Awards
In CANADA
ONE OF THE 10 BEST QUEBEC SHORT FILMS OF THE 2000-2010 AWARDS
Prends ça court, February 2007, Montreal, QC
ANIMÉ AWARD October 2003 Festival du cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec See the award
GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD OF THE BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM May 2005 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Saskatchewan See the award See the nomination
BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM (PUBLIC AWARD) September 2004. 18e FICFA-Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie. Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick See the award
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. See the award
GRAND PRIZE FOR RESEARCH December 2004 Festival international du film d'art et pédagoque, Paris See the award
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 See the award
In UNITED STATES
NEW FRONTIER AWARD February 2006 Golden Star Short Fest. Los Angeles. See the award
AUDIENCE NON FICTION AWARD February 2006 Golden Star Short Fest. Los Angeles See the award
FIRST PRIZE IN BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM CATEGORY August 2003 Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) See the award
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM May 2005 Empire Film Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY See the award
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 See the award
In TAIWAN
SPECIAL JURY AWARD (Digital short competition) December 2003. Golden Horse Film festival, Taipei See the award
MENTION OF THE JURY October 2003. Festival International du Film d'Animation KROK, Kiev.Prix pour sa «grâce et son élégance». See the award
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.
