Fantoche Last updated February 06, 2025 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:
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 [ 1] Daisy Jacobs [ 1] GB 2014 2015 World of Tomorrow [ 2] Don Hertzfeldt [ 2] US 2015 2016 Before Love [ 3] Igor Kovalyov [ 3] RU 2015 2017 The Burden [ 4] Niki Lindroth von Bahr SE 2017 2018 Wildebeest [ 5] Nikolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips [ 5] BE 2017 2019 Daughter [ 6] Daria Kashcheeva [ 6] CZ 2019 2020 Something to Remember [ 7] Niki Lindroth von Bahr [ 7] SE 2019 2021 The Fourth Wall [ 8] Mahboobeh Kalaee [ 8] IR 2021 2022 Bird in the Peninsula [ 9] Atsushi Wada [ 9] FR / JP 2022 2023 Un genre de testament [ 10] Stephen Vuillemin [ 10] FR 2023 2024 This Is a Story Without a Plan [ 11] Cassie Shao [ 11] US 2023
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 [ 1] Leonid Shmelkov [ 1] RU 2013 2015 Changeover [ 2] Mehdi Alibeygi [ 2] IR 2014 2016 Mr Madila [ 3] Rory Waudby-Tolley [ 3] GB 2015 2017 Negative Space [ 4] Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata [ 4] FR 2017 2018 2019 Sweet Night [ 6] Lia Bertels [ 6] BE 2018 2020 Ties [ 7] Dina Velikovskaya [ 7] RU 2019 2021 Affairs of the Art [ 8] Joanna Quinn [ 8] GB 2020 2022 Au revoir Jérôme! [ 9] Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr [ 9] FR 2022 2023 Our Uniform [ 10] Yegane Moghaddam [ 10] IR 2023 2024 Pear Garden [ 11] Shadab Shayegan [ 11] DE 2024
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 [ 1] Anna Brenner, Pia Borg, Gemma Burditt [ 1] GB 2014 2015 Endgame [ 2] Phil Mulloy [ 2] GB 2015 2016 Monkey [ 3] Jie Shen [ 3] CN 2015 2017 Vilaine fille [ 4] Ayce Kartal [ 4] FR 2017 2018 Fest [ 5] Nikita Diakur [ 5] DE 2018 2019 Acid Rain [ 6] Tomek Popakul [ 6] PL 2019 2020 Freeze Frame [ 7] Soetkin Verstegen [ 7] SE 2019 2021 Just a Guy [ 8] Shoko Hara [ 8] DE 2020 2022 Epicenter [ 9] Heeyoon Hahm [ 9] KR 2022 2023 Our Pain [ 10] Shunsaku Hayashi [ 10] JP 2022 2024 HIC SVNT DRACONES [ 11] Justin Fayard [ 11] FR 2024
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 [ 1] Anna Budanova [ 1] RU 2013 2015 The Pride of Strathmoor [ 2] Einar Baldvin [ 2] US 2014 2016 Forever [ 3] Zhong Su [ 3] CN 2016 2017 Ugly [ 4] Nikita Diakur [ 4] DE 2017 2018 Bloeistraat 11 [ 5] Nienke Deutz [ 5] BE 2018 2019 La plongeuse [ 6] Iulia Voitova [ 6] CZ 2019 2020 Précieux [ 7] Paul Mas [ 7] FR 2020 2021 Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fifty Miles a Day [ 8] Mathieu Georis [ 8] BE 2020 2022 Sierra [ 9] Sander Joon [ 9] EE 2022 2023 Drijf [ 10] Levi Stoops [ 10] BE 2023 2024 New Talent [ 11] Tabac froid, Arthur Jamain [ 11] FR 2023
Best Story (awarded 2009-2013):
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 [ 1] Mirai Mizue [ 1] JP/FR 2014 2015 Erlkönig [ 2] Georges Schwizgebel [ 2] CH 2015 2016 Among the Black Waves [ 3] Anna Budanova [ 3] RU 2016 2022 Au revoir Jérôme! [ 9] Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr [ 9] FR 2022 2024 Pear Garden [ 11] Shadab Shayegan [ 11] DE 2024
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 [ 1] Yoriko Mizushiri [ 1] JP 2013 2015 Rhizome [ 2] Boris Labbé [ 2] FR 2015 2016 Any Road [ 3] Boris Labbé, Daniele Ghisi [ 3] FR 2016 2017 Impossible Figures and Other Stories II [ 4] Marta Pajek [ 4] PL 2016 2018 Solar Walk [ 5] Réka Bucsi [ 5] DK 2018 2019 Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves [ 6] Chintis Lundgren [ 6] EE / HR / FR 2019 2020 Cage Match [ 7] Bryan Lee [ 7] US 2019 2021 Anxious Body [ 8] Yoriko Mizushiri [ 8] FR 2021 2023 Cyclepaths [ 11] Anton Cla [ 11] BE 2023
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 [ 1] Joana Locher [ 1] CH 2014 2015 Erlkönig [ 2] Georges Schwizgebel [ 2] CH 2015 2016 Das Leben ist hart [ 3] Simon Schnellmann [ 3] DE/CH 2015 2017 Airport [ 4] Michaela Müller [ 4] CH/HR 2017 2018 The Cannonball Woman [ 5] Albertine Zullo, David Toutevoix [ 5] CH / FR / CA 2017 2019 The Flood is Coming [ 6] Gabriel Böhmer [ 6] GB / CH 2018 2020 Aletsch Negative [ 7] Laurence Bonvin [ 7] CH 2019 2021 Ecorce [ 8] Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney [ 8] CH 2020 2022 La reine des renards [ 9] Marina Rosset [ 9] CH 2022 2023 Die graue March [ 10] Charlotte Waltert, Alvaro Schoeck [ 10] CH 2023 2024 Sans voix [ 11] Samuel Patthey [ 11] CH 2024
