Annecy Young Audience Award Winner ‘Into the Forest’ Finds Freedom Through Imagination

According to Variety, Swiss animator Antonin Niclass has won the Young Audience Award at the Annecy Animation Festival for his stop-motion short 'Into the Forest.' Created by Milos-Films and Hélium Films in Lausanne, Switzerland, the film follows three lovingly handcrafted monkeys who transform a cold studio into a vibrant jungle—a celebration of how imagination can set us free from the everyday. It's a whimsical meditation on creative liberty in unexpected places.

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