At the Annecy Festival, a list of winners that praises gentleness

"Arco," by Ugo Bienvenu, won the Cristal for Best Feature Film at the Annecy Festival on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Remembers – Mountain A
"Arco," by Ugo Bienvenu, received the Cristal for Best Animated Feature Film at the Annecy Festival, which closed on Saturday, June 14, with a prize list highlighting films dreaming of sweetness and friendship, such as the charming "Les bottes de la nuit," by Pierre-Luc Granjon, best animated short film.
A few grams of sweetness in a brutal world: this, in short, is what the awards ceremony of the 49th Animation Film Festival offered. After an edition rich in films concerned with the ills of the world and humanity (war, child abuse, and nervous breakdown, among the most joyful subjects), the juries seemed to have wanted to escape the burning news to reward works praising reverie and tenderness.
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