# Fantoche

Fantoche is an animation film festival with international participation that takes place annually in the city of Baden, Switzerland.
The first Fantoche took place in 1995 with the goal to enrich the Swiss cultural life with an animation film festival of international reach. Today, Fantoche has become a multidisciplinary meeting point for visual media. All kinds of different animated films, most of them Short films but some feature-length movies as well, are shown in four different cinemas.
The festival sets various priorities like the Swiss film industry, children's film, history, Asia, the US, etc. The competition program aims to challenge the artistic border of animated films and to push it forward.

## Award winner

In 2005, an amount of 23,000 Swiss francs was awarded in the following categories:
* High Risk – Winner Craig Welch (CA) for Welcome to Kentucky
* Hot Talent – Winner Takashi Kimura (JP) for Striking Daughter
* Best Visual – Winner JJ Villard (US) for Son of Satan
* Best Sound – Winner Dmitrij Geller (RU) for Little Night Symphony
* Best Idea/Best Script – Winner Arash Riahi (AT) for Mississippi
* Audience Award – Winner Laura Neuvonen (FI) for The last Knit and Ivan Maksimov (RU) for The Wind Along the Coast
* Minimotion – Winner Jean-Claude Campell (CH) for Metamorpho
In 2007, the prestigious jury prize was awarded to two Russian movies, which, in accordance to the jury, "particularly point out the innovative character of Russian animation films. The 10,000 francs worth main award was awarded to "Foolish Girl" by the Russian artist Zoija Kirejewa for "the celebration of a strange female character, an unconventional screenplay and its captured universality through brief moments of beautiful drawings, emotions and gestures".
In 2009, Fantoche introduced a Swiss competition with an award ("Best Swiss") and an Audience Award. One year later, the national award "High Swiss Risk" was awarded as well. Furthermore, were there two new awards for children's films after 2009; one jury award (which consisted of a five-headed children's jury) and a children's Audience Award.

## Award winners since 2009 by category

International Competition:
Best Film:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | Lucía | Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña, Niles Atallah | CL 2007 |
| 2010 | In A Pig's Eye | Atsushi Wada | JP 2010 |
| 2011 | The External World | David OReilly | DE 2010 |
| 2012 | Oh Willy... | Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels | BE/FR/NL 2012 |
| 2013 | Gloria Victoria | Theodore Ushev | CA 2013 |
| 2014 | The Bigger Picture | Daisy Jacobs | GB 2014 |
| 2015 | World of Tomorrow | Don Hertzfeldt | US 2015 |
| 2016 | Before Love | Igor Kovalyov | RU 2015 |
| 2017 | The Burden | Niki Lindroth von Bahr | SE 2017 |
| 2018 | Wildebeest | Nikolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips | BE 2017 |
| 2019 | Daughter | Daria Kashcheeva | CZ 2019 |
| 2020 | Something to Remember | Niki Lindroth von Bahr | SE 2019 |
| 2021 | The Fourth Wall | Mahboobeh Kalaee | IR 2021 |
| 2022 | Bird in the Peninsula | Atsushi Wada | FR / JP 2022 |
| 2023 | Un genre de testament | Stephen Vuillemin | FR 2023 |
| 2024 | This Is a Story Without a Plan | Cassie Shao | US 2023 |
Audience Award:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | Muto | Blu | IT 2008 |
| 2010 | Sinna Mann | Anita Killi | NO 2009 |
| 2011 | Bon voyage | Fabio Friedli | CH 2011 |
