“Linda wants chicken!” crowned Crystal of the feature film

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The 47th edition of the Annecy festival took place from June 11 to 17, 2023, despite the knife attack which injured six, including four children, in the city just days before the opening of this dedicated global event. in animated films.

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Image from the animated film "Linda wants chicken!" by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, Cristal du film du festival d'Annecy, released in France on October 15, 2023 (Gebeka Films)

The animated movie Linda wants chicken! won the Cristal for feature film at the Annecy festival on Saturday. Directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, it will be released in theaters on October 18. It succeeds the award-winning feature film Le little Nicolas, what are we waiting for to be happy?.

The film awarded with the highest distinction of the festival tells the story of Paulette, a single mother who feels obliged to prepare a chicken with peppers for her daughter Linda, whom she has unfairly punished. A complicated mission a day of general strike.

15,820 festival-goers

The jury prize went to Four Souls of Coyote by Aron Gauder, which depicts the opposition of Native American teenagers to an oil pipeline project placed just down the hill from their ancestral territory.

Eleven films were selected in the main competition of the Annecy festival, a major event for animated cinema, which opened on Sunday.

Created in 1960, the festival recorded historic attendance figures during this edition: 15,820 accredited visitors from 102 countries, i.e. a 19% increase compared to 2022, the previous record year.

The full list of feature films:

  • Crystal of the feature film: Linda wants chicken! by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (France/Italy)
  • Jury Prize: Four Souls of Coyote by Áron Gauder (Hungary)
  • Paul Grimault Prize: The Tunnel to Summer by Tomohisa Taguchi (Japan)
  • Gan Foundation Award for Broadcasting: Linda wants chicken! by Chiara MALTA and Sébastien Laudenbach (France/Italy)
  • Reverse Shot Grand Prize : Robot Dreams by Pablo Berger (Spain/France)
  • Reverse shot jury prize: Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light by Filip Pošivač (Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
  • Audience Award: Sirocco and the Kingdom of Drafts by Benoît Chieux (Belgium/France)


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