Annie Awards 2023 : French Nominees
By Villa Albertine Los Angeles
The Annie Awards—the equivalent of the Oscars dedicated to animation—announced their nominations for the 2023 edition. France is once again among the most represented nations with six nominated works!
This year, French animation will be represented by two feature films and four shorts. The French feature films Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be (produced by On Classics) by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre and Charlotte (co-produced by Les Productions Balthazar) by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana, are nominated as Best Indie Feature. The short film Ice Merchant, co-produced by the French company Wild Stream is nominated as Best Short Subject. French animation schools are particularly prominent this year and represent more than half of the nominees for Best Student Film: students from the Gobelins, l’école de l’image school gather two nominations (for the shorts Au revoir Jérôme! and The Soloists) and Supinfocom Rubika school is represented with the short film Synchronie Passagère. The awards will be presented on February 25, in Los Angeles.
FEATURE FILMS
Little Nicholas, Happy As Can Be, by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre: Best Indie Feature
Charlotte, by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana: Best Indie Feature
SHORT FILMS
Ice Merchants, by João Gonzalez: Best Short Subject
Au revoir Jérôme! by Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet and Chloé Farr (students from Gobelins, l’école de l’image): Best Student Film
Synchronie Passagère, by Julia Le Bras-Juarez (students from Supinfocom Rubika): Best Student Film
The Soloists, by Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk Issaka, Celeste Jamneck & Yi Liu (students from Gobelins, l’école de l’image): Best Student Film
To see the full list of nominations, visit the Annie Awards website here.