| 2012 | Chinti | Natalia Mirzoyan | RU 2012 |
| 2013 | Pandy | Matúš Vizár | SQ/CZ 2013 |
| 2014 | My Own Personal Mose | Leonid Shmelkov | RU 2013 |
| 2015 | Changeover | Mehdi Alibeygi | IR 2014 |
| 2016 | Mr Madila | Rory Waudby-Tolley | GB 2015 |
| 2017 | Negative Space | Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata | FR 2017 |
| 2018 | | | |
| 2019 | Sweet Night | Lia Bertels | BE 2018 |
| 2020 | Ties | Dina Velikovskaya | RU 2019 |
| 2021 | Affairs of the Art | Joanna Quinn | GB 2020 |
| 2022 | Au revoir Jérôme! | Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr | FR 2022 |
| 2023 | Our Uniform | Yegane Moghaddam | IR 2023 |
| 2024 | Pear Garden | Shadab Shayegan | DE 2024 |
High Risk:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | Please Say Something Ezurbeltzak, una fosa común | David OReilly Izibene Oñederra | DE 2009 ES 2007 |
| 2010 | Love & Theft | Andreas Hykade | DE 2010 |
| 2011 | Two | Steven Subotnick | US 2011 |
| 2012 | Kuhina | Joni Männisto | FI 2011 |
| 2013 | Futon | Yoriko Mizushiri | JP 2012 |
| 2014 | Through the Hawthorn | Anna Brenner, Pia Borg, Gemma Burditt | GB 2014 |
| 2015 | Endgame | Phil Mulloy | GB 2015 |
| 2016 | Monkey | Jie Shen | CN 2015 |
| 2017 | Vilaine fille | Ayce Kartal | FR 2017 |
| 2018 | Fest | Nikita Diakur | DE 2018 |
| 2019 | Acid Rain | Tomek Popakul | PL 2019 |
| 2020 | Freeze Frame | Soetkin Verstegen | SE 2019 |
| 2021 | Just a Guy | Shoko Hara | DE 2020 |
| 2022 | Epicenter | Heeyoon Hahm | KR 2022 |
| 2023 | Our Pain | Shunsaku Hayashi | JP 2022 |
| 2024 | HIC SVNT DRACONES | Justin Fayard | FR 2024 |
New Talent:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | Noteboek | Evelien Lohbeck | NL 2008 |
| 2010 | Kuchao | Masaki Okuda | JP 2010 |
| 2011 | Chroniques de la poisse | Osman Cerfon | FR 2010 |
| 2012 | Belly | Julia Pott | GB 2011 |
| 2013 | Ziegenort | Tomasz Popakul | PL 2013 |
| 2014 | The Wound | Anna Budanova | RU 2013 |
| 2015 | The Pride of Strathmoor | Einar Baldvin | US 2014 |
| 2016 | Forever | Zhong Su | CN 2016 |
| 2017 | Ugly | Nikita Diakur | DE 2017 |
| 2018 | Bloeistraat 11 | Nienke Deutz | BE 2018 |
| 2019 | La plongeuse | Iulia Voitova | CZ 2019 |
| 2020 | Précieux | Paul Mas | FR 2020 |
| 2021 | Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fifty Miles a Day | Mathieu Georis | BE 2020 |
| 2022 | Sierra | Sander Joon | EE 2022 |
| 2023 | Drijf | Levi Stoops | BE 2023 |
| 2024 | New Talent | Tabac froid, Arthur Jamain | FR 2023 |
Best Story (awarded 2009-2013):
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | Chainsaw | Dennis Tupicoff | AU 2007 |
| 2010 | Divers in the Rain | Olga Pärn, Priit Pärn | EE 2010 |
| 2011 | Tord och Tord | Niki Lindroth von Bahr | SE 2010 |
| 2012 | The Great Rabbit | Atsushi Wada | FR/JP 2012 |
| 2013 | Pandy | Matúš Vizár | SQ/CZ 2013 |
Best Visual:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | Madame Tutli-Putli | Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski | CA 2007 |
| 2010 | Get Real! | Evert de Beijer | NL 2010 |
| 2011 | Amar | Isabel Herguera | ES 2010 |
| 2012 | What happens when children don't eat soup | Pawel Prewencki | PL 2011 |
| 2013 | Bath | Tomeck Ducki | PL/GB 2013 |
| 2014 | Wonder | Mirai Mizue | JP/FR 2014 |
| 2015 | Erlkönig | Georges Schwizgebel | CH 2015 |
| 2016 | Among the Black Waves | Anna Budanova | RU 2016 |
| 2022 | Au revoir Jérôme! | Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr | FR 2022 |
| 2024 | Pear Garden | Shadab Shayegan | DE 2024 |
