GLAS 2016 Award Winners

We are pleased to announce the award winners of the inaugural GLAS Animation Festival. Congratulations to the winners!

OFFICIAL COMPETITION

GRAND PRIX

Sunday Lunch Celine Devaux France – 13 min – 2015 Sunday. At lunch, James observes his family. They ask him questions and don’t listen to his answers, they give advice but don’t follow it, they stroke him and slap him, but it’s ok, it is the Sunday Lunch.  

AUDIENCE AWARD

Peripheria David Coquard Dassault France – 12 min – 2015

A journey into the heart of a large and abandoned council estate. Peripheria portrays an urban environment becoming wild: a modern Pompeii where the wind blows and dogs roam, tailing the remains of human life.

 

NARRATIVE

Award Life with Herman H. Rott Chintis Lundgren Estonia/Croatia/Denmark – 11 min – 2015 Herman is a rat who lives alone in his messy apartment. One day a very tidy cat decides to move in.     Special Mention Teeth Holbrooks – Tom Brown & Daniel Gray UK/Hungary/USA – 6 min – 2015 Things of worth are often neglected in favour of that which is more immediately gratifying. Unfortunately, things that are neglected are often lost forever. The life of a misguided and intensely focused man, chronicled through his oral obsessions.    

NON-NARRATIVE

Award With Joy and Merriness Jeanne Boukkra Belgium – 5 min – 2014

  Special Mentions

L’Œil du Cyclone Masanobu Hiraoka France/Japan – 4 min – 2015         Three the Peehood Kapie Eipak Singapare – 4 min – 2015 one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, …    

COMMISSIONED 

Award   Special Mention Vampillia ‘Lilac (bombs Jun Togawa)’ Toshikazu Tamura Japan – 4 min – 2015 Music video for Vampillia’s “lilac (bombs Jun Togawa)”. An animation showing the passing time as a girl dies and is resurrected.    

GRADUATE

Award Small People With Hats Serina Nihei UK – RCA – 7 min – 2014 There are small people wearing hats in the society.      

UNDERGRADUATE

Made in China Vincent Tsui France – Gobelins – 3 min – 2015 Figurines try to imitate the human everyday life but they are facing limitations due to their toy situation.      

ADDITIONAL COMPETITIONS

US COMPETITION

Award Dogs of Life Jack Wedge USA – 13 min – 2015 Dogs of Life explores the line between passivity and consideration. It tells the tale of a retired bounty hunter who goes above and beyond the appropriate call of duty to help his neighbor, who is like a stranger to him.   Special Mention Bottom Feeders Matt Reynolds USA – CalArts –  3 min – 2015 Two disparate species fight to survive in a deliciously unsympathetic world.    

CHILDREN’S COMPETITION

Award The Orchestra Mikey Hill Australia – 15 min – 2015 In a world filled with beautiful music, Vernon always seems to strike the wrong note.     Special Mention Perfect Houseguest Ru Kuwahata & Max Porter USA – 2 min – 2015 A house is visited by a clean, organized, well-mannered guest.