2019 Awards | Canterbury Anifest

Award Winners: 2019

Almost 400 films were submitted to the Animation short film competition this year. Below is a list of the winning films as chosen by our Judges. Former Pixar Animator, Steve Segal; Animation Director at Blue Zoo, Simon Taylor; Renowned voice over artist, Teresa Gallagher; Senior Animator at Pixel Circus Ltd, Dariusz Szczuraszek. Audience Award chosen by the audience.

Myles Mcleod receiving his award for Best Sound for his film 'Martha' Pictured with Festival Co-director Chris Pallant and Judge Dariusz Szczuraszek from Pixel Circus.

Evgenia Golubeva receiving the audience award for her film 'I Want to Live in a Zoo' Pictured with Festival Co-directors Chris Pallant and Joanna Samuel alongside Judge Dariusz Szczuraszek from Pixel Circus.

Best British Film

Anna by Jessica Mountfield

Runner Up

Up Hill by Amalie Vilmar

Best International Film

Five Minutes to Sea by Natalia Mirzoyan

Runner Up

I Want to Live in a Zoo by Evgenia Golubeva

Best Student Film

Hide and Seek by Mohsen Shokrtalab

Runner Up

Best Friend by David Feliu, Varun Nair, Juliana de Lucca, Nicholas Oliverieri, Yi Shen

Best Animation

Hors Piste by Loris Cavalier, Camille Jalabert, Oscar Malet, Leo Brunel

Runner Up

Anna by Jessica Mountfield

Best Art Design

Sur Mesure by Lea Cousty, Chloe Astier, Raphael Guez, Melanie Fourgeaud, Hugo Bourriez, Victoire Le Dourner

Runner Up

New Devonia by Kelly Mann

Best Sound

Marfa by Greg and Myles McLeod

Runner Up

Five Minutes to Sea by Natalia Mirzoyan

Audience Award

I Want to Live in a Zoo

by Evgenia Golubeva

Runner Up

Hors Piste by by Loris Cavalier, Camille Jalabert, Oscar Malet, Leo Brunel

Award Winners: Character Design Competition

We are delighted to reveal the winners of the character design competition to design an Anifest character. Below are the original designs and the finished characters which were based on the designs. Thank you to everyone who entered.