Best Sound:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | Drux Flux | Theodore Ushev | CA 2008 |
| 2010 | Divers in the Rain | Olga Pärn, Priit Pärn | EE 2010 |
| 2011 | Amar | Isabel Herguera | ES 2010 |
| 2012 | 663114 | Isamu Horabayashi | JP 2012 |
| 2013 | Sock Skewer Street 8 | Elli Vuorinen | FI 2013 |
| 2014 | Snow Hut | Yoriko Mizushiri | JP 2013 |
| 2015 | Rhizome | Boris Labbé | FR 2015 |
| 2016 | Any Road | Boris Labbé, Daniele Ghisi | FR 2016 |
| 2017 | Impossible Figures and Other Stories II | Marta Pajek | PL 2016 |
| 2018 | Solar Walk | Réka Bucsi | DK 2018 |
| 2019 | Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves | Chintis Lundgren | EE / HR / FR 2019 |
| 2020 | Cage Match | Bryan Lee | US 2019 |
| 2021 | Anxious Body | Yoriko Mizushiri | FR 2021 |
| 2023 | Cyclepaths | Anton Cla | BE 2023 |
National Competition:
Best Swiss:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | Flowerpots Retouches | Rafael Sommerhalder Georges Schwizgebel | GB/CH 2008 CH/CA 2008 |
| 2010 | Miramare | Michaela Müller | HR/CH 2009 |
| 2011 | Bon voyage | Fabio Friedli | CH 2011 |
| 2012 | La Nuit de l'Ours | Samuel und Fred Guillaume | CH 2012 |
| 2013 | Plug & Play | Michael Frei | CH 2013 |
| 2014 | Oh Wal | Joana Locher | CH 2014 |
| 2015 | Erlkönig | Georges Schwizgebel | CH 2015 |
| 2016 | Das Leben ist hart | Simon Schnellmann | DE/CH 2015 |
| 2017 | Airport | Michaela Müller | CH/HR 2017 |
| 2018 | The Cannonball Woman | Albertine Zullo, David Toutevoix | CH / FR / CA 2017 |
| 2019 | The Flood is Coming | Gabriel Böhmer | GB / CH 2018 |
| 2020 | Aletsch Negative | Laurence Bonvin | CH 2019 |
| 2021 | Ecorce | Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney | CH 2020 |
| 2022 | La reine des renards | Marina Rosset | CH 2022 |
| 2023 | Die graue March | Charlotte Waltert, Alvaro Schoeck | CH 2023 |
| 2024 | Sans voix | Samuel Patthey | CH 2024 |
Audience Award:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | Signalis | Adrian Flückiger | CH 2008 |
| 2010 | Heimatland | Andrea Schneider, Loretta Arnold, Marius Portmann, Fabio Friedli | CH 2010 |
| 2011 | Borderline | Dustin Rees | CH 2011 |
| 2012 | La Nuit de l'Ours | Samuel und Fred Guillaume | CH 2012 |
| 2013 | The Kiosk | Anete Melece | CH 2013 |
| 2014 | Aubade | Mauro Carraro | CH 2012 |
| 2015 | D'ombres et d'ailes | Elice Meng, Eleonora Marinoni | CH/FR 2015 |
| 2016 | Analysis Paralysis | Anete Melece | CH 2016 |
| 2017 | In a Nutshell | Fabio Friedli | CH 2017 |
| 2018 | Drôle de poisson | Krishna Chandran A. Nair | FR / CH 2017 |
| 2019 | Le dernier jour d'automne | Marjolaine Perreten | GB / CH 2018 |
| 2020 | Signs | Dustin Rees | CH 2020 |
| 2021 | Ecorce | Samuel Patthey, Silvain Monney | CH 2020 |
| 2022 | La reine des renards | Marina Rosset | CH 2022 |
| 2023 | La colline aux cailloux | Marjolaine Perreten | CH 2023 |
| 2024 | Dieter | Rolf Broennimann | CH 2024 |
High Swiss Risk:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2010 | Cronache marxiane | Laura Solari | CH 2009 |
| 2011 | Logged In | Stephanie Cuérel, Joshua Schaub | CH 2010 |
| 2012 | Zmitzt drin | Cecile Brun | CH 2011 |
| 2013 | Washed Ashore | Jonas Ott | NL 2012 |
| 2014 | Cyclopèdes | Mathieu Epiney | CH 2014 |
| 2015 | Ivan's Need | Veronica L. Montaño, Manuela Leuenberger, Lukas Suter | CH 2015 |
| 2016 | Analysis Paralysis | Anete Melece | CH 2016 |
| 2017 | Living Like Heta | Bianca Caderas, Isabella Luu, Kerstin Zemp | CH 2017 |
