Cartoon d’Or 2008

75 minutes
Cartoon d’Or 2008

The Cartoon d’Or is the prestigious European prize for short animated films of Cartoon, the European Association of Animation Film, supported by the MEDIA Programme. The films that compete for the Cartoon d’Or are nominated by animation film festival partners, including the Holland Animation Film Festival. 

The Cartoon d’Or is awarded each year in September, at the Cartoon Forum, the forum designed to support the co-production, financing and distribution of European animation for television and new media platforms. The trophy is awarded together with a financial aid, to be used by the winning director to start a new project, such as a feature film, a series or a TV special. In this way the Cartoon d’Or supports the European animation industry. The Cartoon d’Or started off in 1991 and was awarded that year to Nick Park, for Creature Comforts. This programme screens the finalists and winners of the Cartoon d’Or 2007 and 2008, supplemented with some previous winners.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2008

Showing in this program

A Mouse’s Tale

A Mouse’s Tale

  • Benjamin Renner
  • France, 2007
  • 4 min.
Beryl, Family Ties, Dreams and Desires

Beryl, Family Ties, Dreams and Desires

  • Joanna Quinn
  • United Kingdom, 2006
  • 9 min.
Breakout

Breakout

  • Gilles Cuvelier / Arnaud Demuynck / Gabriel Jacquel
  • Belgium, 2007
  • 9 min.
John and Karen

John and Karen

  • Matthew Walker
  • United Kingdom, 2007
  • 3 min.

John the polar bear apologises to Karen the Penguin after an argument and then have some tea and a biscuit.

The Bridge

The Bridge

  • Vincent Bierrewaerts
  • Belgium, 2007
  • 13 min.
The Suspect

The Suspect

  • José Miguel Ribeiro
  • Portugal, 1999
  • 26 min.
The White Wolf

The White Wolf

  • Pierre-Luc Granjon
  • France, 2006
  • 8 min.