Fantoche is an animation film festival with international participation and takes place each year in the city of Baden, Switzerland.

The first Fantoche took place in 1995 with the goal to enrich the Swiss cultural life with an animation film festival of international reach. Today, Fantoche has become indeed an inter branch meeting point for visual media. All kinds of different animation films, most of them Short films but some feature-length movies as well, are shown in four different cinemas.

The festival sets various priorities like the Swiss film industry, children's film, history, Asia, the US, etc. The competition programme aims to challenge the artistic border of animation film and to push it forward.

Award winner

In 2005 an amount of 23'000 Swiss francs has been awarded in the following categories:

  • High Risk – Winner Craig Welch (CA) for Welcome to Kentucky
  • Hot Talent – Winner Takashi Kimura (JP) for Striking Daughter
  • Best Visual – Winner JJ Villard (US) for Son of Satan
  • Best Sound – Winner Dmitrij Geller (RU) for Little Night Symphony
  • Best Idea/Best Script – Winner Arash Riahi (AT) for Mississippi
  • Audience Award – Winner Laura Neuvonen (FI) for The last Knit and Ivan Maksimov (RU) for The Wind Along the Coast
  • Minimotion – Winner Jean-Claude Campell (CH) for Metamorpho

In 2007, the prestigious jury prize was awarded to two Russian movies, which, in accordance to the jury, "particularly point out the innovative character of Russian animation films. The 10'000 francs worth main award was awarded to "Foolish Girl" by the Russian artist Zoija Kirejewa for "the celebration of a strange female character, an unconventional screenplay and its captured universality through brief moments of beautiful drawings, emotions and gestures".

In 2009, Fantoche introduced a Swiss competition with an award ("Best Swiss") and an Audience Award. One year later, the national award "High Swiss Risk" was awarded as well. Furthermore, were there two new awards for children's films after 2009; one jury award (which consisted of a five-headed children's jury) and a children's Audience Award.

Award winners since 2009 by category

International Competition: Best Film:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 Lucía Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña, Niles Atallah CL 2007
2010 In A Pig's Eye Atsushi Wada JP 2010
2011 The External World David OReilly DE 2010
2012 Oh Willy... Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels BE/FR/NL 2012
2013 Gloria Victoria Theodore Ushev CA 2013
2014 The Bigger Picture Daisy Jacobs GB 2014
2015 World of Tomorrow Don Hertzfeldt US 2015
2016 Before Love Igor Kovalyov RU 2015
2017 The Burden Niki Lindroth von Bahr SE 2017

Audience Award:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 Muto Blu IT 2008
2010 Sinna Mann Anita Killi NO 2009
2011 Bon voyage Fabio Friedli CH 2011
2012 Chinti Natalia Mirzoyan RU 2012
2013 Pandy Matúš Vizár SQ/CZ 2013
2014 My Own Personal Mose Leonid Shmelkov RU 2013
2015 Changeover Mehdi Alibeygi IR 2014
2016 Mr Madila Rory Waudby-Tolley GB 2015
2017 Negative Space Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata FR 2017

High Risk:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 Please Say Something

Ezurbeltzak, una fosa común

David OReilly

Izibene Oñederra

DE 2009

ES 2007

2010 Love & Theft Andreas Hykade DE 2010
2011 Two Steven Subotnick US 2011
2012 Kuhina Joni Männisto FI 2011
2013 Futon Yoriko Mizushiri JP 2012
2014 Through the Hawthorn Anna Brenner, Pia Borg, Gemma Burditt GB 2014
2015 Endgame Phil Mulloy GB 2015
2016 Monkey Jie Shen CN 2015
2017 Vilaine fille Ayce Kartal FR 2017

New Talent:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 Noteboek Evelien Lohbeck NL 2008
2010 Kuchao Masaki Okuda JP 2010
2011 Chroniques de la poisse Osman Cerfon FR 2010
2012 Belly Julia Pott GB 2011
2013 Ziegenort Tomasz Popakul PL 2013
2014 The Wound Anna Budanova RU 2013
2015 The Pride of Strathmoor Einar Baldvin US 2014
2016 Forever Zhong Su CN 2016
2017 Ugly Nikita Diakur DE 2017

Best Story (awarded till 2013):

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 Chainsaw Dennis Tupicoff AU 2007
2010 Divers in the Rain Olga Pärn, Priit Pärn EE 2010
2011 Tord och Tord Niki Lindroth von Bahr SE 2010
2012 The Great Rabbit Atsushi Wada FR/JP 2012
2013 Pandy Matúš Vizár SQ/CZ 2013

