Τρίτη 23.04.2024 ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ

The award-winning films at Animation Festival ICONA 2019 in Corfu

festival
04 Δεκεμβρίου 2019 / 10:14

CORFU. The 3-day international Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival (ICONA 2019) ended on Sunday.

The Festival was organised for the first time in Corfu by the Ionian University Department of Audiovisual Arts as part of the CIAK project (“Common Initiatives to AcKnowledge and valorize tourism potential of the programme area through cinema”).

There were competitive sections in the Festival (regular and students) and there was a total of 135 films (72 short films and 63 student films) from 48 countries.

The judging panel was made up of Konstantinos Tiligadis - Ionian University, Vassilis Karamitsanis - President of ASIFAHELLAS and Panayiotis Kyriakoulakos - Aegean University.

The following films won awards:

Regular Section

1st: WakaHuia / Laurent Leprince (Belgium)
2nd: DrawingLife / Luciano Lagares (Brazil)
3rd: Dalia’s still Here / Nuria Menchaca (Mexico)

Student Section

1st: Gunpowder / R.Faure, N.Perron, L.Detrain, B.deGeyerd'Orth, P.Lin, A.Kubiak (France)
2nd: Daughter / Daria Kashcheeva (Czech Republic)
3rd: o28 / O. Caussé, G. Collin, L. Grardel, A. Marchand, R. Merle, F. Meyran (France)


The public also voted electronically and the following films won the Public Awards:

Regular Section

1st: DrawingLife / Luciano Lagares (Brazil)
2nd: Obsolescence / Jesús Martínez Tormo(Spain)
3rd: The Fox / Sadegh JavadiNikjeh (Iran)

Special Mention: Restless / Μehdi Sedighi (Iran)
Special Mention: Mr. Angle / Mattia Bioli (Italy)
Special Mention: 09:09 F / Avinash Medhe (Italy)

Student Section

1st: Love Me, Fear Me / Veronica Solomon (Germany)
2nd: The Quiet / Radheya Jegatheva (Australia)
3rd: Gunpowder / R. Faure, N. Perron, L.Detrain, B.deGeyerd'Orth, P.Lin, A.Kubiak (France)

Special Mention: o28 / O. Caussé, G. Collin, L. Grardel, A. Marchand, R. Merle, F. Meyran (France)

Special Mention: Adam & Eve MkII / Sebastian Kuder (UK)
Special Mention: SIGH / Vlad Bolgarin (Moldavia)
Special Mention: BUG / Joaquín Ortiz (Argentina)
Special Mention: Hungry / G.Υ. Infanzon, P. G. Diéguez, J. A. Conde Martín, I. T. Salvador (Spain)


The great success of the ICONA 2019 Festival reinforces the desire of the Department of Audiovisual Arts to hold the event annually following its educational and research activities in the field of animation.

The CIAK project, which receives funding of 900,000 Euros from the InterregV –A Greece-Italy Programme 2014-2020, aims to strengthen the audiovisual network in the participating Greek regions (Ionian Islands, Western Greece and Epirus) with specific educational activities aimed at industry professionals, to fund audiovisual products and to organise screenings (festivals) in each of the regions. This support will have a positive impact on the local economy, employment and tourism.

The Ionian University participates in the CIAK project with the Department of Audiovisual Arts under Associate Professor Michalis Panagopoulos, which has undertaken the organisation of educational activities and the ICONA Festival. 

The other Greek partners are the Ionian Islands, Western Greece and Epirus  Regional Administrations and the senior partner is the Apulia Film Commission Foundation from Italy.