First Prize:
TAULUKAUPPIAAT (The Painting Sellers)
directed by Juho Kuosmanen
Aalto University, Finland

Second Prize:
COUCOU-LES-NUAGES (Anywhere Out of the World)
directed by Vincent Cardona
La fémis, France

Third Prize (joint winners):
HINKERORT ZORASUNE (The Fifth Column)
directed by Vatche Boulghourjian
NYU, United States

JA VEĆ JESAM SVE ONO ŠTO ŽELIM DA IMAM
(I Already Am Everything I Want to Have)
directed by Dane Komljen
FDU, Serbia

“The jury was extremely impressed with the quality of the selection, particularly the excellence of the directors’ work with actors. All the films strove to find unique ways of harnessing cinematographic vision with delicate and often haunting performances.” Atom Egoyan

The awarded films will receive 15 000 € for the First Prize, 11 250 € for the Second Prize and 7 500 € for the Third Prize.
The 13 competing films have been selected among over 1500 submitted.

Films of directors from previous Cinéfondation Selections are present in different sections of the Festival: Tender Son – The Frankenstein Project by Kornél Mundruczó in Competition, Pál Adrienn by Ágnes Kocsis at Un Certain Regard, All Good Children by Alicia Duffy at the Directors’ Fortnight and Cynthia todavia tiene las llaves by Gonzalo Tobal at the Critic’s Week.
The Cinéfondation Selection, created in 1998, is proud to have accompanied the work and development of these new talents of international cinema.

However the winners can be hardly seen by a wide audience, you will might catch them on some other short film festivals.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

GRAND PRIX
BLUE SOFA
de Lara Fremder, Giuseppe Baresi, Pippo Delbono
Italie

PRIX SPÉCIAL DU JURY
ELLA
de Hanne Larsen
Norvège

PRIX DU PUBLIC
SINNA MAN (L’homme en colère)
d’Anita Killi
Norvège

PRIX DE LA JEUNESSE
EFECTO DOMINO (Effet domino)
de Gabriel Gauchet
Cuba, Allemagne

PRIX CANAL+
GLENN OWEN DODDS
de Frazer Bailey
Australie

PRIX DES MÉDIATHÈQUES
I LOVE LUCI (J’aime Luci)
de Colin Kennedy
Royaume-Uni, Danemark

PRIX DE LA PRESSE INTERNATIONAL SFR
ON THE RUN WITH ABDUL (En cavale avec Abdul)
de David Lalé, James Newton et Kristian Hove
Royaume-Uni

The winners will be announced at the Centre de Congrès in Lyon on 7 March.

The nominees are:

Best European Director of the Year

* Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Craig Frank and Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen (Denmark) for «Journey to Saturn»
* Jacques-Rémy Girerd (France) for «Mia and the Migoo»
* Tomm Moore (Ireland) for «The Secret of Kells»

Best European Distributor of the Year

* BAC Films (France)
* Intersonic (Slovak Republic)
* Lusomundo (Portugal)

Best European Producer of the Year

* Anima Vitae / Cinemaker (Finland) / Ulysses (Germany) / A. Film (Denmark) / Magma Films (Ireland) for «Niko & the Way to the Stars»
* Crone Film (Denmark) / Sola Media (Germany) for «Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms»
* Kandor Graphics / Perro Verde Films / Green Moon (Spain) for «The Missing Lynx»
* Cartoon Saloon (Ireland) / Les Armateurs (France) / Vivi Film (Belgium) for «The Secret of Kells»

The organisers of Cartoon Movie also announced that the Danish film «Journey to Saturn» has been chosen to open the event on Wednesday 4 March. Produced by A. Film and directed by Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Craig Frank and Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, this unconventional CGI animation tells with adult humour the space journey of an incompetent crew of Danish astronauts. Based on the classic Danish graphic novel by Claus Deleuran the film was released last September in Denmark.

Cartoon Movie 2009 is organised with the support of the Media Programme of the European Union, CNC (Centre Nationale du Cinématographie), the Rhône Alpes Region, Greater Lyon and in collaboration with the Cluster Rhône Alpes Imaginove (Lyon).