Best Visual:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 Madame Tutli-Putli Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski CA 2007
2010 Get Real! Evert de Beijer NL 2010
2011 Amar Isabel Herguera ES 2010
2012 What happens when children don't eat soup Pawel Prewencki PL 2011
2013 Bath Tomeck Ducki PL/GB 2013
2014 Wonder Mirai Mizue JP/FR 2014
2015 Erlkönig Georges Schwizgebel CH 2015
2016 Among the Black Waves Anna Budanova RU 2016

Best Sound:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 Drux Flux Theodore Ushev CA 2008
2010 Divers in the Rain Olga Pärn, Priit Pärn EE 2010
2011 Amar Isabel Herguera ES 2010
2012 663114 Isamu Horabayashi JP 2012
2013 Sock Skewer Street 8 Elli Vuorinen FI 2013
2014 Snow Hut Yoriko Mizushiri JP 2013
2015 Rhizome Boris Labbé FR 2015
2016 Any Road Boris Labbé, Daniele Ghisi FR 2016
2017 Impossible Figures and Other Stories II Marta Pajek PL 2016

National Competition:

Best Swiss:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 Flowerpots

Retouches

Rafael Sommerhalder

Georges Schwizgebel

GB/CH 2008

CH/CA 2008

2010 Miramare Michaela Müller HR/CH 2009
2011 Bon voyage Fabio Friedli CH 2011
2012 La Nuit de l'Ours Samuel und Fred Guillaume CH 2012
2013 Plug & Play Michael Frei CH 2013
2014 Oh Wal Joana Locher CH 2014
2015 Erlkönig Georges Schwizgebel CH 2015
2016 Das Leben ist hart Simon Schnellmann DE/CH 2015
2017 Airport Michaela Müller CH/HR 2017

Audience Award:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 Signalis Adrian Flückiger CH 2008
2010 Heimatland Andrea Schneider, Loretta Arnold, Marius Portmann, Fabio Friedli CH 2010
2011 Borderline Dustin Rees CH 2011
2012 La Nuit de l'Ours Samuel und Fred Guillaume CH 2012
2013 The Kiosk Anete Melece CH 2013
2014 Aubade Mauro Carraro CH 2012
2015 D'ombres et d'ailes Elice Meng, Eleonora Marinoni CH/FR 2015
2016 Analysis Paralysis Anete Melece CH 2016
2017 In a Nutshell Fabio Friedli CH 2017

High Swiss Risk:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2010 Cronache marxiane Laura Solari CH 2009
2011 Logged In Stephanie Cuérel, Joshua Schaub CH 2010
2012 Zmitzt drin Cecile Brun CH 2011
2013 Washed Ashore Jonas Ott NL 2012
2014 Cyclopèdes Mathieu Epiney CH 2014
2015 Ivan's Need Veronica L. Montaño, Manuela Leuenberger, Lukas Suter CH 2015
2016 Analysis Paralysis Anete Melece CH 2016
2017 Living Like Heta Bianca Caderas, Isabella Luu, Kerstin Zemp CH 2017

Award „Best Kids“:

Best Kids:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 The Incredible Story of My Great Grandmother Olive Alberto Rodriguez GB 2009
2010 Der präzise Peter Martin Schmidt DE 2010
2011 Fluffy Mc Cloud Conor Finnegan IE 2010
2012 Zing Kyra Buschor, Cynthia Collings DE 2012
2013 Hedgehogs and the City Evalds Lacis LV 2013
2014 Pik Pik Pik Dmitry Vysotskiy RU 2014
2015 Lila Carlos Lascano AR/ES 2014
2016 L'arbre Lucie Sunkova FR/CZ 2015
2017 Ethnophobia Joan Zhonga AL/GR 2016

Children's Audience Award:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2009 The Incredible Story of My Great Grandmother Olive Alberto Rodriguez GB 2009
2010 Der präzise Peter Martin Schmidt DE 2010
2011 Fluffy Mc Cloud Conor Finnegan IE 2010
2012 Zing Kyra Buschor, Cynthia Collings DE 2012
2013 Hedgehogs and the City Evalds Lacis LV 2013
2014 Le vélo de l’éléphant Olesya Shchukina FR/BE, 2014
2015 Johnny Express Kyungmin Woo KR 2014
2016 Taking the Plunge Elizabeth Ku-Herrero, Nicolas Manfredi, Marie Raoult, Thaddaeus Andreades US 2015
2017 Ethnophobia Joan Zhonga AL/GR 2016

Other categories:

Badener Prize of honour:

Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year
2015 Tik Tak Ülo Pikkov EE 2015
2016 Blind Vaysha Theodore Ushev CA 2016

A selection of the films can be watched in different Swiss cities under the name Fantoche on Tour.

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