The South by Southwest Film & TV Festival has announced the 2024 Jury and Special Award winners.
This year’s narrative feature competition winner was “Bob Trevino Likes It,” which was directed and written by Tracie Laymon and stars Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo. Meanwhile, “Grand Theft Hamlet” topped the documentary feature competition.
“What an extraordinary week of film and TV premieres we’ve had here at SXSW, and there is more to come through Saturday,” said Claudette Godfrey, VP, Film & TV. “Our theaters have been bursting with incredible and vocal audiences celebrating the exceptional and diverse work in our lineup, and we’re so excited to celebrate this year’s jury and special award winners!”
The Audience Award voting will conclude on Saturday, March 16, and winners will be announced that week.
See the complete list of winners below.
Feature Film Grand Jury Awards
Narrative Feature Competition
Winner: “Bob Trevino Likes It”
Director/Screenwriter: Tracie Laymon,...
This year’s narrative feature competition winner was “Bob Trevino Likes It,” which was directed and written by Tracie Laymon and stars Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo. Meanwhile, “Grand Theft Hamlet” topped the documentary feature competition.
“What an extraordinary week of film and TV premieres we’ve had here at SXSW, and there is more to come through Saturday,” said Claudette Godfrey, VP, Film & TV. “Our theaters have been bursting with incredible and vocal audiences celebrating the exceptional and diverse work in our lineup, and we’re so excited to celebrate this year’s jury and special award winners!”
The Audience Award voting will conclude on Saturday, March 16, and winners will be announced that week.
See the complete list of winners below.
Feature Film Grand Jury Awards
Narrative Feature Competition
Winner: “Bob Trevino Likes It”
Director/Screenwriter: Tracie Laymon,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
58 feature projects selected for event, which takes place in Bordeaux from March 7-9.
Top international animation directors including Unicorn Wars’ Alberto Vázquez, Copellia trio Jeff Tudor, Steven de Beul and Ben Tesseur, and Bunuel In The Labyrinth Of Turtles’ Salvador Simó will unveil their latest projects at Cartoon Movie2023 from March 7-9.
The selection committee of the pitching and co-production forum, which returns for its 25th edition in Bordeaux, France, has unveiled 58 feature projects selected for the event, which includes 27 French films, nearly half of the selection.
Germany will send seven projects, followed by Spain with five, Italy with four,...
Top international animation directors including Unicorn Wars’ Alberto Vázquez, Copellia trio Jeff Tudor, Steven de Beul and Ben Tesseur, and Bunuel In The Labyrinth Of Turtles’ Salvador Simó will unveil their latest projects at Cartoon Movie2023 from March 7-9.
The selection committee of the pitching and co-production forum, which returns for its 25th edition in Bordeaux, France, has unveiled 58 feature projects selected for the event, which includes 27 French films, nearly half of the selection.
Germany will send seven projects, followed by Spain with five, Italy with four,...
- 12/16/2022
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
A theatrical release is planned for early 2022.
UK distributor Modern Films has picked up UK and Ireland rights to animation Coppelia from France-based Urban Distribution International. A theatrical release is planned for early this year.
Coppelia is directed by Jeff Tudor, Steven De Beul and Ben Tesseur, and premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2021. It combines 2D and 3D animation with live-action dance to retell the 1870 comic ballet, about a doctor who is infatuated with a life-size dancing doll. It stars dancers Michaela DePrince, Daniel Camargo, Vito Mazzeo and Darcey Bussell.
Coppelia is a co-production between the Netherlands,...
UK distributor Modern Films has picked up UK and Ireland rights to animation Coppelia from France-based Urban Distribution International. A theatrical release is planned for early this year.
Coppelia is directed by Jeff Tudor, Steven De Beul and Ben Tesseur, and premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2021. It combines 2D and 3D animation with live-action dance to retell the 1870 comic ballet, about a doctor who is infatuated with a life-size dancing doll. It stars dancers Michaela DePrince, Daniel Camargo, Vito Mazzeo and Darcey Bussell.
Coppelia is a co-production between the Netherlands,...
- 1/4/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Sierra Leone-born ballerina Michaela DePrince stars as the titular heroine.
US-based Shout! Studios, the multi-platform filmed entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has acquired North American rights to animation and live-action hybrid production Coppelia.
The deal handled by Paris-based sales agent Urban Distribution International (Udi) encompasses digital, video-on-demand, broadcast, theatrical, and home entertainment for cross-platform releases in the US and Canada.
Shout! Studios is planning a strategic launch of the feature across all major entertainment platforms in 2021.
A contemporary retelling of The Tales of Hoffmann-inspired classic ballet, this new version of Coppelia stars rising Sierra Leone-born ballerina Michaela DePrince.
US-based Shout! Studios, the multi-platform filmed entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has acquired North American rights to animation and live-action hybrid production Coppelia.
The deal handled by Paris-based sales agent Urban Distribution International (Udi) encompasses digital, video-on-demand, broadcast, theatrical, and home entertainment for cross-platform releases in the US and Canada.
Shout! Studios is planning a strategic launch of the feature across all major entertainment platforms in 2021.
A contemporary retelling of The Tales of Hoffmann-inspired classic ballet, this new version of Coppelia stars rising Sierra Leone-born ballerina Michaela DePrince.
- 12/1/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
This modern-day retelling of the Hoffman-inspired classic ballet will combine animation and live-action ballet.
Urban Distribution International (Udi) has boarded sales on a modern-day retelling of the Hoffman-inspired classic ballet Coppelia, combining animation and live-action ballet.
