Animated documentary Flee from helmer Jonas Poher Rasmussen has picked up one other award, taking the highest honor, the Grand Jury Prize, on the 4th Animation Is Movie Competition, which wrapped on Sunday in Hollywood.
The jury additionally honored Belle from Oscar-nominated author/director Mamoru Hosoda (Mirai) with a Particular Jury Prize, and The Crossing with the Viewers Award.
Slated for a Dec. 3 launch from U.S. distributor Neon, Flee follows a person, Amin (a pseudonym), who recounts for the primary time his journey as a baby refugee from Afghanistan.
“Within the touching and progressive documentary Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen takes nice care in sharing the private historical past of an Afghan refugee. The filmmaker makes use of the method of animation to guard the identification of his topic, whereas additionally bringing an added layer to the fabric, capturing the impression of trauma on reminiscence and identification within the course of,” said jury chair Peter Debruge of Selection.
Of Belle, which follows the journey of a 17-year-old highschool scholar, Debruge stated, “With extraordinary visible creativeness and technical ability, Mamoru Hosoda reinvents the traditional Magnificence and the Beast story for this century. In his telling, a teenage Belle finds her voice and takes a stand on an necessary social problem.” The movie is scheduled for a Jan. 14 U.S. theatrical launch from distributor GKIDS.
In Florence Miailhe-helmed The Crossing, Kyona and Adriel embark on a heroic journey that takes them from childhood to adolescence, surviving unbelievable challenges earlier than reaching a brand new world, free eventually.
“At a time when audiences in every single place are nonetheless easing again into theatres, we had been positively awestruck by the regular hum of enthusiasm on show this weekend at Animation Is Movie. With sold-out screenings on daily basis of the competition, Los Angeles introduced itself as soon as once more as an epicenter for cinema and animation lovers. We had been so blissful to see everybody once more,” stated AIF director Matt Kaszanek in a launched assertion.
The competition was produced by GKIDS in partnership with Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition and Selection, which shares a guardian firm, PMC, with The Hollywood Reporter.
