At the discretion of the Grand Competition Jury:
Nigel Davies (Great Britain)
Ron Diamond (USA)
Marko Meštrović (Croatia)
Flore Poinsard (France)
Joana Toste (Portugal)

Grand Prix
best short film of the festival

DIVERS IN THE RAIN
Olga and Pritt Pärn

An amazingly absurd, poetic perspective on a quality of apathy witnessed in contemporary life. This tale challenges the ´hero´ stereotype resulting in a film with beautiful graphics and constantly surprising real time animation.

“Golden Zagreb” Award
encouragement of creativity and innovative artistic achievement

PLEASE SAY SOMETHING
David O’Reilly

Fantastic art direction, innovative dialogue, imaginative sound make a truly
original film.

“Zlatko Grgić” Award
first production apart from educational institutions

BACKWARDS
Aaron Hughes

Innovative, surprising storytelling using refreshingly naïve graphic style.

Best Commissioned Film

ONLY HUMAN
Benjamin Swiczinsky

Strong and simple evocation of interconnected liberation of travel without boundaries.

5 special awards at the discretion of the Grand Jury

LOVE & THEFT
Andreas Hykade
A hypnotic balance of music and picture, referencing animation history in a seductive way .

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU
Don Hertzfeldt
Original and exciting visual techniques, highlighting portions of the frame to focus the viewers attention which help tell a complex story with great humour.

THE TALE OF LITTLE PUPPETBOY
Johannes Nyholm
This film made us laugh more than any other. We loved the refreshing naivety of the models, set design and the unpredictability of the storytelling .

LOGORAMA
F.Alaux, L.Houplain, H. de Crecy
Totally original concept and great direction.

LUIS
N.Atallah, J.Cocina, C.Leon
Totally original concept and great direction.

 

At the discretion of the Student Competition Jury:
Olivier Cotte (France)
Rastko Ćirić (Serbia)
Jadwiga Kowalska (Switzerland/Poland)
Dino Krpan (Croatia)
Michaela Mertova (Czech Republic)

„Dušan Vukotić” Award
best student film

LEBENSADER
Angela Steffen

For its content put on screen with an original and sensitive design.

3 special mentions at the discretion of the Student Jury

BRING ME UP
Miki Takana
For its inventive approach to the subject.

PARADE
Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet
For its creative visual.

FLOWERPOTS
Rafael Sommerhalder
For its clever story told in a minimalistic manner.

At the discretion of the Grand and the Student Competition Jury                                                                                                                                    

Cartoon East Award

MY WAY
Veljko Popović, Svjetlan Junaković

At the discretion of the Films for Children Competition Jury
(Morana Bunić, Domagoj Kudek, Denis Tišljar, Mario Višnjić, Jakov Vranković)                 

Best Film for Children

LOST AND FOUND
Philip Hunt

This year's Animafest screened many excellent films in the Children’s Competition programme. Our job was not easy, but we sought and we found the one that has everything we consider necessary for a good children’s animated film: outstanding animation and sound, interesting plot, moral, heart and great friendship. Therefore we decided to present the award to the film Lost and Found by Philip Hunt.

2 special mentions at the discretion of the jury

THE NECKTIE
Jean-Francois Levesque

HAPPY DUCKLING
Gili Dolev

At the discretion of Animation and New Media Students Jury                                    

Best student film

VILIAM
Veronika Obertova
First of all, we wish to commend the Animafest, making us happy and giving us an opportunity each year to see the works of our colleagues from all over the world. Some films thrilled us with their plot, some with their animation, and some with innovation.The decision was not easy, but we managed to agree on one. The film bringing paper to life fascinated us with a creative approach to animation – Viliam by Veronika Obertova from Slovakia. Our very special praise goes to all the featured filmmakers.

AUDIENCE AWARD

LOST AND FOUND
Philip Hunt

At the discretion of Animafest Council
 

Lifetime Achievement Award

FRÉDÉRIC BACK

Award for Special Contribution to Animation Studies                                                    

MIDHAT AJANOVIĆ AJAN

At the discretion of the Student Competition Selection Committee

Best Animation School
(Animafest 2010 Award to an educational institution for the best choice of films submitted for pre-selection)
TOKIO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS