‘A Passenger from Ganora’ takes the award for Best Feature, while ‘Wild Eye Pub’ takes home the award for Best Comedy; the online event celebrated its 7th year, once again recognizing international animators across a number of competitive categories.
The Palm Springs International Animation Festival (PSIAF) just wrapped its seventh annual edition, which celebrated animation and filmmakers from around the world. Organizers hope to return to an in-person event; the festival, which initially launched in 2017, moved to a virtual platform in 2020 due to COVID.
Event owner and executive producer Christopher Spellman said, “Even through COVID, we remained passionate and committed to our mission of bringing together amazing talent from around the world to shine a spotlight on all international talent.”
Alongside Spellman, producers Sid Passey and Brian Hoff have continued to cultivate relationships with the international animation community with a mission of evolving and connecting the best films and talent around the world.
2024 Award Winners include the following – a complete list of winners can be found here:
- Best Feature: A Passenger from Ganora, by Ahmad Alamdar (Iran)
- Best Comedy: Wild Eye Pub by Filip Nerold (Czech Republic).
- Best Stop-Motion: Ashkasha by Lara Maltz (Spain)
- Best First-Time Animators: Cinder by Carmen Maria and Stijn van der Plas (Netherlands).
PSIAF featured filmmakers from 70 countries including the U.S., France, Australia, and Israel.
The organizers of PSIAF are honored to have helped bring these amazing works to a global stage and are excited to get back to work on selections for the PSIAF 2025. Next year’s event aims to bring together even more talent from around the world.
Visit the PSIAF website to learn more.
Source: The Palm Springs International Animation Festival
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
