Trib­utes 2025

The producers behind some of the most relevant recent European animated films will be contending for the Producer of the Year award. The list of nominees includes Barletta Productions (Czechia), NOVINSKI (Slovakia) & Novanima Productions (France) for "Living Large"; Dream Well Studio (Latvia), Sacrebleu Productions (France) & Take Five (Belgium) for "Flow"; and Je Suis Bien Content (France), Gao Shan Pictures (France) & ZEILT Productions (Luxembourg) for "Into the Wonderwoods".

Among the contenders for Distributor of the Year are companies from France, Denmark and Germany. Kinology is a Paris-based world sales and (co-)production entity representing some of the most ambitious and innovative European feature films starring international talents such as Leos Carax's "Annette", "Mustang", "Spring Breakers", Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis", Amirpour’s "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" and "Buried". Kinology recently produced the $25M heist action lingo "Overdrive", Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" and the Sony romance fantasy release "A Mermaid in Paris".

LevelK is a Copenhagen based international film sales and aggregation house. Rooted in Nordic values such as trust, transparency, equality, and freedom of speech, they employ a carefully targeted bespoke sales, marketing, and festivals strategy for each of their titles.

Completing this category is The Playmaker, from Germany. Their international sales catalogue showcases their primary emphasis on family entertainment (animation & live action movies for kids) as well as genre films such as horror, thriller, action, and science fiction. Occasionally they represent prestigious dramas, which have the potential of being esteemed festival contenders.

Lastly, the award for Director of the Year will be disputed among helmers from Switzerland, France and Spain. Switzerland's representative, Claude Barras, directed a poignant animated film, "Savages", that seduced during its special screening at the last Cannes Festival.

Jean-François Laguionie, one of the greatest French directors, comes back under the spotlight with a selection at the last Cannes Festival for "A Boat in the Garden" / "Slocum et moi", nearly 50 years after "Rowing Across the Atlantic", which won him the Palme d'or for short films in 1978.

And the last contestent is María Trénor, famously known for "Con qué la lavaré?". For her first feature, she premiered in the main competition at Annecy Festival for her movie based on Robert Wyatt's 1974 album, "Rock Bottom.

• Director of the year: Jérémie Périn for “Mars Express” (France)

• Distributor of the year: Eurozoom (France)

• Producer of the year: Animagrad (FILM.UA Group) (Ukraine) for “Mavka. The Forest Song”

• Director of the year: Mascha Halberstad for "OINK" (Netherlands)

• Distributor of the year: KMBO (France)

• Producer of the year: Les Films du Tambour de Soie, Vivement Lundi !, and Foliascope (France), Graffiti Film (Italy), Nadasdy Film (Switzerland), Ocidental Filmes (Portugal), and Lux Fugit Film (Belgium) for “No Dogs or Italians Allowed”

• Director of the year: Jonas Poher Rasmussen for "Flee" (Denmark)

• Distributor of the year: Charades (France)

• Producer of the year: Fresh Films (Czech Republic) / Les Films du Cygne (France) / Cinemart SK (Slovakia) / Animoon (Poland) for "Even Mice Belong in Heaven ".

Due to the sanitary crisis, Cartoon Movie 2021 was held digitally. The Cartoon Movie Tributes 2021 had been cancelled.

• Director of the year: Zabou Breitman & Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec for “The Swallows of Kabul” (France).

• Distributor of the year: Lumière (Belgium)

• Producer of the year: Xilam Animation (France) / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (France) for “I Lost my Body” by Jérémy Clapin.

• Director of the year: Salvador Simó for "Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles" (Spain).

