The Cartoon d'Or was a European award for animated short films.[1]

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History

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It was rewarded every year to the best European short film from Cartoon's partner festivals until it was suppressed in favor of the Emile Awards.[2] Amongst this short list, a jury selects 5 films that will be screened during the Cartoon Forum (in order to promote 5 filmmakers each year) and one film will receive the Cartoon d'Or.

Created in 1991,[3] the Cartoon d'Or used to be the only completely European animation prize until the final award was given to Gabriel Harel for Yùl and the Snake in 2016. The competition aimed to "promote the talents of European animation."[4]

Background

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The Cartoon d'Or was created in order to nourish the European animation industry by work from creative filmmakers. European television series lacked of creativity to compete with programming on offer from the United States and Japan.

Moreover, although major financial support was being given to develop European animation, no special place was made for it at major European festivals and awards (Cannes Film Festival, Berlin, Venice, the European Felix etc.).[5]

The award ceremony

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The award ceremony takes place during the Cartoon Forum which gathers all the players in the economic structure of European animation (700 professionals including 250 potential investors, 350 producers, 60 journalists and 40 public funding bodies). Consequently, the Cartoon Forum can act as a pipeline between short film makers and the industry. Indeed, the finalists are often approached by producers to work on series or feature films. Some finalists and prize-winners have themselves gone on to make series or feature films.[6]

List of winners

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Year Title Winner Nationality Length
1991 Creature Comforts Nick Park UK 5'
1992 Manipulation Daniel Greaves UK 6'20"
1993 The Village Mark Baker UK 14'
1994 The Wrong Trousers Nick Park UK 29'
Os salteadores (special mention) Abi Feijo PT 15'
1995 The Monk and the Fish Michaël Dudok de Wit FR 6'20
1996 Quest Tyron Montgomery DE 12'
1997 The Old Lady and the Pigeons Sylvain Chomet FR 23'
1998 L'enfant au grelot Jacques-Rémy Girerd FR 26'
1999 Migrations Constantin Chamski FR 4'
2000 A suspeita (The Suspect) José Miguel Ribeiro PT 25'
2001 Father and Daughter Michael Dudok de Wit NL / BE / UK 8'10"
2002 Home Road Movies Robert Bradbrook UK 12'18"
2003 Sans queue, ni tête Sandra Desmazières FR 6'35"
2004 Fast Film Virgil Widrich AUT / DE / LUX 14'
2005 Jojo in the Stars Marc Craste UK 12'
2006 Dreams and Desires - Family Ties Joanna Quinn UK 9'50"
2007 The Pearce Sisters Luis Cook UK 9'27"
2008 A Mouse's Tale Benjamin Renner FR 4'10"
2009 Please Say Something David OReilly DE / IR 10'
2010 Crocodile Kaspar Jancis EE 17'
2011 Der Kleine und das Biest Uwe Heidschötter, Johannes Weiland DE 6'
2012 Oh Willy... Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels BE / FR / NL 16:50[7]
2013 Head Over Heels Tim Reckart & Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly UK 10'18"
2014 The Christmas Log (La bûche de Noël) Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar BE 26'
2015 The Bigger Picture Daisy Jacobs UK 7'30
2016 Yùl and the Snake Gabriel Harel FR 13'11"

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cartoon D'Or Award Suppressed in Favor of European Animation Awards - Zippy Frames
  2. ^ Vandeweyer, Marc (July 2017). "The Cartoon d'Or Award steps aside for the Emile Awards". Cartoon Media. Cartoon asbl. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ Nominees Announced for Cartoon D'Or Short Prize|Animation Magazine
  4. ^ "CARTOON FORUM : Cartoon d'or". Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Official Cartoon website, Cartoon d'Or, Introduction
  5. ^ "CARTOON FORUM : Cartoon d'or". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-01-24. Official Cartoon website, Cartoon d'Or, History paragraph 1
  6. ^ "CARTOON FORUM : Cartoon d'or". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-01-24. Official Cartoon website, Cartoon d'Or, History paragraph 2
  7. ^ Clevland, Mr. (September 15, 2012). "Oh Willy… Wins Award for European Animated Short". Big Cartoon News. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  8. ^ "CARTOON FORUM : Cartoon d'or". Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Official Cartoon website, Cartoon d'Or, History paragraph 3
  9. ^ It's "Christmas" for the Cartoon D'Or|Animation World Network
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