Cartoon d’Or 2013
The pan-European award for the best animated short film
The Cartoon d’Or is the pan-European award for the best animated short film of the year. Granted by CARTOON – the European Association of Animation Film with the support of the MEDIA Programme, it rewards the best of the best since only prize-winning films from the major European festivals can compete. Amongst this short list, a jury of international experts selects five finalists and a winner. The Cartoon d’Or is annually awarded in September during the Cartoon Forum, the forum for the co-production, financing and distribution of European animation for TV and new media. The purpose of the Cartoon d’Or is to act as a pipeline between short film directors and the industry, and to help talented artists start a new project.
Launched in 1991, the first Cartoon d’Or went to British director Nick Park, still unknown at the time, for his film Creature Comforts. Other great names have followed, such as Sylvain Chomet, Jacques-Rémy Girerd, Mark Baker, Michael Dudok De Wit, Joanna Quinn, Benjamin Renner, David O’Reilly, Kaspar Jancis, Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels.
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Betty’s Blues
A young guitarist tries his luck in an old blues dive in Louisiana. He remembers the legend of Blind Boogie Jones, in the New Orleans of the 1920s, a story of love and revenge…
Head Over Heels
After many years of marriage, Walter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, their equilibrium comes crashing down, and the couple that can’t agree which way is up must find a way put their marriage back together.
Kali, the Little Vampire
This is the story about a boy not like the others who dreams about finding his place in the world. As the moon passes trough different phases, also Kali should face his inner demons, pass trough his fears to, at last, come across his passage to light. One day he will disappear… or maybe it’s just another phase of a cycle.
I am Tom Moody
A Surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled musician as he struggles to sing.
Off the Track
Chloe takes her driving test – for the ninth time.
Women's Letters
On the battle fields of the First World War, the nurse Simon patches up the shattered faces of the infantrymen with love letters. These words from beloved women have the power to heal the wounds of these paper soldiers.