Short films:
The Annecy Cristal: "La maison en petits cubes"
Directed by: Kunio Kato
Country : Japan
Year :2008
Running time :12 mn 03 s

Special distinction: "Berni's Doll"
Directed by: Yann J.
Country : France
Year : 2007
Running time : 11 mn 30 s

Special distinction: "Morana"
Directed by: Simon Bogojevic Narath
Country: Croatia, France
Year : 2008
Running time: 12 mn 40 s

Junior Jury Award for a short film: "La maison en petits cubes"
Directed by: Kunio Kato
Country : Japan
Year :2008
Running time: 12 mn 03 s

Audience Award: "Skhizein"
Directed by: Jérémy Clapin
Country: France
Year: 2007
Running time: 13 mn 40 s

FIPRESCI award: "Ona koja mjeri"
Directed by: Veljko Popovic
Country: Croatia
Year: 2008
Running time: 06 mn 50 s

Jean-Luc Xiberras award for a first film: "Portraits ratés à Sainte-Hélène"
Directed by: Cédric Villain
Country: France
Year: 2007
Running time: 07 mn 15 s

Sacem Award: "KJFG No 5"
Directed by: Alexei Alexeev
Country: Hungary
Year: 2007
Running time: 02 mn 10 s

Jury's special award: "La dama en el umbral"
Directed by: Jorge Dayas
Country: Spain
Year: 2007
Running time: 14 mn 20 s

Feature films:

The Cristal for best feature: "Sita Sings the Blues"
Directed by: Nina Paley
Country: United States
Year: 2008
Running time: 01 h 22 mn 00 s

Special distinction: "Idiots & Angels"
Directed by: Bill Plympton
Country: United States
Year: 2008
Running time: 01 h 18 mn 00 s

Audience award: "Die Drei Räuber"
Directed by: Hayo Freitag
Country : Germany
Year: 2007
Running time: 01 h 19 mn 00 s

TV series:

The Cristal for best TV production: Moot Moot "L'enfer de la mode"
Directed by: François Reczulski
Country: France
Year: 2007
Running time: 13 mn 00 s

Special award for a TV series: Talented Mouse "Catnip", "Pest Controller", "Oasis"
Directed by: Leigh Hodgkinson
Country: Great Britain
Year: 2007
Running time: 04 mn 30 s

TV specials:

TV special award: "Engel zu Fuss"
Directed by: Saschka Unseld, Jakob Schuh
Country: Germany
Year: 2008
Running time: 06 mn 00 s

Advertising films:

Educationnal, scientific or industrial film award: Bibigon "Factually Fun Idents X 9"
Directed by: Steve Smith
Country: Great Britain
Year: 2007
Running time: 03 mn 00 s

Advertising or promotional film award: Sony Bravia "Play-Doh"
Directed by: Frank Budgen, Darren Walsh
Country: Great Britain
Year: 2007
Running time: 01 mn 30 s

Music video:

Award for best music video: Annuals "Dry Clothes"
Directed by: Trunk Animation
Country: Great Britain
Year: 2007
Running time: 03 mn 20 s

Graduation films:

Special distinction: "Le voyageur"
Directed by: Johan Pollefoort
Country: Belgium
Year: 2007
Running time: 06 mn 20 s

CANAL+FAMILY Award for a graduation film: "Oktapodi"
Directed by: Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi
Country: France
Year: 2007
Running time: 02 mn 27 s

Junior Jury Award for a graduation film: "Margot"
Directed by: Gerlando Infuso
Country: Belgium
Year: 2007
Running time: 11 mn 00 s

Award for best graduation film: "Camera obscura"
Directed by: Gerlando Infuso
Country: Belgium
Year: 2007
Running time: 11 mn 00 s

Jury's special award: "My Happy End"
Directed by: Milen Vitanov
Country: Germany, Bulgaria
Year: 2007
Running time: 05 mn 10 s

Unicef award: "Hugh"
Directed by: Mathieu Navarro, Sylvain Nouveau, François Pommiez , Aurore Turbe
Country: France
Year: 2007
Running time: 08 mn 55 s

CITIA, the Festival and Mifa organiser, and its
team would like to thank all the sponsors and participants for helping make the 2007 Festival such a memorable one.

