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‘Chicken for Linda!’ Wins Lumière Award for French Animation

The 29th Lumières awards ceremony, presenting honors from the international press in France in recognition of the year’s achievements in French-language cinema, was held Monday night in Paris. Members of the Lumières Academy, representing 36 different countries, awarded the Best Animated Film prize to Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du Poulet!), directed by Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach.

The other nominees for the animated feature prize were Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Pierre Földes, Mars Express by Jérémie Périn, No Dogs or Italians Allowed by Alain Ughetto and The Siren by Sepideh Farsi.

Chicken for Linda! was also nominated for Best Music (composer Clément Ducol), the only animated title contending outside the main category, but lost out to Disco Boy (Vitalic).

Produced by Dolce Vita Films and Miyu Productions in co-production with Palosanto Films and France 3 Cinema, Chicken for Linda! picked up accolades throughout the last year, including the Annecy Cristal for Best Feature, the feature film Grand Prize and Audience Award from Animation Is Film, Grand Prize and Kinolights Prize at Bucheon International Animation Festival, Feature Film award from Manchester Animation Festival, Best Children’s Film at Cinekid, Best International Feature “Junior Film” at SCHLiNGEL and Best Screenplay from the Torino Film Festival, as well as a nomination for Animated Feature Film from the European Film Awards.

The film made its North American premiere at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2023 and has been acquired by GKIDS for distribution in the U.S.

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