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23rd Jun 2015

  A few words from some of the awarded people at Annecy 2015 

This year the juries of the Annecy Festival have attributed 17 prizes and 11 special prizes. Some of the happy prizewinners wanted to share their feelings about that.

A word from Michel Gondry, Director of Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky, André Martin Award for a French Feature Film:

"Thank you, thank you, thank you dear Annecy Festival.
I've always loved animation, even before I loved film.
It allowed me to express my feelings and to tell little stories; sometimes it was quite a mess.
I say this because my first little films were never selected here. But I understand that compared to the masterpieces I've seen at Annecy, they must have seemed quite amateur.
So you can imagine my surprise and joy to have received this award tonight. The award and being accepted by the animation community mean a great deal to me. This film is dedicated to a genius, to Noam Chomsky's integrity and ideas. He stimulated, motivated and inspired me during the long moments I passed drawing at my animation table with my 16 mm Bolex.
I'd like to thank Georges Bermann who tolerated this project and Sheilac who fought to distribute it. Thanks again.
"

A word from Frank Zerban and Olaf Taranczewski, composers of the film Dissonance which received the Best Original Music Award sponsored by the SACEM:

"It would be such a pleasure to be there with you right now!
We are SO honored to receive this very special Award!
Working on the score for
Dissonance took us two years and pushed us beyond our musical limits.
But it was such a blast!
Thank you Till Nowak for creating this strangely-beautiful 'state of mind' and giving us the opportunity to shape it into music.
Thank you to the SACEM & Annecy!
"

A word from Till Nowak, Director of Dissonance:

"I am amazed. This award belongs to the two composers of the music of DISSONANCE, Olaf Taranczewski and Frank Zerban. They put a lot of effort into producing the music over two years. To compose a piano concert for a rotating piano with wave-like octaves, and to solve the musical interpretation of a psychotic state of mind somewhere between beauty and disaster, between reality and fantasy, between analogue and electronic worlds, was quite a challenge and I am very proud and thankful for their work. And of course I thank the jury and the Festival for this great honour. I was in Annecy in 2006, when I received the award for the "Best First Film", but this year unfortunately I could not make it. I wish you all a great evening and look forward to meeting you all in the future!"