| 2018 | SELFIES | Claudius Gentinetta | CH 2018 |
| 2019 | KIDS | Michael Frei | GB / CH 2018 |
| 2020 | Little Miss Fate | Joder von Rotz | CH 2020 |
| 2021 | Jeroboam | Bianca Caderas | DE 2020 |
| 2022 | Manchmal weiss ich nicht wo die Sonne | Samanta Aquilino | CH 2021 |
| 2023 | Pipes | Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran | CH 2022 |
| 2024 | La Perra | Carla Melo Gampert | CO / CH 2023 |
New Swiss Talent:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2016 | | | |
| 2017 | Immersion | Lalita Brunner | CH 2016 |
| 2018 | Travelogue Tel Aviv | Samuel Patthey | CH 2017 |
| 2019 | Braises | Estelle Gatlen, Sarah Rothenberger | CH 2018 |
| 2020 | The Edge | Zaide Kutay, Géraldine Cammisar | CH 2020 |
| 2021 | Sauna | Anna Lena Spring, Lara Perren | CH 2021 |
| 2022 | The Record | Jonathan Laskar | CH 2022 |
| 2023 | Crevette | Sven Bachmann, Noémi Knobil, Jill Vágner, Elina Huber | CH 2023 |
| 2024 | About a Cow | Pavla Baštanová | CZ / CH 2023 |
Award „Best Kids“:
Best Kids:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | The Incredible Story of My Great Grandmother Olive | Alberto Rodriguez | GB 2009 |
| 2010 | Der präzise Peter | Martin Schmidt | DE 2010 |
| 2011 | Fluffy Mc Cloud | Conor Finnegan | IE 2010 |
| 2012 | Zing | Kyra Buschor, Cynthia Collings | DE 2012 |
| 2013 | Hedgehogs and the City | Evalds Lacis | LV 2013 |
| 2014 | Pik Pik Pik | Dmitry Vysotskiy | RU 2014 |
| 2015 | Lila | Carlos Lascano | AR/ES 2014 |
| 2016 | L'arbre | Lucie Sunkova | FR/CZ 2015 |
| 2017 | Ethnophobia | Joan Zhonga | AL/GR 2016 |
| 2018 | Fruits of Clouds | Kateřina Karhánková | CZ 2017 |
| 2019 | The Bird and the Whale | Carol Freeman | IE 2018 |
| 2020 | Avec le do de la cuillère | Laurent Wassouf, Clément Crosnier, Edgard Cros, Theoline Chapas, Nolwenn Pétereau, Nedellec Anouk, Lucas Ancel | FR 2019 |
| 2021 | Le cri | Charlotte Chouisnard, Ninon Dodemant, Baptiste Leclerc, Solène Michel, Justine Parasote, Anouk Segura-Diaz | FR 2020 |
| 2022 | LOOP | Pablo Polledri | ES 2021 |
| 2023 | The Pirate and the Cello | Andreï Sokolov | RU 2023 |
| 2024 | Bubbles | Lezhi Xiao | CN 2023 |
Children's Audience Award:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2009 | The Incredible Story of My Great Grandmother Olive | Alberto Rodriguez | GB 2009 |
| 2010 | Der präzise Peter | Martin Schmidt | DE 2010 |
| 2011 | Fluffy Mc Cloud | Conor Finnegan | IE 2010 |
| 2012 | Zing | Kyra Buschor, Cynthia Collings | DE 2012 |
| 2013 | Hedgehogs and the City | Evalds Lacis | LV 2013 |
| 2014 | Le vélo de l’éléphant | Olesya Shchukina | FR/BE, 2014 |
| 2015 | Johnny Express | Kyungmin Woo | KR 2014 |
| 2016 | Taking the Plunge | Elizabeth Ku-Herrero, Nicolas Manfredi, Marie Raoult, Thaddaeus Andreades | US 2015 |
| 2017 | Ethnophobia | Joan Zhonga | AL/GR 2016 |
| 2018 | Pinguin | Julia Ocker | DE 2017 |
| 2019 | Elefant | Julia Ocker | DE 2018 |
| 2020 | Apple Tree Man | Alla Vartanyan | RU 2020 |
| 2021 | Ink | Joost van den Bosch, Erik Verkerk | NL 2020 |
| 2022 | LOOP | Pablo Polledri | ES 2021 |
| 2023 | The Pirate and the Cello | Andreï Sokolov | RU 2023 |
| 2024 | The Swineherd | Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith | DK 2023 |
Other categories:
Badener Prize of Honor:
| Year | Film title | Award Winner | Nationality and year |
| 2015 | Tik Tak | Ülo Pikkov | EE 2015 |
| 2016 | Blind Vaysha | Theodore Ushev | CA 2016 |
A selection of the films can be watched in different Swiss cities under the name Fantoche on Tour.