THE WINNERS OF THE XIV BIG CARTOON FESTIVAL

29 October — 9 November 2020
The Largest Animation Film Festival / Offline + Online / Russian and International Competitions / Jury / A Large-Scale Educational Program

The Big Cartoon Festival - the largest animation film festival in Russia – took place for the 14th time from October 29 to November 9, 2020. The Festival included premieres of international feature-length and short-length animated films, video conferences with famous directors and artists, lectures and workshops delivered by acknowledged specialists in the field.

It’s been for the first time this year when the festival announced a call for entries and it has invited a professional jury to choose the best animations among international and Russian short films. Altogether there were 1501 films from 89 countries applied, the Selections Committee chose 186 films from 35 countries to be a part of the Competition Programs. The Award Ceremony of the XIV Big Cartoon Festival took place at Moskino Cosmos Cinema Theatre on 9 November 2020.

COMPETITION OF THE RUSSIAN ANIMATION FILMS

There were 96 films taking part in the Competition of the Russian Animation Films. The Jury consisted of the following professionals: Edmunds Jansons (Head of the Jury), Yulia Aronova, Karina Kabanova, Pavel Pogudin and Evgenia Zhirkova. Here are the winners:

GRAND PRIX
for the Best Russian Animation Short

THE MISTRESS OF THE COPPER MOUNTSIN
directed by Dmitry Geller
Russia, 2019

AWARD
for Best Russian Student Animation

A DRAKE, A STRING AND AN ACORN
directed by Alina Titorenko
Russia, 2019

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO
Directed by Liza Skvortsova
Russia, 2020

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

«BA»
directed by Svetlana Filippova
Russia, France, 2020

JURY DIPLOMAS:

A LYNX IN THE TOWN
directed by Nina Bisyarina
France, 2019

WARM SALTED WIND
directed by Maria Korzhova, Maria Laricheva and Sofia Petrova
Russia, 2019

MY GALACTIC TWIN GALACTION
directrd by Alexander Svirsky
Russia, 2020

HAPPINESS
directed by Andrey Zhidkov
Russia, 2020

JURY SPECIAL MENTION

PANDEMICS
directed by Polina Campioni
Russia, 2020

COMPETITION OF THE FOREIGN ANIMATION FILMS

There were 90 films taking part in the Competition of the Foreign Animation Films. The Jury consisted of the following professionals: Mikhail Gurevich (Head of the Jury, USA), Peter Murdmaa (Estonia), Will Anderson (UK), Natalia Surinovich (Belarus) and Spela Cadez (Slovenia).
Here are the winners:

GRAND PRIX
for Best Foreign Short Animation
for a powerfully beautiful yet unsettling depiction of frustrations of youth

AND THEN THE BEAR
Directed by Agnes Patron
France, 2019

AWARD
for Best Foreign Student Animation
for a meditative look at the flowing nature of time and human existence, with a thoughtful choice of technique

TIME & AGAIN
Directed by Malvika Dwivedi, Saachi Mehta, Aniket Sinha, Vinay Ottur and Swapnali Raje
India, 2020

Special Jury Prize
for making us all laugh out loud with a twist and a bit of sarcasm

PANDICULATION
Directed by Konrad Hjemli and Jakob Eiring
Norway, 2020

Special Jury Prize
for for translating the language of statistics into the language of feelings, through a bold and witty visual narrative

AVERAGE HAPPINESS
Directed by Maja Gehrig
Switzerland, 2019

JURY DIPLOMAS:

for putting down to earth space dreams of begone era and healing the phantom pain with compassion and historical sensitivity

COSMONAUT
Directed by Kaspar Jancis
Estonia, 2019

for discovering and cleaning up the spirit of true romance

WASHING MACHINE
Directed by Alexandra Májová
Czech Republic, 2020

for a courageous take on both theme and technique

THE DEATH VENDOR
directed Jeon Jinkyu
Republic of Korea, Japan, 2019

for taking us on an ironic and insightful journey, through the tensions of the social and the personal

I WANT A SUN IN MY POCKET
Directed by Laui Laessa
Canada, 2019

EXTRA PRIZES

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD

According to the rankings made by invited media, film critics and bloggers, the prize goes to:
THE PASSERBY
Directed by Pieter Coudyzer
Belgium, 2019

BIG CAROON FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT PRIZE

According to the rankings by the members of the Festival crew, the prize goes to:
BOXBALLET
directed by Anton Dyakov
Russia, 2019

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

According to the rankings made by the audience of the website online.mulfest.ru between the dates of 29 October and 8 November, the prize goes to:
MERRY GRANDMAS
directed by Natalia Mirzoyan
Russia, 2020

Congratulations to the winners!