Yeon Sang-ho’s The Fake won the grand prix for feature films at the Holland Animation Film Festival, which was held in Utrecht from March 19-23.
Here’s a look at the trailer for the film, made in South Korea in 2013 via Studio Dadashow:
The Grand Prix for Dutch animation is the film MUTE by the young animation collective studio Job, Joris & Marieke. Check out our previous coverage of MUTE here: www.animationmagazine.net/features/dutch-short-mute-gets-online-auds-talking
Other award winners from the fest include:
- Winner Grand Prix short narrative: Yumi Joung with Love Games (South Korea, Culture Platform, 2013)
- Winner Grand Prix short non-narrative: Mathieu Labaye with Le Labyrinthe / The Labyrinth (Belgium, Camera-etc, 2013)
- Winner Grand Prix European student film: Robert Löbel with Wind (Germany, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, 2013)
- HAFF Audience Award Dutch animation: MUTE by Job, Joris & Marieke (Netherlands, Job, Joris & Marieke, 2013)
- HAFF Junior Audience Award in cooperation with Filmmuseum Eye: The Smortlybacks by Ted Sieger and Wouter Dierickx (Switzerland/China, Sophie Animation, 2013)
- MovieZone HAFF Award in cooperation with Eye: I Love Hooligans by Jan-Dirk Bouw (Netherlands/Belgium, Seriousfilm, 2013)
