Bill Plympton’s animated feature film Idiots and Angels won the grant prize in the fantasy competition at the 29th annual Fantasporto Oporto Film Festival.
Plympton’s film also won the best screenplay award at the festival, which is the largest film festival in Portugal.
Other winners at the festival included Phil Sung-Yim’s Hansel & Gretel, which won the special prize of the fantasy compettion and best film award in the Orient Express section; and Director’s Week winner Moscow, Belgium, from Christophe Van Rompaey.
The festival saw attendance increase by about 25 percent, according to Variety, with about 50,000 attending the event.
