Awards
In CANADA
ANIMÉ AWARD
October 2003
Festival du cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec
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GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD OF THE BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
May 2005
Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Saskatchewan
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BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM (PUBLIC AWARD)
September 2004.
18e FICFA-Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie.
Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick
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BEST QUEBEC SHORT FILM
May 2004
Prends ça court!, Montréal, Québec
HONORABLE MENTION
April 2005
Alucine Toronto Latino Film and Video Festival, Toronto, Ontario
In FRANCE
FIPRESCI AWARD
June 2003.
Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy (France)Critics award at The Annecy International Animation film Festival. The Fédération internationale de la presse cinématographique (FIPRESCI) gave the Critics Award to the film OÏO for "its extraordinary technical inventivity bringing picture and sound to an emotional vertigo" of great creativity.
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GRAND PRIZE FOR RESEARCH
December 2004
Festival international du film d’art et pédagoque, Paris
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In ITALY
BEST DOCUMENTARY ON ART
For both « OÏO » and « Eleven Years of Colour » by Éric Tessier the doc on the creation of « OÏO ».
June 2005
Roma Art Doc Fest , Rome
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In UNITED STATES
NEW FRONTIER AWARD
February 2006
Golden Star Short Fest. Los Angeles.
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AUDIENCE NON FICTION AWARD
February 2006
Golden Star Short Fest. Los Angeles
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FIRST PRIZE IN BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM CATEGORY
August 2003
Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF)
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BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
May 2005
Empire Film Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY
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BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
June 2005
Artfest Film Festival, Harrisburg, PA
«BEST OF FESTIVAL»
June 2005
Artfest Film Festival, Harrisburg, PA
BEST EXPERIMENTAL-ANIMATION
January 2006
The Int’l Fest of Cinema and Technology, IFCT 2005 (Los angeles, Sydney, London, Orlando)
BEST ANIMATION
Janvier 2006
The Int’l Fest of Cinema and Technology, IFCT 2005 (Los angeles, Sydney, London, Orlando)
In JAPAN
EXCELLENCE AWARD "ART DIVISION"
February 2005
Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo
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In TAIWAN
SPECIAL JURY AWARD (Digital short competition)
December 2003.
Golden Horse Film festival, Taipei
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In UKRAINE
MENTION OF THE JURY
October 2003.
Festival International du Film d’Animation KROK, Kiev.Prix pour sa «grâce et son élégance».
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In BRAZIL
ANIMA MUNDI ESPECIAL AWARD
September 2004
Anima Mundi 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
SEMI-FINALIST Animation Category
September 2005
Action/Cut Short Film Competition 2005, Los Angeles (USA)
NOMINATED for Best Animated Film Camério
September 2003
Carrousel du film de Rimouski (Canada)
NOMINATED for Humanitas Camério
September 2003
Carrousel du film de Rimouski (Canada)
OPENNING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES
- Festival du film sur l’art de Asolo, Italie, septembre 2003
- London International Animation Festival,UK, août 2004
- Festival Pars-cours de l’art à Matane Qc. Canada, septembre 2004
- Festival ARTE CINEMA di Napoli, Italie, novembre 2004
- Festival du Court métrage de Namur, Belgique, octobre 2004
- Terrascope, Sherbrooke, Qc., Canada, mai 2005
SELECTED WITHIN THE BEST FILMS OF THE WORLD
- 3rd Best short films Festival, LA CIOTAT, France.
- «Best of World», Hiroshima 2004 , Japon.
- Chiavari, Festival Around the world del Cinema d’Animazione, Italie.
