2024 will see the 23rd edition of the Cartoon Tributes. During Cartoon Movie, the nominees of the Cartoon Tributes will be presented during short interviews. All participants on site will have the possibility to vote for their peers during 3 dedicated moments for each category: European Producer, Distributor and Director of the Year. The result of the votes will be announced on Thursday 7 March at the end of the lunch.
Cartoon 2024 winners are:
EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
- Eurozoom (France).
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
- Jérémie Périn for “Mars Express” (France).
EUROPEAN PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
- Animagrad (FILM.UA Group) (Ukraine) for “Mavka. The Forest Song”.
Amel Lacombe (Eurozoom) – Valérie Yendt (Gebeka Films) & Marc Jousset (Je Suis Bien Content) on behalf of Jérémie Périn – Iryna Kostyuk & Anna Eliseeva (Animagrad - FILM.UA Group)
The 2024 nominees in each category are:
EUROPEAN PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
- Animagrad (FILM.UA Group) (Ukraine) for “Mavka. The Forest Song”.
- Fernando Trueba Prod. (Spain) / Les Films d’Ici Méditerranée (France) / Submarine (Netherlands) / Animanostra (Portugal) & Gao Shan Pictures (France) for “They Shot the Piano Player”.
- Sacrebleu Productions (France) / Take Five (Belgium) & Ciel de Paris (France) for “Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds”.
- TAT productions (France) for “The Jungle Bunch: World Tour”, and “Epic Tails”.
EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
- Eurozoom (France).
- Films4You (Portugal).
- Pro Films (Bulgaria).
- Selmer Media (Norway).
EUROPEAN DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
- Enzo D’Alò for “A Greyhound of a Girl” (Italy).
- Isabel Herguera for “Sultana’s Dream” (Spain).
- Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach for “Chicken for Linda” (France).
- Jérémie Périn for “Mars Express” (France).
Previous winners
2023
- Director of the year: Mascha Halberstad for "OINK" (Netherlands)
- Distributor of the year: KMBO (France)
- Producer of the year: Les Films du Tambour de Soie, Vivement Lundi !, and Foliascope (France), Graffiti Film (Italy), Nadasdy Film (Switzerland), Ocidental Filmes (Portugal), and Lux Fugit Film (Belgium) for “No Dogs or Italians Allowed”
2022
- Director of the year: Jonas Poher Rasmussen for "Flee" (Denmark)
- Distributor of the year: Charades (France)
- Producer of the year: Fresh Films (Czech Republic) / Les Films du Cygne (France) / Cinemart SK (Slovakia) / Animoon (Poland) for "Even Mice Belong in Heaven ".
2021
Due to the sanitary crisis, Cartoon Movie 2021 was held digitally. The Cartoon Movie Tributes 2021 had been cancelled.
2020
- Director of the year: Zabou Breitman & Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec for “The Swallows of Kabul” (France).
- Distributor of the year: Lumière (Belgium)
- Producer of the year: Xilam Animation (France) / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (France) for “I Lost my Body” by Jérémy Clapin.
2019
- Director of the year: Salvador Simó for "Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles" (Spain).
- Distributor of the year: Sola Media (Germany)
- Producer of the year: Submarine (Netherlands) for (co)-producing 6 animated films today: "Coppelia", "Fox & Hare save the Forest", "Where is Anne Frank?", "Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles", "My Grandfather used to say he saw Demons" and "In the Forest"
2018
- Directors of the year: Dorota Kobiela (Poland) & Hugh Welchman (UK) for "Loving Vincent"
- Distributor of the year: Latido Films (Spain)
- Producer of the year: Platige Films, Kanaki Films, Walking the Dog, Wüste Film, Animationsfabrik, Puppetworks (Poland / Spain / Belgium / Germany / Hungary) for "Another Day of Life"
2017
- Director of the year: Claude Barras for “My Life as a Courgette” (Switzerland)
- Distributor of the year: Angel Films (Denmark)
- Producers of the year: Rita Productions (Switzerland), Blue Spirit Productions & Gebeka Films (France) for “My Life as a Courgette”
2016
- Director of the year: Rémi Chayé for “Long Way North” (France)
- Distributor of the year: SF Film (Denmark)
- Producers of the year: Ulysses Filmproduktion, Fabrique d’images, Grid Animation & Moetion Films (Germany / Luxembourg / Belgium / Ireland) for "Ooops! Noah is gone..."
2015
- Directors of the year: Mark Burton and Richard Starzak for "Shaun the Sheep" (United Kingdom)
- Distributor of the year: INDIE SALES (France)
- Producer of the year: TeamTO (France) for "Yellowbird"
- Rhône-Alpes Personality of the year: Patrick Eveno and Mickaël Marin, in charge of The Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its Market (Mifa)
2014
- Producer of the year: Walking The Dog (Belgium)
- Distributor of the year: Le Pacte (France)
- Directors of the year: Thomas Szabo & Hélène Giraud for “Minuscule” (France)
- Rhône-Alpes Personality of the year: Folimage’s founder Jacques-Rémy Girerd, director of films such as “Raining Cats and Dogs”, “Mia and the Migoo” and more recently “Aunt Hilda!”
2013
- Producer of the year: Les Armateurs (France)
- Distributor of the year: TF1 International (France)
- Director of the year: Peter Lord for "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" (United Kingdom)
2012
- Producer of the year: Perro Verde Films (Spain)
- Distributor of the year: Cinéart (Belgium)
- Director of the year: Rémi Bezançon & Jean-Christophe Lie for «Zarafa» (France)
2011
- Producer of the year: France 3 Cinéma (France)
- Distributor of the year: STUDIOCANAL (France)
- Director of the year: Pierre Coffin for «Despicable Me» (France / USA)
2010
- Producer of the year: nWave Pictures (Belgium)
- Distributor of the year: Wild Bunch Distribution (France)
- Director of the year: Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar for "Panique au Village" (Belgium)
2009
- Producer of the year: Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Les Armateurs (France) & Vivi Film (Belgium)
- Distributor of the year: BAC Films (France)
- Director of the year: Tomm Moore (Ireland) for "The Secret of Kells"
2008
- Producer of the year: Prima Linea Production (France)
- Distributor of the year: Europa Distribution
- Director of the year: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud for "Persepolis"
2007
- Producer of the year: Alphanim (France)
- Distributor of the year: Scanbox (Denmark)
- Director of the year: Michael Hegner and Karsten Kiilerich (Denmark) for “The Ugly Duckling and Me!”
2006
- Producer of the year: Aardman (UK)
- Distributor of the year: Gebeka Films (France)
- Director of the year: Nick Park and Steve Box for «Wallace & Gromit: The curse of the Were-Rabbit» (UK / USA)
2005
- Producer of the year: Ralph Christiaens (Ireland)
- Distributor of the year: France 3 Cinéma (France)
- Director of the year: Piet De Rycker & Thilo Rothkirch for “Laura Star” (Germany)
2004
- A Film (Denmark)
- Folimage (France)
- Pathé Europe (France)
2003
- Didier Brunner (France)
- Filmax (Spain)
- Robert Rea (France)
2002
- Cinéart (Belgium)
- Rothkirch Cartoon Film (Germany)
- Trickompany (Germany)
2001
- A Film (Denmark)
- Aardman (UK)
- Cecchi Gori (Italy)
- Michel Ocelot, Didier Brunner & Marc Bonny (Fance)
- MFA (Germany)