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GLAS Animation Festival

March 19-22, 2020
Berkeley, CA

 

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GLAS 2020 AWARDS

For the first time since the founding of our festival, we will be providing cash awards to the official competition winners. The Grand Prix will receive $2000, High Risk $1000, and New Talent Award $1000. The Official Competition Jury consists of Barbara Cerro, Sam Rolfes, and Paul Wenninger. The Family + US Competition Jury includes Sarina Nihei and Vincent Oliver.

 

FXX Elevation Award: The award recognizes excellence in animated filmmaking and will honor a film in competition that embodies distinctive characters, bold storytelling and a singular point of view. The winning director will receive a $25,000 grant to develop an original animated project with FXX.

 

The Cartoon Brew Filmmaker to Watch Award will be presented to one of the short films screening across all categories of competition. This award aims to highlight a filmmaker in the early stages of their career who has created a bold and exciting piece of animated filmmaking that suggests the promise of great work to come. The award is selected and presented by CartoonBrew.com, which supports artists in all stages of their careers through its in-depth and original coverage of the art form. The winning filmmaker will receive an award of $1,000 from Cartoon Brew.

 

Best Gif Award: For the fifth year in a row we are excited to be working with our friends over at GIPHY Arts to create the Best GIF Award. Filmmakers from all over the world submitted their favorite gifs which will be featured at the GLAS Animation Festival Hub. The winner of this award will receive $500 and will be determined by a selected group of judges during the festival.

GRAND PRIX

GENIUS LOCI

By Adrien Merigeau
JURY STATEMENT

Beautiful chaos. Through an unpredictable mixture of visuals and sounds, we contemplate the night of a loner woman that seems to be guided by a mystical unity.

HIGH RISK

SWATTED

By Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
JURY STATEMENT

A brilliantly executed examination of real-world violence within a digital subculture, repurposing the very games that are being played by the subjects. In Swatted, the medium is inextricably tied to the subject matter and the deconstruction of the playable digital spaces is incredibly poignant.

NEW TALENT

DAUGHTER

By Daria Kashcheeva
JURY STATEMENT

The impressive camera movements align satisfyingly with the story, framing the love and hate between generations. We see what we don’t see: the absence of the mother; the little bird has to fly into a closed window, facing death, before she is able to flight. Poetic and well done.

SPECIAL MENTION

ENTROPIA

By Flóra Anna Buda
JURY STATEMENT

Honest, energetic, sensual and symbolic, it submerges us in an oniric universe full of vibrant colors and playful sounds.

SPECIAL MENTION

THE SIX

By Xi Chen
JURY STATEMENT

Whether the film follows a traditional form of Chinese shadow theater or rather employs its repetitive motifs to develop a cinematic language, the film fascinates with its poetry and composition.

SPECIAL MENTION

MOVEMENTS

By Dahee Jeong
JURY STATEMENT

Incredibly fun vignettes of spatial play, and the surrealist combinations of character studies are striking and memorable. A joyous, disorienting piece. 

FXX ELEVATION AWARD

GENIUS LOCI

By Adrien Merigeau

FX is proud to present the 2020 Elevation Award to Adrien Mérigeau’s GENIUS LOCI. In its shifting lines, morphing colors, and elegant writing the film immerses us into the mind of the lonely soul, seamlessly capturing her fears, joys, relationships and eventual peace. A beautiful film that explores the chaos of our world while celebrating the subjectivity of the human experience.

CARTOON BREW
FILMMAKER TO WATCH AWARD

RIVIERA

By Jonas Schloesing

The film adopts a slow pace — always a risk — as it builds up a rich atmosphere. We experience the character’s disorientation and feel the oppressive heat of his environment. With humor, poignancy, and discipline, Riviera gives us an insight into true isolation.

US COMPETITION WINNER

CAGE MATCH

By Bryan Lee

Using subtle sound effects and weird dialogue, this story leads us to such an original and surreal world. The uncanny but somehow beautiful characters made us laugh. This is perfectly entertaining.

US COMPETITION
SPECIAL MENTION

MIZUKO

By Kira Dane/Katelyn Rebelo

Using such a beautiful hand-drawn technique, live action footage and paper craft, this film deeply reminded me of a childhood memory and yarning. I was moved by every shot in this film.

FAMILY COMPETITION
SPECIAL MENTION

FRIENDS LOVE

By Miss. Diya M

A touching, brutally concise, tale of platonic love. If you aren’t instantly enveloped by the world of Friends Love, we’ve got this message to send to you: To those with a heart, you are invited for those with a heart tour in GLAS2020 for 3 minutes FRIENDS LOVE ASSOCIATION.

BEST GIF

HIGH FIVE BUSINESS

By Christopher Rutledge