• Distributor of the year: Sola Media (Germany)

• Producer of the year: Submarine (Netherlands) for (co)-producing 6 animated films today: "Coppelia", "Fox & Hare save the Forest", "Where is Anne Frank?", "Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles", "My Grandfather used to say he saw Demons" and "In the Forest"

• Directors of the year: Dorota Kobiela (Poland) & Hugh Welchman (UK) for "Loving Vincent"

• Distributor of the year: Latido Films (Spain)

• Producer of the year: Platige Films, Kanaki Films, Walking the Dog, Wüste Film, Animationsfabrik, Puppetworks (Poland / Spain / Belgium / Germany / Hungary) for "Another Day of Life"

• Director of the year: Claude Barras for “My Life as a Courgette” (Switzerland)

• Distributor of the year: Angel Films (Denmark)

• Producers of the year: Rita Productions (Switzerland), Blue Spirit Productions & Gebeka Films (France) for “My Life as a Courgette”

• Director of the year: Rémi Chayé for “Long Way North” (France)

• Distributor of the year: SF Film (Denmark)

• Producers of the year: Ulysses Filmproduktion, Fabrique d’images, Grid Animation & Moetion Films (Germany / Luxembourg / Belgium / Ireland) for "Ooops! Noah is gone..."

• Directors of the year: Mark Burton and Richard Starzak for "Shaun the Sheep" (United Kingdom)

• Distributor of the year: INDIE SALES (France)

• Producer of the year: TeamTO (France) for "Yellowbird"

• Rhône-Alpes Personality of the year: Patrick Eveno and Mickaël Marin, in charge of The Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its Market (Mifa)

• Producer of the year: Walking The Dog (Belgium)

• Distributor of the year: Le Pacte (France)

• Directors of the year: Thomas Szabo & Hélène Giraud for “Minuscule” (France)

• Rhône-Alpes Personality of the year: Folimage’s founder Jacques-Rémy Girerd, director of films such as “Raining Cats and Dogs”, “Mia and the Migoo” and more recently “Aunt Hilda!”

• Producer of the year: Les Armateurs (France)

• Distributor of the year: TF1 International (France)

• Director of the year: Peter Lord for "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" (United Kingdom)

• Producer of the year: Perro Verde Films (Spain)

• Distributor of the year: Cinéart (Belgium)

• Director of the year: Rémi Bezançon & Jean-Christophe Lie for «Zarafa» (France)

• Producer of the year: France 3 Cinéma (France)

• Distributor of the year: STUDIOCANAL (France)

• Director of the year: Pierre Coffin for «Despicable Me» (France / USA)

• Producer of the year: nWave Pictures (Belgium)

• Distributor of the year: Wild Bunch Distribution (France)

• Director of the year: Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar for "Panique au Village" (Belgium)

• Producer of the year: Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Les Armateurs (France) & Vivi Film (Belgium)

• Distributor of the year: BAC Films (France)

• Director of the year: Tomm Moore (Ireland) for "The Secret of Kells"

• Producer of the year: Prima Linea Production (France)

• Distributor of the year: Europa Distribution

• Director of the year: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud for "Persepolis"

• Producer of the year: Alphanim (France)

• Distributor of the year: Scanbox (Denmark)

• Director of the year: Michael Hegner and Karsten Kiilerich (Denmark) for “The Ugly Duckling and Me!”

• Producer of the year: Aardman (UK)

• Distributor of the year: Gebeka Films (France)

• Director of the year: Nick Park and Steve Box for «Wallace & Gromit: The curse of the Were-Rabbit» (UK / USA)

• Producer of the year: Ralph Christiaens (Ireland)

• Distributor of the year: France 3 Cinéma (France)

• Director of the year: Piet De Rycker & Thilo Rothkirch for “Laura Star” (Germany)

• A Film (Denmark)

• Folimage (France)

• Pathé Europe (France)

• Didier Brunner (France)

• Filmax (Spain)

• Robert Rea (France)

• Cinéart (Belgium)

• Rothkirch Cartoon Film (Germany)

• Trickompany (Germany)

• A Film (Denmark)

• Aardman (UK)

• Cecchi Gori (Italy)

• Michel Ocelot, Didier Brunner & Marc Bonny (Fance)

• MFA (Germany)