Annual Italian animation confab Cartoons on the Bay wrapped up over the weekend with the Pucinella Awards gala. The ceremony capped three days of screenings, master classes, and networking, plus a guest country focus on the animation of Japan. This year’s event was held in Turin at the beautiful and historic Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento at the Palazzo Carignano.
Complete list of nominees and winners below. For more information on the event, visit www.cartoonsbay.rai.it/en/.
2017 Cartoons on the Bay Pulcinella Awards
BEST PRESCHOOL TV SERIES
Winner: YoYo (Rai Fiction, Show Lab, Grid Animation, Telegael; Italy/Ireland)
Dixiland 2 (Italy)
Klump (Germany)
Misho & Robin (Croatia)
Totems (UK)
BEST KIDS TV SERIES
Winner: OddBods (One Animation; Singapore)
Atchoo (Italy)
Galaxy Kids: Monkey Musical (South Korea)
Miriam’s Hen’s Dream (Estonia)
Siesta Z (Argentina)
BEST TEEN TV SERIES
Winner: Ant Gets Married (Animoon; Poland)
390 (Ireland)
Blaise (France)
Pandas in the Mist (France)
World of Winx (Italy)
BEST INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo; Japan)
Final Fantasy XV (Japan)
Gears of War 4 (Canada)
The Last Guardian (Japan)
Nier Automata (Japan)
BEST LIVE ACTION/HYBRID TV SERIES
Winner: Big World of Little Worries (Vivement Lundi!; France)
Guess Who’s Cooking? (Brazil)
Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends (Italy)
Odd Squad (Canada)
The Tiniest Man in the World (France)
BEST TV PILOT
Winner: Selfie (Savoir-Fer; France)
Alphabet Patch (UK)
Speed Kids (China)
Urban Tails (Ireland)
What Monsters of Science (Italy)
BEST SHORT FILM
Winner: Ariadne’s Thread
Directed by Claude Luyet (Studio GDS, Luyet; Switzerland)
Catherine (Belgium)
He Who Has Two Souls (France)
My Father’s Project (Brazil)
Revolting Rhymes (UK)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Winner: Iqbal: Tale of a Fearless Child
Directed by Michel Fuzellier & Babak Payami (Gertie, 2d3D, Montparnasse; Italy/France)
Ballerina (France)
Ethel and Ernest (UK)
The Little Prince (France)
Princess of Rome (Iran)
Ratchet & Clank (US)
The Snow Queen 3 (Russia)
Song of the Sea (Ireland)
Sword Art Online – Ordinal Scale (Japan)
Your Name. (Japan)