Mifa 2007 headline report

The 17th Mifa took place from 13th - 15th June 2007 With new energy introduced by the organising team 3 recruitment sessions were held (DreamWorks, Disney, Marathon...) along with some very fruitful discussion between artists, directors (Rintaro, Carlos Saldanha, Bibo Bergeron...) and decision-makers.

The professional conferences attracted large numbers of public from the first day, whether for topics to do with feature fi lm making, writing for animation or ‘making-ofs’ (Persepolis, Surf’s Up, Shrek III).

Running in parallel with Mifa, various other happenings punctuated the three day gathering: opening party sponsored by Fondation Groupama Gan for the cinema, Creators party sponsored by Autodesk, Mifa opening party co-organised with the Benelux (Film Fund Luxembourg, Flanders Image, NIAF and Wallonie Buxelles
Images), Cocktails (Imaginove, Arte, Argentine Film Commission, Nerima, Marathon...), “Les Espoirs de l’animation” (Canal Junior/ SPFA), and a press conference held by Joann Sfar about his Le Chat du Rabbin feature film project...

The next Festival paying tribute to India will take place from 9 to 14 June 2008.

The Annecy Cristal: “Peter & The Wolf”
Directed By: Suzie Templeton
(United Kingdom)

Special Distinction: “The Tale Of How”
Produced By: The Blackheart Gang
(South Africa)

The Canal+ Award: “Premier Voyage”
Directed By: Grégoire Sivan
(France)

Junior Jury Award For A Short Film: “Même Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis”
Directed By: Samuel Tourneux
(France)

Audience Award: “Peter & The Wolf”
Directed By: Suzie Templeton
(United Kingdom)

Fipresci Award: “The Runt”
Directed By: Andreas Hykade
(Germany)

Jean-Luc Xiberras Award For A First Film: “Devochka Dura”
Directed By: Zojya Kireeva
(Russian Federation)

Sacem Award: “L'homme De La Lune”
Directed By: Serge Elissalde
(France)

Jury's Special Award: “The Pearce Sisters”
Directed By: Luis Cook
(United Kingdom)

The Cristal For Best Feature: “Slipp Jimmy Fri”
Directed By: Christopher Nielsen
(Norway)

Special Distinction: “La Traversée Du Temps”
Directed By: Mamoru Hosoda
(Japan)

Audience Award: Max & Co”
Directed By: Samuel Guillaume And Frédéric Guillaume
(Switzerland)

The Cristal For Best Tv Production: “Shaun The Sheep ‘Still Life’"
Directed By: Christopher Sadler
(United Kingdom)

Special Award For A Tv Series: “Charlie And Lola "I Will Be Especially, Very Careful’”
Directed By: Kitty Taylor
(United Kingdom)

Tv Special Award: “The Wrong Trainers”
Directed By: Kez Margrie
(United Kingdom)

Unicef Award: “The Wrong Trainers”
Directed By: Kez Margrie
(United Kingdom)

Educationnal, Scientific Or Industrial Film Award: Bloot "Seks"
Directed By: Mischa Kamp
(Netherlands)

Advertising Or Promotional Film Award: United Airlines "The Meeting"
Directed By: Wendy Tilby And Amanda Forbis
(United States)

Award For Best Music Video: Gérald Genty "Plaire"
Directed By: Patrick Beraud Dit Volve
(France)

Graduation Films
Ex Æquo Special Distinction: “Beton”
Directed By: Ariel Belinco And Michael Faust
(Israel)

Ex Æquo Special Distinction: “The Wraith Of Cobble Hill”
Directed By: Adam Parrish King
(United States)

Junior Jury Award For A Graduation Film: “Welcome To White Chapel District”
Directed By: Marie Vieillevie
(France)

Award For Best Graduation Film: “T.O.M.”
Directed By: Tom Brown And Daniel Benjamin Gray
(United Kingdom)

Jury's Special Award: “Milk Teeth”
Directed By: Tibor Banoczki
(United Kingdom)