Alan Holly’s ‘Coda’ Wins Top Prize at Fest Anča
Irish filmmaker Alan Holly’s Coda was the grand prize winner at Fest Anča, which wrapped up last Sunday in Žilina, Slovakia. Holly’s film, which follows a lost soul as it stumbles drunkenly through the city and meets Death, also won the animation prize at SXSW earlier this year. The film was funded by the Irish government’s Film Board and national broadcaster RTÉ under their Frameworks program.
Other winners at Fest Anča include Nicolas Ménard for his student film Somewhere, which has previously been featured on Cartoon Brew, Benjael Halfmaderholz for the music video “Mañana Forever,” and Slovak filmmaker Joanna Kozuch, who won the top Slovakian film award for Fongopolis.
A complete list of winners follows:
Anča Award
Coda (Ireland)
Director: Alan Holly
Max Hattler Personal Special Mention
To thy Heart / Do serca Twego (Poland)
Director: Ewa Borysewicz
Peter Badač Personal Special Mention
Choir Tour (Latvia)
Director: Edmunds Jansons
Michael Frei Personal Special Mention
Mother / Maman (France)
Director: Ugo Bienvenu, Kevin Manach
Anča Student Award
Somewhere (United Kingdom)
Director: Nicolas Ménard
Anča Student Special Mention
The Incredible Elastic Man / Nieprawdopodobnie elastyczny człowiek (Poland)
Director: Karolina Specht
Anča Music Video Award
“Mañana Forever” (Germany)
Director: Benjael Halfmaderholz
Anča Music Video Award Special Mention 1
“Best Friend” (Poland)
Director: Kijek/Adamski
Anča Music Video Award Special Mention 2
“We’ve been lovin” (United Kingdom)
Director: Gavin C Robinson
Anča Kids Award
Us (France)
Director: Ulrich Totier
Anča Slovak Award
Fongopolis
Director: Joanna Kozuch
Anča Slovak Award Special Mention
In Line / V rade
Director: Kamila Kučíková
Di Award
The Story of a Tornado / Ako vzniká tornádo
Director: Veronika Kocourková