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Spain’s Oscar-qualifying Animayo Gran Canaria animation competitors has launched the winners of its twentieth anniversary model, marking 20 years of championing animation, VFX and on-line recreation cinematics.

This 12 months, a world jury composed of enterprise veterans from studios like Disney, Skydance and Rodeo FX evaluated 55 fast films chosen for opponents all through a variety of official sections, which have been whittled down by Animayo employees from an preliminary batch of over 2,000 entries from 84 worldwide areas.

The competitors’s coveted Grand Jury Award went to “Having fun with God,” a grim stop-motion story by Italian director Matteo Burani. The film captivated the jury with its atmospheric depth, masterful animation and sound design. As Spain’s solely double Oscar-qualifying animation competitors, Animayo’s prime honors operate a launchpad to the Academy Awards. In fact, 2025’s animated fast Oscar winner, “Inside the Shadow of the Cyprus,” earned its preliminary Oscar qualification lastly 12 months’s Animayo.

Pageant director Damián Perea mirrored on the jury’s “Having fun with God” selection this 12 months, stating: “The Grand Prize has been awarded to a robust work, with daring and daring storytelling, one factor not usually seen inside the animation panorama. Its stop-motion method is exceptionally delicate, meticulous and fantastically executed.”

Animayo’s second Oscar-qualifying award comes from the Animación con Ñ class, which celebrates animated works from Hispanic worldwide areas. This 12 months’s winner, the Mexican fast “Nube” by Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada and Christian Arredondo Narváez, tells a poetic story of motherhood through the journey of two anthropomorphized clouds.

“Inside the half Animación con Ñ, I rejoice a quick full of sensitivity, tenderness and an aesthetic that caresses,” said Perea. “It’s a deeply human work that strikes every inside and out of doors.”

In a 12 months that emphasised daring narratives and creative hazard, a variety of standout films earned reward. “La Rivière des Ourses” by Anaïs Mauzat acquired Biggest Social Consciousness for its ecological message, whereas “Forevergreen,” directed by Disney alumni Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears, earned Biggest Paintings Route and Biggest 3D. “Braveness,” a scholar film from Supinfocom, took dwelling the Critics’ Award for its emotionally resonant story of personal perseverance.

The Viewers Award, on a regular basis a telling indicator of evolving viewer tastes, went to the Dutch film “Quota” by Job, Joris & Marieke, which moreover acquired Biggest Comedy for Adults. The film blends humor with environmental consciousness, a tone that resonated strongly with attendees to this 12 months’s event.

“On account of after twenty years of competitors, you’ll be capable to inform: the Canarian public has grown with us,” Perea said of the increasingly more aggressive Viewers Award. “In the meanwhile, it’s a knowledgeable, demanding public, with its private requirements. Their selections mirror not merely model, nevertheless a deep understanding of the paintings we rejoice.”

Specific Level out of the Pageant was awarded to “Like Pal, Like Deer” by Iranian director Malek Eghbali for its excellent creative sort, whereas “The Woman with the Occupied Eyes” acquired Biggest 2D, praised for its creative critique of latest show display screen behavior.

As a result of the in-person portion of this 12 months’s milestone model concludes, Animayo continues to cement its reputation as a world hub for creative innovation, storytelling, and visual excellence.

Animayo is organized with assist from the Cabildo de Gran Canaria through its Presidency Service – La isla de mi vida, the Society for the Promotion of the Metropolis of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Division of Tourism, Commerce and Commerce of the Authorities of the Canary Islands through Promotur, Turismo Gran Canaria, the Fundación La Caja de Canarias, the Authorities of the Canary Islands, along with manufacturing companies, studios, faculties, universities and loads of private companies that assist the world’s film enterprise and efforts to hold audiovisual and technological custom and coaching to all audiences.

Animayo Gran Canaria 2025 – Official Award Winners

Grand Jury Award

“Having fun with God,” Matteo Burani (Italy)

Biggest Pupil Fast Film

“Trash,” Gregory Bouzid, Maxime Crançon, Robin Delaporte, MaCéo Durand, Romain Fleischer, Alexis Le Ral, Margaux Lutz, Fanny Vecchie (France)

Biggest Paintings Route

“Forevergreen,” Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears (USA)

Biggest Social Consciousness

“La Rivière des Ourses,” Anaïs Mauzat (Belgium)

Biggest Comedy for All Ages

“Eureka!,” Kris Borghs (Belgium)

Biggest Comedy for Adults