Platform International Animation Festival 2007 Competition Award Winners

Platform International Animation Festival 2007 Competition Award Winners

PORTLAND, Ore., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- PLATFORM International Animation Festival announces competition award winners during closing ceremonies of a six day long program in Portland, Oregon. Awards were given in categories covering commercial and independent films, student animation, installations and films for new platforms, including cell phones and the Internet. In total, more than $50,000 was awarded to the winning artists.

"We truly feel that we have accomplished our goal in creating a literal platform for artists, innovation, debate and discussion as well as set the stage to explore new developments in animation," said festival director Irene Kotlarz. "We had a wide variety of quality work submitted for competition. The judges had to make some extremely tough decisions when determining the winners of this year's competition."

   PLATFORM COMPETITION WINNERS:     Grand Prix    THE PEARCE SISTERS    Luis Cook     Grand Prix/ Installation    NO NEVER ALONE    Gregory Barsamian     Student Grand Prix    GUY 101    Ian Gouldstone     Student Grand Prix    DREAMING OF LUCID LIVING    Miwa Matreyek     Best Film Under $5,000    EVERYTHING WILL BE OK    Don Hertzfeldt     Best Film Under $50,000    RABBIT    Run Wrake     Distinguished Jury Award    GOD ON OUR SIDE    Uri Kranot and Michal Pfeffer     Best Film Over $50,000    TOWER BAWHER    Theodore Ushev     Best Promotional Film    VODAFONE MAYFLY    Darren Walsh     Best Title Sequence    THE SOUTH BANK SHOW    SSSR     Best Art Direction    PEARCE SISTERS    Luis Cook     Best Sound    I MET THE WALRUS    Josh Raskin     Best Music Video    THE KNIFE: WE SHARE OUR MOTHER'S HEALTH    Motomichi Nakamura     Most Innovative    STABILITY & WILDLIFE    Karolina Sobecka     Best Performance by Animated Character    NO ROOM FOR GEROLD    Daniel Nocke     Best Installation    REDUCED CONCEPTION    Daniela Repas     Best Film For the Internet    SECRET LIVES OF ROBOTS    Lee Rubenstein     Best Film For Mobile Devices    OFFICE BUDDIES: STAPLER FACE OFF    Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson     Best Film for Children    ADVENTURE TIME    Pendleton Ward     Best Series for Children    SHAUN THE SHEEP: STILL LIFE    Chris Sadler     Audience Choice Award/Best Installation    DREAMING OF LUCID LIVING    Miwa Matreyek     Audience Choice Award/Best Film    TRAGIC STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING    Regina Pessoa     Audience Choice Award/Best Mobile    SOU    Theodore Ushev    About PLATFORM International Animation Festival  

PLATFORM is a boundary-breaking international animation festival and competition sponsored by Cartoon Network, that debuted June 25-30, 2007 in Portland, Oregon. The Festival program featured premieres and retrospectives, exclusive screenings, guest speakers, exhibitions, workshops with leading artists, parties and networking opportunities with industry insiders. The festivals' program represented work of other art forms including comics, illustration, character and toy design, motion graphics, gallery art and live action cinema. For more information about PLATFORM go to: www.platformfestival.com.

   Media Contacts:   Alisa MacDonnell   alisa@platformfestival.com   (415) 407-9293    Shawn Bowman   shawn@platformfestival.com   503-470-0087  

Source: PLATFORM International Animation Festival

CONTACT: Alisa MacDonnell, +1-415-407-9293, or
alisa@platformfestival.com, or Shawn Bowman, +1-503-470-0087, or
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Web site: http://www.platformfestival.com/

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