Bucheon International Animation Festival – Winners 2015

We present the list winners of the festival.

The 17th edition of the Bucheon International Animation Film Festival was held in the city of Bucheon (South Korea) from the 23rd until the 27th of October. This event objective is to spread the true charm of animation genre and to grow as an expert animation film festival in Asia. This year the organizers named Sunny (from Girl’s Generation) as the Festival Ambassador.

Grand Prize Awards
Feature Film

Miss Hokusai by Hara Keiichi – Japan | 2015 – 90 min.

Short Film

Beach Flags by Sarah Saidan – France | 2014 – 14 min.

Graduation Film

Cocoon by Yeo Eun-a – South Korea | 2015 – 13 min.

Jury Special Prize (The Catholic University of Korea)
Best Feature Film

Eden’s Edge by Gerhard Treml and Leo Calice
Austria, USA | 2014 – 61 min.

Jury Special Prize (Yuhan University)
Best Short Film

Erlking by Georges Schwizgebel – Switzerland | 2015 – 6 min.

Jury Special Prize (Yoo Kwang-Sun Prize)
Graduation Film

Don’t tell mom by Kabuki Sawako – Japan | 2015 – 4 min.

Jury Special Prize (Korea Animation Producers Association)
International

Dimitri in Ubuyu by Agnés Lecreux
France, Switzerland, Belgium | 2014 – 28 min.

Domestic

Grami´s Circus Show Season 2 by Shin Chang-hwan
South Korea | 2014 – 10 min.

Audience Awards
NH Bank Bucheon-branch Prize
Feature Film

Yowamushi Pedal the Movie by Nabeshima Osamu and Naganuma Norihiro
Japan | 2015 – 90 min.

The Korean Society of Cartoon & Animation Studies
Short Film

Smart Monkey by Nicolas Pawlowski and Winshluss
France | 2014 – 18 min.

Graduation Film

I wanna be your friend by Ogawa Iku – Japan | 2015 – 5 min.

Best Online Prize

Buy one, get one free by Huh Su-young – South Korea | 2015 – 11 min.

Special Awards
Special Distinction Prize

Phantom Boy by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Belgium, France | 2015 – 84 min.

Netizen Choice
Domestic

Memory Laundry by Ga Kyung-ran, Kim Hye-jin and Lee You-lim
South Korea | 2015 – 8 min.

International

Rasmey by Tévy Dubray – France | 2015 – 4 min.

Beans Road Prize

Rhizome by Boris Labbé – France | 2015 – 12 min.

DHL Diversity

Fish is what I desire by Xiang Yao – UK | 2015 – 8 min.