh, Lorraine Lordan, Jeremy Purcell, Viktor Ens, Nicolas Debray, Geoff King & Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart (animators) for The Breadwinner (Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada)

?Ciaran Duffy, Reza Riaihi (art directors), Sandra Andersen (character designer) for The Breadwinner (Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada)

Mikel Salas (composer) for Another Day of Life (Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany)

?Nicolas Leroy, Michel Schillings, Nicolas Tran Trong (sound designers) for Funan (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cambodia)

Clare Kitson