“Tangles” won the Grand Jury Prize at the 9th annual Animation Is Film Festival. Directed by Leah Nelson, the 2-D animated film follows a family impacted by their mother’s battle with dementia.
\n\n“We loved the fluid 2D animation which uses a stark monochrome framing to bring to life the personal story of a family impacted by the mother’s battle with dementia,” the features jury said. “We were especially impressed with how director Leah Nelson and her perfectly cast voice team were able to remain faithful to Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel which tackles a serious, painful subject with great beauty, honesty, and a gentle touch and also offers a great flashback to 1990s-era San Francisco.”
\n\nThe Fumi Kitahara Special Jury Prize was awarded to “Iron Boy,” directed by Louis Clichy. The award was named in memory of publicist and champion of AIF’s mission Fumi Kitahara, who died in 2025. The film also won the Features Audience Award.
\n\nThe jury said: “’Iron Boy’ is pure beauty from the medium we all love. Louis Clichy’s ‘Iron Boy’ was an easy stand-out thanks to its beautifully crafted water-color-like and Chinese ink-brush style visuals and how it told a story inspired by the director’s own…
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