'No Dogs or Italians Allowed' and 'Granny's Sexual Life' win the 2022 European Film Awards

Stop-motion film by director Alain Ughetto No Dogs or Italians Allowed (No dogs or Italians allowed) (France, Italy, Switzerland) and the short film by Urska Djukick and Emilie Piegard Granny's Sexual Life (Grandma's sex life) were animation's big winners at today's (December 10) European Film Awards.

Alain Ughetto's feature, which was nominated for a Cristal and took home the Jury Prize at Annecy in June, was able to beat out four other high-profile nominated titles in the Best Animated Feature category—Little Nicola: happy as can be, my romance with marriage, my neighbors neighbors e Oink.

No Dogs or Italians Allowed (No dogs or Italians allowed) tells of how Ughetto's family left their home in northern Italy to find a better life in France and the challenges and hardships they encountered in their new country. Since the five films competing in this category were all 2D animated or stop-motion projects, it certainly seems that there is less interest in CG-animated films in Europe.

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Granny's Sexual Life (Grandma's sex life) also faced stiff competition from four other global film favorites, including Ice Merchants, Love, Dad, Techno, Mama and Will My Parents Come to See Me. The 2D animated short film, which was nominated for a Cristal in Annecy and won first prize at the Animateka Film Festival, tells the true memories of four elderly women tracing relationships between men and women, and offers a glimpse into the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20s of the last century.

Here is the trailer:

The 35th European Film Awards took place at the Harpa concert hall in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. The awards were voted on by the 4.400 members of the European Film Academy. by Ruben Ostlund Triangle of Sadness was the big live-action winner of the night, taking home the top European Film Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenwriter. Last Year, by Jonas Poher Rasmussen Flee it won for Best Animated Feature and Best Documentary.

For more information, visit www.europeanfilmawards.eu