Henry's Garden Wins at BIMINI

Animation World Network

April 13th, 2004

 

The 2nd Annual International Animated Film Festival "BIMINI" took place April 1-4, 2004 in the city of Riga, Latvia.

The animated film festival "Bimini" has received annual status and is currently the only festival of the kind in Latvia. The festival encourages exchange of creative experience, search of new ideas, styles and technologies as well as integration of Latvian animation into the global cinema process.

Another aim of the festival is the introduction of young animators into the world of professional animation of high artistic standards. The program includes animated films both for children and adults that are translated into Latvian and Russian. The festival features competition and non-competition film screenings as well as a retrospective and an informative program.

The winners are:


Grand-Prix of the Festival
LEGEND OF THE ORIGIN OF CRAWFISH - Valentin Olshvang (Russia)

The Best Film Up To 5 Min.
NIBBLES - Christopher Hinton (U.S.)

The Best Animated Film From 5 To 10 Min.
HENRY'S GARDEN - Moon Seun (U.S.)

The Best Animated Film From 10 To 30 Min.
INSTINCT - Rao Heidmets (Estonia)

The Best Animated Film Over 30 Min.
ABRAFAXE, UNDER THE BLACK FLAG - Tony Power, Gerhard Hahn (Germany)

The Best Experimental Animated Film
ORIGIN OF THE WORLD - Katarina Kerekesova (Slovakia)

The Best Animated Film For Children
BOXED IN - Will Becher (U.K.)

The Best Debut
EXTN. 21 - Lizzie Oxby (U.K.)

Special Diploma For Expressive Emotion Of Love And Faithfulness
TEARDROP - Niina Nevalainen (Finland)

Special Diploma For Skillful Reflection Of Our Everyday Life Through Magnifying Glass
KALA - Jonathan Davies (Finland)

Special Diploma For Graphic Humor
NEXT - Anatoliy Lavrenishin (Ukraine)

Special Diploma For Humanity
THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY - Ulo Pikkov (Estonia)

Special Diploma For Creavity
THE MECHANICS - David Sukup (Czech Republic)

Special Diploma For Economy Of Expression
ROOF SEX – PES (U.S.)

For more information on the event, visit www.bimini.lv.