Sino-Japanese War Film Wins Top Prize at Annecy Festival!

The 50th edition of the Annecy Animation Film Festival has come to a close! After a week filled with outstanding screenings, informative conferences, and professional networking, it’s time to award the competing works across various categories. From the official selection, which feature film will take home the esteemed Cristal award and follow the stunning Arco, directed by Ugo Bienvenu?

The producer and president of the Red Sea Film Foundation, Faysal Baltyuor, Monica Garcia Massagué, the general director of the International Fantasy Film Festival of Catalonia, and Mailys Vallade, director, screenwriter, and animator, serving as jurors in this category, unveiled the major winners on Saturday, June 27.

Here are all the awarded works at Annecy this year:

Annecy Animation Film Winners 2026

Feature Films

• Cristal for Feature Film: The Violinist by Ervin HAN and Raul GARCIA
• Jury Prize: The Corset by Louis CLICHY
• Paul Grimault Award: Decorado by Alberto VASQUEZ
• Audience Award: The Corset by Louis CLICHY
• Fondation Gan for Distribution Award: The Corset by Louis CLICHY
• Grand Prize Contrechamp: Blaise by Dimitri PLANCHON and Jean-Paul GUIGUE
• Jury Prize Contrechamp: A New Dawn by Yoshitoshi SHINOMIYA

Short Films:

• Cristal for Short Film: Written Trace by Don HERTZFELDT
• Jury Prize for a Short Film: God is Shy by Jocelyn CHARLES
• Audience Award for Short Film: God is Shy by Jocelyn CHARLES
• Alexeïeff – Parker Award: Stomach Peels by Etienne BONNET
• “Jean-Luc Xiberras” Award for a First Film: Please by Anna MANTZARIS
• “Off-Limits” Film Award: Core by Alona RODEH

Commissioned and TV Films:

• Cristal for Commissioned Film: Unloved by Victor CAIRE, Lucas NAVARRO, and Théophile DUFRESNE
• Cristal for a TV Production: The Great Escape by Rémi DURIN
• Jury Prize for a Commissioned Film: Eco Beat by Eva BIENERT and Max MÖRTL
• Jury Prize for a TV Special: Song of Storms by Caroline ATTIA
• Audience Award: The Groos by David MIRAILLES
• Jury Prize for a TV Series: Original Sin of Takopi by Shinya INO ENISHIYA

Graduation Films:

• Cristal for Graduation Film: Ball Face by Laurence THÉRIEN
• Jury Prize: The Last Embers by Léa PULINI
• Lotte Reiniger Award: Gently by Jamaica KINDLOVÁ
• VR Category:

Cristal for Best VR Work: A Long Goodbye by Kate VOET and Victor MAES

You can find the full list of awarded projects on the official festival website!