Dec 12, 2022

No Dogs, No Italians" and "My Grandma's Sex Life" won top prizes at the European Film Awards.

No Dogs or Italians Allowed, directed by Alain Uget, won this year's European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film, while Urška Djuki? and Émilie Pigeard's Granny's Sexual Life won the Short Film category.

No Dogs or Italians Allowed - Alain Ughetto (France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal)

In the early 20th century, life in Ugettera, Northern Italy, became unbearable for the Ugetto family. life in Ugettera, northern Italy, became unbearable for the Ugetto family. Legend has it that Luigi Ugetto crossed the Alps and made a new start in France, changing the fate of his beloved family forever. In this stop-motion feature, his grandson travels back in time to revisit his family's history.

"'Jasmine' was a big hit at the 2013 Annecy Film Festival," said Annecy artistic director Marcel Jean when it was announced that "No Dog Will Eat" and "Italian Arrow" would be screened at the festival this year. Nearly a decade later, Alain Uguette is back with another film that delves deeply into his autobiography."

Huguette's early 20th century immigrant story, No Dogs or Italians Allowed, won the Jury Prize and the Gan Foundation Prize for Distribution at the Annecy International Film Festival. It also won the Gandhi's Spectacles Award in Turin.

"Granny's Sexual Life - Urška Djuki?, Émilie Pigeard" (Slovenia, France)

"Granny's Sexual Life" is a film by Milena Miklavcic in the book "Don't Play With Fire, Ass, and Ass, and Snakes. In the film, four elderly women reflect on their memories of the old days when they were young. [The film was entered in competition at some of the world's largest film festivals, including Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, and Tallinn Black Night. Before winning the European Film Award, the film won awards at numerous film festivals, including Animetica, Slovenian Film Festival, and Uppsala. At the Warsaw Animation Film Festival, the film received a special award for its "representation of the violent side of the world through appropriate animation techniques," according to the jury. The short film has now qualified for the upcoming Academy Awards, where it will be shortlisted on December 21.