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Yet another extraordinary year of animated gems have screened to enthusiastic London audiences at packed houses - our esteemed juries and audience have cast their votes, and LIAF proudly announces the following results....thanks for packing out the cinemas and we’re looking forward to next year’s festival….

GRAND JURY PRIZE for the BEST FILM
of the London International Animation Festival 2007 awarded to:
Everything will be OK by Don Hertzfeldt (USA)

BEST BRITISH FILM:
Time is Running out by Marc Reisbig (UK)

SESSION AWARDS:
International programme 1:
Jury vote: Jeu by Georges Schwizgebel (Switzerland)
Audience vote: The Pearce Sisters by Luis Cook (UK)

International programme 2:
Jury vote: Birdcalls by Malcolm Sutherland (Canada)
Audience vote: Recto Verso by Gabriel Jacquet (France)

International programme 3:
Jury vote: Dinner in Lisbon by Andre Carrilho (Portugal)
Audience vote: The adventures of John and John by Will Bishop Stevens (UK) and T.O.M. by Dan Gray, Tom Brown (UK)

International programme 4:
Jury vote: The Old, old, very old man by Elizabeth Hobbs (UK)
Audience vote: The Old, old, very old man by Elizabeth Hobbs (UK)

International programme 5:
Jury vote: The Tale of How by the Blackheart Gang (South Africa)
Audience vote: Carnivore Reflux by The People’s Republic of Animation (Australia)

International programme 6:
Jury vote: Everything will be OK by Don Hertzfeldt (USA)
Audience vote: The Danish Poet by Torill Kove (Norway)

Digital panorama:
Jury vote: Moloch by Marcin Pazera (Poland)
Audience vote: Tyger by Guilherme Marcondes (Brazil)

Abstract panorama:
Jury vote: Lajka’s Memory by Eva Toth (Hungary)
Audience vote: Circle by Laurie Gibbs (UK) and The Aroma of Tea by Michael Dudok de Wit (UK/the Netherlands)

Hand-painted film:
Jury vote: Urban Tale by Florence Miailhe (France)
Audience vote: My Love by Alexander Petrov (Russia)

British panorama:
Jury vote: Time is Running out by Marc Reisbig (UK)
Audience vote: 1977 by Peque Varela (UK)

Jury’s Special mention:
The Taste of Life by Ulo Pikkov (Estonia)

Jury’s Highly commended:
The Danish Poet by Torill Kove (Norway)
The Man Who Waited by Theodore Ushev (Canada)
Yarn…Good Light is Essential by Reka Gacs (UK)

An exhibition of puppets and sets to commemorate 50 wonderful years of puppet animation
at Nukufilm Estonia.

Venue: The Curzon Soho Cinema, Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC1
Dates: Tuesday August 21st to Sunday August 26th

The animated film has played a significant cultural role in Estonia. While it might come as a surprise to many, Estonia’s animation community ranks among the best in the world. Its films, which combine surrealist wit and Estonian folklore with childlike innocence, have won awards throughout the world. Many international festivals have offered screenings in honour of Estonian animation.

To celebrate the 50th jubilee, Nukufilm, Estonia’s premier puppet animation studio, in co-operation with the Estonian Institute, has prepared a travelling exhibition “Having Soul”. During the 50 years of its existence, Nukufilm has produced about 200 films and won 90 prizes in international festivals.

The exhibition gives an overview of the makings of the Nukufilm studio and introduces stop-motion animation in general. On display will be numerous photos and designs and 120 exciting puppets made by the masters of Nukufilm. The exhibition offers the opportunity to peek into the mindset of puppet animation, how an idea leads to a film, how puppets are made and how the puppets literally come to life and are “given soul”.

Nowadays Nukufilm is mostly an art-house type studio, with a staff of 30 people, and releases films both for children and adults. Given the collapse in production and/or quality in other ex-Soviet occupied countries, the Nukufilm story is an unqualified success. Not only has its independent animation production continued, it has also maintained the same high level of quality of Soviet times, as demonstrated by numerous awards and prizes won over the past two decades.

Nukufilm never stops exploring new techniques in animation production. Each film has unique elements, including 3D cut-out technique, telescopic puppets, human-sized puppets, a combination of puppet animation and live-action backgrounds, mixing scratch animation and pixilation, pixilated ballet and photo collage.

The exhibition is the centrepiece of the 2007 London International Animation Festival. Our thanks are due to Reet Remmel, Reet Grosberg and Nukufilm Estonia.