The complete Annecy 2026 winners: The Violinist wins the Feature Film Crystal

The 2026 Annecy International Animated Film Festival crowned The Violinist by Ervin Han and Raúl García, a historical and musical fresco which received the Crystal for Feature Film.

From the rural landscapes of Corset to the disturbing visions of Decorado, from the adolescent fable of Blaise to the stories of transmission carried by television and graduation films, Annecy once again confirms this year its ability to bring together very different proposals.

The Violinist, the Crystal for a great musical fresco

The Feature Film Crystal goes to The Violinist (read our review), directed by Ervin Han and Raúl García. The film follows Kai and Fei, two childhood friends bonded by music in late 1930s Singapore. When war separates them, their relationship survives through memories, silences and the lingering presence of the violin.

This award recognizes a comprehensive work, co-produced between Singapore, Spain and Italy, which makes collective history the setting for an intimate melodrama. The music becomes less an accompaniment than a concrete link between the characters, a way of retaining what risks disappearing.

The Corset, the big winner with the jury and the public

With the Jury Prize, the Audience Prize and the Gan Foundation Prize for Broadcasting, the astonishing Le Corset by Louis Clichy is one of the most awarded films of this edition. The feature film follows 11-year-old Christophe, a boy from the French countryside who is forced to wear a corset to treat scoliosis.

The film is less about the illness itself than what it transforms: the child’s relationship to his body, his daily family life, his place among others and his need for freedom. In this rural context, friendship, music and imagination become refuges, but also instruments of emancipation.

Decorado, the black satire of an artificial world

The Paul Grimault Prize goes to Decorado by Alberto Vázquez. The Spanish director continues his work on unstable worlds, disoriented characters and the absurd systems that organize everyday life.

The film features Arnold, an unemployed mouse who begins to understand that the world around him resembles a giant stage set. Little by little, existence itself becomes suspect: the company, the city, social relations and usual landmarks take the form of an oppressive mechanism.

Vázquez’s animation, at once graphic, disturbing and grotesque, gives this fable a particular strength. Decorado advances in the terrain of social satire, but without abandoning a dreamlike and sometimes frankly nightmarish dimension.

Contrechamp: Blaise and A New Dawn, two unique first films

The Grand Prix Contrechamp is awarded to Blaise, the first feature film by Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue. The film follows a reserved teenager, confronted with the awkwardness of those around him, the social injunctions and the embarrassing situations that punctuate the transition to adulthood.

The project is distinguished by its precise attention to the small discrepancies of everyday life, between silences that are too long, failed conversations, gestures that do not succeed… Its humor, often disturbing, never masks a real tenderness for its characters.

The Contrechamp Jury Prize goes to A New Dawn by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya. The film takes place around a fireworks factory threatened with disappearance. Keitaro, who lives in this place steeped in the memory of his father, sets out with his brother and a childhood friend to recreate an ancient, almost mythical fire.

Television: childhood between fear, flight and imagination

The Jury Prize for a TV series goes to The Original Sin of Takopi, directed by Shinya Iino. The series begins with the arrival of a little alien convinced he can spread happiness around him. His meeting with an isolated little girl quickly shifts the narrative towards a darker story, devoted to childhood, harassment and the impossibility of repairing wounds with simple solutions.

The Jury Prize for a TV special is awarded to Le Chant des storms by Caroline Attia. In a mountain village, animals begin to act disturbingly during a violent storm. Émilie, 8 years old, tries to understand the phenomenon, guided by mysterious music that only she can hear.

The Crystal for TV production goes to La Grande Rêvasion by Rémi Durin. Andrea has to go on stage to perform in his school show, but stage fright pushes him to run away. His escape leads him to an imaginary universe where he can delay the moment of confrontation.

The Audience Award for TV production goes to Les Groos by David Mirailles. The series follows Adam and Seb, two friends whose little daily adventures become the starting point for comic and emotional situations. His short, direct writing close to digital uses has clearly found its audience in Annecy.