Sep 14, 2022

The Swiss Fantosh wraps up the 20th anniversary edition, and the "Bird of the Peninsula" takes top honors.

Fantoche International Festival Of Animated Film in Switzerland, one of the most prestigious events in Europe, announced the winners of the 9/6/11 edition of the 20th anniversary edition.

For six days Fantoche screened short and feature films from Switzerland and abroad in the city of Baden.filmingo.ch And on the Play Suisse platform. This year's theme was to overcome the crisis, with a geographical focus on the animation of the Balkans.

The big winner at this year's event was Atsushi Wada's Peninsula Bird, which continued its impressive festival by winning the Best Film award. The film has competed in several top animation events, including Annecy on May 6 and Hiroshima last month, since winning the Special International Jury Prize for its debut in Berlin, with the latter winning the Jury Pick and audience award.

Other outstanding winners at Fantoche included Goodbye Jérôme. From Adam Schillard, Gabriel Cernett and Chloe Farr, who won Best Visual and Audience Award; "The Fox Queen" was named the best film in Switzerland, and Marina Rossett won the Swiss Audience Award and Special Prize, and Pablo Poledri's "Loop" was named the best children's film of the same film festival and won the young audience award.

New Festival Director Ivana Kvesi.

The positive feedback from our visitors makes me feel like their expectations have been met. I'm also particularly pleased that the new format has already found its place in this wonderful festival: the Let's Talk series, the talent industry, the exhibition REFRESHxFantoche in collaboration with stanzerei's ZHdK, and even Friday karaoke nights for filmmakers and teams.

For more information on the full Fantoche program, check out the festival website. The full list of award-winning films of the year is below.

Best Movie

Bird of the Peninsula– Atsushi Wada, Japan

High Risk

Epicenter–Heeyoon Hahm, South Korea

New Talent

Sierra Thunder June, Estonia

Best Visual

Goodbye Jerome The system. -Adam Schillard, Gabriel Cernett, Chloe Farr, France

Audience Award

Goodbye Jerome. -Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr, France

Special Mention

Zoo–Jack Gray, USA

Best Switzerland

Queen of Foxes– Marina Rosset

High Risk Switzerland

Sometimes I don't know where the sun is.

New Sui

Miracasas–Rafael Strz

Audience Award

Queen of the Fox– Marina Rosset

Special Mention

Queen of the Fox・ Marina Rosset

Best Kids

Loop – Pablo Polledri, Spain

Young Audience Award

Loop– Pablo Polledri, Spain

Special Mention

Elevator alone– Anastasia Papadopoulou, Greece

Seuss emprise–Camille Bovey

Fantoche will be back in Baden next year for its 21st edition held on 5/10.