It stars Michaela DePrince, the Sierra Leone-born National Dutch Ballet (Ndb) soloist whose life journey from abandoned orphan to star ballerina is currently being adapted to the big screen by MGM for Madonna to direct.
She will be joined by international dance stars Daniel Camargo (Brazil), Sasha Mukhamedov (UK) and Igone de Jongh (Netherlands).
The production is based on Dnb director and chief choreographer...
Urban Distribution International (Udi) has boarded sales on a modern-day retelling of the Hoffman-inspired classic ballet Coppelia, combining animation and live-action ballet.
It stars Michaela DePrince, the Sierra Leone-born National Dutch Ballet (Ndb) soloist whose life journey from abandoned orphan to star ballerina is currently being adapted to the big screen by MGM for Madonna to direct.
She will be joined by international dance stars Daniel Camargo (Brazil), Sasha Mukhamedov (UK) and Igone de Jongh (Netherlands).
The production is based on Dnb director and chief choreographer...
- 4/30/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Bordeaux, France – Director Salvador Simó (“Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles”), production company Submarine and distributor Sola Media have won the Tributes Awards at this year’s Cartoon Movie, Europe’s biggest animated feature co-production and sales forum which closes today in the French port city of Bordeaux.
“Buñuel,” Spaniard Simó’s solo feature debut, chronicles Luis Buñuel’s making of documentary “Land Without Bread” in the remote mountains of Western Spain. Simó shows how with the film, Buñuel found his creative voice, a mix of surrealist esprit and social critique.
“Buñuel” is a production of Spain’s Sygnatia in co-production with The Glow Animation Studio and Dutch outfit Submarine. Antonio Saura’s Latido Films has closed sales in main territories including North America, where it has acquired by Gkids, the U.S. distributor of 11 animated feature Oscar nominations.
Submarine took Cartoon Movie’s Producer of the Year kudo.
“Buñuel,” Spaniard Simó’s solo feature debut, chronicles Luis Buñuel’s making of documentary “Land Without Bread” in the remote mountains of Western Spain. Simó shows how with the film, Buñuel found his creative voice, a mix of surrealist esprit and social critique.
“Buñuel” is a production of Spain’s Sygnatia in co-production with The Glow Animation Studio and Dutch outfit Submarine. Antonio Saura’s Latido Films has closed sales in main territories including North America, where it has acquired by Gkids, the U.S. distributor of 11 animated feature Oscar nominations.
Submarine took Cartoon Movie’s Producer of the Year kudo.
- 3/7/2019
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
Supported projects include hybrid animated feature Coppelia and German-Belgian co-production The Walking Man.
In its latest funding round announced early during the Efm, Flemish economic fund Screen Flanders is to pump €850,000 Euros into five new films and TV productions.
The list of supported projects includes hybrid animated feature Coppelia which combines classical ballet with animation; the German-Belgian co-production The Walking Man; and the Arte commissioned French-Belgian TV series Moloch. The Dutch-Belgian TV series Commandos and Viva Boma!, the fourth feature of the successful Flemish Fc De Kampioenen franchise will also receive support.
Through the Screen Flanders economic fund, the Flanders...
In its latest funding round announced early during the Efm, Flemish economic fund Screen Flanders is to pump €850,000 Euros into five new films and TV productions.
The list of supported projects includes hybrid animated feature Coppelia which combines classical ballet with animation; the German-Belgian co-production The Walking Man; and the Arte commissioned French-Belgian TV series Moloch. The Dutch-Belgian TV series Commandos and Viva Boma!, the fourth feature of the successful Flemish Fc De Kampioenen franchise will also receive support.
Through the Screen Flanders economic fund, the Flanders...
- 2/8/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Barcelona— Finland’s Yle, Ireland’s 9 Story Distribution International and France’s Folimage have been awarded as Broadcaster, Investor/Distributor and Producer of the Year respectively at this year’s Cartoon Forum, which closes today in Toulouse.
Finnish public broadcaster Yle, through Yle TV2, airs over 3,000 hours of programming per year for 2-12s. Yle has become a proactive partner in animated TV series co-production, and alongside the recently approved 25% cash rebate for domestic and foreign investments is one of the keys to Finland’s new animation revival. Two recent productions in which Yle has participated are “Gigglebug” (Gigglebug Entertainment) and “Albi the Snowman” (Hima Light). The Nordic country was also honored at Cartoon Forum with a Spotlight.
Other nominées in this category were Italy’s DeAKids, Netflix and France’s TF1 Unite Jeunesse.
Founded in 1981 by Jacques-Rémy Girerd, France’s Folimage took the Cartoon Tribute Award for Best Producer of the Year.
Finnish public broadcaster Yle, through Yle TV2, airs over 3,000 hours of programming per year for 2-12s. Yle has become a proactive partner in animated TV series co-production, and alongside the recently approved 25% cash rebate for domestic and foreign investments is one of the keys to Finland’s new animation revival. Two recent productions in which Yle has participated are “Gigglebug” (Gigglebug Entertainment) and “Albi the Snowman” (Hima Light). The Nordic country was also honored at Cartoon Forum with a Spotlight.
Other nominées in this category were Italy’s DeAKids, Netflix and France’s TF1 Unite Jeunesse.
Founded in 1981 by Jacques-Rémy Girerd, France’s Folimage took the Cartoon Tribute Award for Best Producer of the Year.
- 9/13/2018
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
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