The winners of the second annual Emile Awards, voted by the members of the European Animation Awards org, were announced Saturday at a ceremony in the swanky Le Nouveau Siècle event hall in Lille, France. The 18 winners honored this year among many worthy nominees.
The night’s big winners were Cartoon Network series The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe, which scored four awards in the television category; and Oscar-nominated feature film The Breadwinner, which won four of the feature film category prizes. Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels also added another notch in their filmmaking belts by winning the short film direction prize for festival favorite This Magnificent Cake!
Emile Awards 2018 winners:
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN A STUDENT FILM
Anna Mantzaris (director) for Enough – United Kingdom
BEST DIRECTION IN AN ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels (co-directors) for This Magnificent Cake! – Belgium, France, Netherlands
BEST BACKGROUND & CHARACTER DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Gilles Cuvelier (director) for (Fool) Time Job – France
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN A COMMISSIONED FILM
Magnus Igland Møller (director) for A most precise and nuanced look into the life of the man, legend and visionary – Martin Luther – Denmark
BEST DIRECTION IN A TV / BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Christian Bøving-Andersen, Eva Lee Wallberg (co-directors) for The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe – Denmark
BEST WRITING IN A TV / BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Kim Fupz Aakeson, Ida Mule Scott (writers) for Vitello – Vitello Gets a Yucky Girlfriend – Denmark
BEST STORYBOARD IN A TV / BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Kenneth Ladekjær, Eva Lee Wallberg (storyboard artists) for The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe – Denmark
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A TV / BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Tina Lykke Thorn, Henrik Sønniksen, Mikkel Vedel & Eva Lee Wallberg (co-animators) for The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe – Denmark
BEST BACKGROUND & CHARACTER DESIGN IN A TV / BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Mikkel Sommer, Birk Von Brockdorff (co-designers) for The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe – Denmark
BEST SOUNDTRACK IN A TV / BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Yan Volsy, Pablo Pico (composer) for A Man Is Dead – France
BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A TV / BROADCAST PRODUCTION
Célia Sayaphoum (sound designer) for Athleticus – Middle-distance running – France
BEST DIRECTION IN A FEATURE FILM
Nora Twomey (director) for The Breadwinner – Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada
BEST WRITING IN A FEATURE FILM
Denis Do & Magali Pouzol (writers) for Funan – France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cambodia
BEST STORYBOARD IN A FEATURE FILM
Giovanna Ferrari, Julien Regnard, Stuart Shankly (storyboard artists) for The Breadwinner – Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A FEATURE FILM
Fabian Erlinghäuser, John Walsh, Lorraine Lordan, Jeremy Purcell, Viktor Ens, Nicolas Debray, Geoff King & Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart (animators) for The Breadwinner – Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada
BEST BACKGROUND & CHARACTER DESIGN IN A FEATURE FILM
Ciaran Duffy, Reza Riaihi (art directors), Sandra Andersen (character designer) for The Breadwinner – Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada
BEST SOUNDTRACK IN A FEATURE FILM
Mikel Salas (composer) for Another Day of Life – Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany
BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A FEATURE FILM
Nicolas Leroy, Michel Schillings, Nicolas Tran Trong (sound designers) for Funan – France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Cambodia