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 [ 1] Mauro Carraro [ 1] CH 2012 2015 D'ombres et d'ailes [ 2] Elice Meng, Eleonora Marinoni [ 2] CH/FR 2015 2016 Analysis Paralysis [ 3] Anete Melece [ 3] CH 2016 2017 In a Nutshell [ 4] Fabio Friedli [ 4] CH 2017 2018 Drôle de poisson [ 5] Krishna Chandran A. Nair [ 5] FR / CH 2017 2019 Le dernier jour d'automne [ 6] Marjolaine Perreten [ 6] GB / CH 2018 2020 Signs [ 7] Dustin Rees [ 7] CH 2020 2021 Ecorce [ 8] Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney [ 8] CH 2020 2022 La reine des renards [ 9] Marina Rosset [ 9] CH 2022 2023 La colline aux cailloux [ 10] Marjolaine Perreten [ 10] CH 2023 2024 Dieter [ 11] Rolf Broennimann [ 11] CH 2024
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 [ 1] Mathieu Epiney [ 1] CH 2014 2015 Ivan's Need [ 2] Veronica L. Montaño, Manuela Leuenberger, Lukas Suter [ 2] CH 2015 2016 Analysis Paralysis [ 3] Anete Melece [ 3] CH 2016 2017 Living Like Heta [ 4] Bianca Caderas, Isabella Luu, Kerstin Zemp [ 4] CH 2017 2018 SELFIES [ 5] Claudius Gentinetta [ 5] CH 2018 2019 KIDS [ 6] Michael Frei [ 6] GB / CH 2018 2020 Little Miss Fate [ 7] Joder von Rotz [ 7] CH 2020 2021 Jeroboam [ 8] Bianca Caderas [ 8] DE 2020 2022 Manchmal weiss ich nicht wo die Sonne [ 9] Samanta Aquilino [ 9] CH 2021 2023 Pipes [ 10] Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran [ 10] CH 2022 2024 La Perra [ 11] Carla Melo Gampert [ 11] CO / CH 2023
New Swiss Talent:
Year Film title Award Winner Nationality and year 2016 2017 Immersion [ 4] Lalita Brunner [ 4] CH 2016 2018 Travelogue Tel Aviv [ 5] Samuel Patthey [ 5] CH 2017 2019 Braises [ 6] Estelle Gatlen, Sarah Rothenberger [ 6] CH 2018 2020 The Edge [ 7] Zaide Kutay, Géraldine Cammisar [ 7] CH 2020 2021 Sauna [ 8] Anna Lena Spring, Lara Perren [ 8] CH 2021 2022 The Record [ 9] Jonathan Laskar [ 9] CH 2022 2023 Crevette [ 10] Sven Bachmann, Noémi Knobil, Jill Vágner, Elina Huber [ 10] CH 2023 2024 About a Cow [ 11] Pavla Baštanová [ 11] CZ / CH 2023
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 [ 1] Dmitry Vysotskiy [ 1] RU 2014 2015 Lila [ 2] Carlos Lascano [ 2] AR/ES 2014 2016 L'arbre [ 3] Lucie Sunkova [ 3] FR/CZ 2015 2017 Ethnophobia [ 4] Joan Zhonga [ 4] AL/GR 2016 2018 Fruits of Clouds [ 5] Kateřina Karhánková [ 5] CZ 2017 2019 The Bird and the Whale [ 6] Carol Freeman [ 6] IE 2018 2020 Avec le do de la cuillère [ 7] Laurent Wassouf, Clément Crosnier, Edgard Cros, Theoline Chapas, Nolwenn Pétereau, Nedellec Anouk, Lucas Ancel [ 7] FR 2019 2021 Le cri [ 8] Charlotte Chouisnard, Ninon Dodemant, Baptiste Leclerc, Solène Michel, Justine Parasote, Anouk Segura-Diaz [ 8] FR 2020 2022 LOOP [ 9] Pablo Polledri [ 9] ES 2021 2023 The Pirate and the Cello [ 10] Andreï Sokolov [ 10] RU 2023 2024 Bubbles [ 11] Lezhi Xiao [ 11] CN 2023
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 [ 1] Olesya Shchukina [ 1] FR/BE, 2014 2015 Johnny Express [ 2] Kyungmin Woo [ 2] KR 2014 2016 Taking the Plunge [ 3] Elizabeth Ku-Herrero, Nicolas Manfredi, Marie Raoult, Thaddaeus Andreades [ 3] US 2015 2017 Ethnophobia [ 4] Joan Zhonga [ 4] AL/GR 2016 2018 Pinguin [ 5] Julia Ocker [ 5] DE 2017 2019 Elefant [ 6] Julia Ocker [ 6] DE 2018 2020 Apple Tree Man [ 7] Alla Vartanyan [ 7] RU 2020 2021 Ink [ 8] Joost van den Bosch, Erik Verkerk [ 8] NL 2020 2022 LOOP [ 9] Pablo Polledri [ 9] ES 2021 2023 The Pirate and the Cello [ 10] Andreï Sokolov [ 10] RU 2023 2024 The Swineherd [ 11] Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith [ 11] DK 2023
Other categories:
Badener Prize of Honor:
A selection of the films can be watched in different Swiss cities under the name Fantoche on Tour .
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