Fantoche is an animation film festival with international participation that takes place annually 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 a multidisciplinary meeting point for visual media. All kinds of different animated 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 program aims to challenge the artistic border of animated films and to push it forward.
Award winner In 2005, an amount of 23,000 Swiss francs was 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: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20152016Before Love Igor KovalyovRU 20152017The Burden Niki Lindroth von BahrSE 20172018Wildebeest Nikolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips BE 20172019Daughter Daria Kashcheeva CZ 20192020Something to Remember Niki Lindroth von Bahr SE 20192021The Fourth Wall Mahboobeh Kalaee IR 20212022Bird in the Peninsula Atsushi Wada FR / JP 20222023Un genre de testament Stephen Vuillemin FR 20232024This Is a Story Without a Plan Cassie Shao US 2023 Audience Award: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20142016Mr Madila Rory Waudby-Tolley GB 20152017Negative Space Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata FR 201720182019Sweet Night Lia Bertels BE 20182020Ties Dina Velikovskaya RU 20192021Affairs of the Art Joanna Quinn GB 20202022Au revoir Jérôme! Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr FR 20222023Our Uniform Yegane Moghaddam IR 20232024Pear Garden Shadab Shayegan DE 2024 High Risk: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20152016Monkey Jie Shen CN 20152017Vilaine fille Ayce Kartal FR 20172018Fest Nikita Diakur DE 20182019Acid Rain Tomek Popakul PL 20192020Freeze Frame Soetkin Verstegen SE 20192021Just a Guy Shoko Hara DE 20202022Epicenter Heeyoon Hahm KR 20222023Our Pain Shunsaku Hayashi JP 20222024HIC SVNT DRACONES Justin Fayard FR 2024 New Talent: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20142016Forever Zhong Su CN 20162017Ugly Nikita Diakur DE 20172018Bloeistraat 11 Nienke Deutz BE 20182019La plongeuse Iulia Voitova CZ 20192020Précieux Paul Mas FR 20202021Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fifty Miles a Day Mathieu Georis BE 20202022Sierra Sander Joon EE 20222023Drijf Levi Stoops BE 20232024New Talent Tabac froid, Arthur Jamain FR 2023 Best Story (awarded 2009-2013): YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20152016Among the Black Waves Anna Budanova RU 20162022Au revoir Jérôme! Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr FR 20222024Pear Garden Shadab Shayegan DE 2024 Best Sound: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20152016Any Road Boris Labbé, Daniele Ghisi FR 20162017Impossible Figures and Other Stories II Marta Pajek PL 20162018Solar Walk Réka Bucsi DK 20182019Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves Chintis Lundgren EE / HR / FR 20192020Cage Match Bryan Lee US 20192021Anxious Body Yoriko Mizushiri FR 20212023Cyclepaths Anton Cla BE 2023
National Competition:
Best Swiss: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20152016Das Leben ist hart Simon Schnellmann DE/CH 20152017Airport Michaela Müller CH/HR 20172018The Cannonball Woman Albertine Zullo, David Toutevoix CH / FR / CA 20172019The Flood is Coming Gabriel Böhmer GB / CH 20182020Aletsch Negative Laurence Bonvin CH 20192021Ecorce Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney CH 20202022La reine des renards Marina Rosset CH 20222023Die graue March Charlotte Waltert, Alvaro Schoeck CH 20232024Sans voix Samuel Patthey CH 2024
Audience Award: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20152016Analysis Paralysis Anete Melece CH 20162017In a Nutshell Fabio Friedli CH 20172018Drôle de poisson Krishna Chandran A. Nair FR / CH 20172019Le dernier jour d'automne Marjolaine Perreten GB / CH 20182020Signs Dustin Rees CH 20202021Ecorce Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney CH 20202022La reine des renards Marina Rosset CH 20222023La colline aux cailloux Marjolaine Perreten CH 20232024Dieter Rolf Broennimann CH 2024
High Swiss Risk: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20152016Analysis Paralysis Anete Melece CH 20162017Living Like Heta Bianca Caderas, Isabella Luu, Kerstin Zemp CH 20172018SELFIES Claudius Gentinetta CH 20182019KIDS Michael Frei GB / CH 20182020Little Miss Fate Joder von Rotz CH 20202021Jeroboam Bianca Caderas DE 20202022Manchmal weiss ich nicht wo die Sonne Samanta Aquilino CH 20212023Pipes Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran CH 20222024La Perra Carla Melo Gampert CO / CH 2023
New Swiss Talent: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality and year20162017Immersion Lalita Brunner CH 20162018Travelogue Tel Aviv Samuel Patthey CH 20172019Braises Estelle Gatlen, Sarah Rothenberger CH 20182020The Edge Zaide Kutay, Géraldine Cammisar CH 20202021Sauna Anna Lena Spring, Lara Perren CH 20212022The Record Jonathan Laskar CH 20222023Crevette Sven Bachmann, Noémi Knobil, Jill Vágner, Elina Huber CH 20232024About a Cow Pavla Baštanová CZ / CH 2023
Award „Best Kids“:
Best Kids: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20142016L'arbre Lucie Sunkova FR/CZ 20152017Ethnophobia Joan Zhonga AL/GR 20162018Fruits of Clouds Kateřina Karhánková CZ 20172019The Bird and the Whale Carol Freeman IE 20182020Avec le do de la cuillère Laurent Wassouf, Clément Crosnier, Edgard Cros, Theoline Chapas, Nolwenn Pétereau, Nedellec Anouk, Lucas Ancel FR 20192021Le cri Charlotte Chouisnard, Ninon Dodemant, Baptiste Leclerc, Solène Michel, Justine Parasote, Anouk Segura-Diaz FR 20202022LOOP Pablo Polledri ES 20212023The Pirate and the Cello Andreï Sokolov RU 20232024Bubbles Lezhi Xiao CN 2023
Children's Audience Award: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality 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 20142016Taking the Plunge Elizabeth Ku-Herrero, Nicolas Manfredi, Marie Raoult, Thaddaeus Andreades US 20152017Ethnophobia Joan Zhonga AL/GR 20162018Pinguin Julia Ocker DE 20172019Elefant Julia Ocker DE 20182020Apple Tree Man Alla Vartanyan RU 20202021Ink Joost van den Bosch, Erik Verkerk NL 20202022LOOP Pablo Polledri ES 20212023The Pirate and the Cello Andreï Sokolov RU 20232024The Swineherd Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith DK 2023
Other categories:
Badener Prize of Honor: YearFilm titleAward WinnerNationality and year 2015 Tik Tak Ülo Pikkov EE 20152016Blind VayshaTheodore UshevCA 2016
A selection of the films can be watched in different Swiss cities under the name Fantoche on Tour.
References
External links Fantoche – Offizielle Homepage