AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Maurizio Forestieri

CARTOONS ON THE BAY

PULCINELLA CAREER AWARD

2022

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CARTOON TRIBUTE

BEST PRODUCER

Nominee 2019

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CARTOON FORUM

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

Nominee 2019

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CARTOONS ON THE BAY

ITALIAN STUDIO OF THE YEAR

2015

2021 - THE CASE

Awards

  • NYIFA – New York International Film Awards™ 2021: Best Animated Film
  • New York Animation Film Awards 2021: Best Director
  • Rockie Awards BANFF World Media Festival 2022 : Best Animation Youth
  • Cartoons on The Bay 2022: UNICEF Award
  • World Film Carnival – Singapore 2021: Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Auber International Film Festival 2021: Best Animation
  • Budapest Film Festival 2022: Best Animation
  • Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Tokyo Film Awards 2022: Golden Winner in the Best Animation Category
  • Druk International Film Festival 2022: Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Black Hat Film Festival 2022: Best Animation
  • Art Stream 2022: Best Animation Honorable Mention
  • Stockholm City Festival 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Boden International Film Festival 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Kings Cross Film Awards 2022: Best Animation Short
  • Lacorne Internationational Film Festival 2022: Best Animation
  • Sicafilm Los Angeles International Film Awards 2022: Best Animation – Special Category
  • KIAFF Kwetu International Animation Film Festival 2022: Best Short
  • Eastern Europe Film Festival: Best Animation
  • Sweden Film Awards 2022: Best Animation
  • Couch Film Festival Toronto 2022: Best Director
  • International World Film Awards 2022: Award Winner Animation
  • Tagore International Film Festival 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Metropolis Film Festival 2022: Best Animation / Best Sound Track
  • International Tour Film Festival 2022: Best Animation
  • Cinematic Film Festival Bucharest 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Madrid Film Awards 2022: Best Half-Length Film
  • Veracruz Itinerant Short Film Festival 2022: Best Animation Short Fiilm
  • Munich Film Awards 2022: Best Animation
  • Berlin Film Awards 2022: Best International Short
  • Sea of Art 2022: Honorable Mention – Best Animation
  • Brno Film Festival 2022: Honorable Mention Best animation
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù 2022: Honorable Mention
  • Matera International Film Festival 2022: Best Animation Film
  • Fesitval del Cinema de Girona 2022: Animation – Best Picture

 

Nominations

  • Los Angeles Italia 2022: Official Selection
  • Providence Children’s Film Festival 2022: Official Selection – People’s Choice Award
  • Providence Children’s Film Festival 2022: Official Selection – Special Jury Prize
  • Tokyo Anime Award Festival: Nomination – Best Feature Film
  • Palm Springs Animation Film Festival 2022: Official Selection – Best Animated Feature
  • Hollywood Arab Film Festival 2022: Finalist – Best Animation Feature
  • Imaginaria 2022: Finalist – Best Animated Feature
  • Cannes Film Awards: Finalist – Best Animation
  • Monaco Straming Film Festival 2022: Finalist – Best Animation
  • Paradise Film Festival 2022: Official Selection Best Animation
  • Lumiére International Film Festival & Awards 2022: Finalist – Best Animation
  • Brighton International Animation Festival 2022: Finalist – International Section
  • MM Fest 2022: Finalist – Senior
  • Ischia Global Film Festival 2022: Ischia Special Challenge
  • Cardiff International Film Festival 2022: Finalist – Feature Film
  • HECare Film Festival (Human-Environment Care Film Festival HECFF): Finalist – Human Rights / War and Displacement
  • The Standalone Film Fest & Award: Official Selection Animation Film
  • Golden Short Film Festival: Official Selection Golden Animated Short
  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival 2022: Nominee Best Animation
  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival 2022: Nominee Best Created Environment
  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival 2022: Best Character Design
  • International Hollywood Short Film Festival 2022: Nomination – Official Selection
  • Canada Yes! Let’s Make a Movie Film 2022 Festival Nominee Best Feature Film
  • 6th annual Cultural Animation Film Festival CAFF: Nomination
  • Animate Australia 2022: Short Animation Finalist
  • Golden Short Film Festival 2022 Rome: Finalist
  • Europa Film Festival 2022: Finalist
  • Rome Prisma Film Awards 2022 : Finalist Best Animation Short
  • Cardiff International Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
  • Universal Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
  • Children Rights Film Festival 2022
  • Liberty International Movie Festival 2022
  • Tbilisi International Animation Festival 2022
  • Festival Internacional De Cine De Derecho Humanos Miradas Diversas 2022
  • Monacorti: Screening Fuori Concorso / Out of Competition
2021 - THE CASE

Awards

  • NYIFA – New York International Film Awards™ 2021: Best Animated Film
  • New York Animation Film Awards 2021: Best Director
  • Rockie Awards BANFF World Media Festival 2022 : Best Animation Youth
  • Cartoons on The Bay 2022: UNICEF Award
  • World Film Carnival – Singapore 2021: Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Auber International Film Festival 2021: Best Animation
  • Budapest Film Festival 2022: Best Animation
  • Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Tokyo Film Awards 2022: Golden Winner in the Best Animation Category
  • Druk International Film Festival 2022: Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Black Hat Film Festival 2022: Best Animation
  • Art Stream 2022: Best Animation Honorable Mention
  • Stockholm City Festival 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Boden International Film Festival 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Kings Cross Film Awards 2022: Best Animation Short
  • Lacorne Internationational Film Festival 2022: Best Animation
  • Sicafilm Los Angeles International Film Awards 2022: Best Animation – Special Category
  • KIAFF Kwetu International Animation Film Festival 2022: Best Short
  • Eastern Europe Film Festival: Best Animation
  • Sweden Film Awards 2022: Best Animation
  • Couch Film Festival Toronto 2022: Best Director
  • International World Film Awards 2022: Award Winner Animation
  • Tagore International Film Festival 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Metropolis Film Festival 2022: Best Animation / Best Sound Track
  • International Tour Film Festival 2022: Best Animation
  • Cinematic Film Festival Bucharest 2022: Best Animated Film
  • Madrid Film Awards 2022: Best Half-Length Film
  • Veracruz Itinerant Short Film Festival 2022: Best Animation Short Fiilm
  • Munich Film Awards 2022: Best Animation
  • Berlin Film Awards 2022: Best International Short
  • Sea of Art 2022: Honorable Mention – Best Animation
  • Brno Film Festival 2022: Honorable Mention Best animation
  • Festival del Cinema di Cefalù 2022: Honorable Mention
  • Matera International Film Festival 2022: Best Animation Film
  • Fesitval del Cinema de Girona 2022: Animation – Best Picture

 

Nominations

  • Los Angeles Italia 2022: Official Selection
  • Providence Children’s Film Festival 2022: Official Selection – People’s Choice Award
  • Providence Children’s Film Festival 2022: Official Selection – Special Jury Prize
  • Tokyo Anime Award Festival: Nomination – Best Feature Film
  • Palm Springs Animation Film Festival 2022: Official Selection – Best Animated Feature
  • Hollywood Arab Film Festival 2022: Finalist – Best Animation Feature
  • Imaginaria 2022: Finalist – Best Animated Feature
  • Cannes Film Awards: Finalist – Best Animation
  • Monaco Straming Film Festival 2022: Finalist – Best Animation
  • Paradise Film Festival 2022: Official Selection Best Animation
  • Lumiére International Film Festival & Awards 2022: Finalist – Best Animation
  • Brighton International Animation Festival 2022: Finalist – International Section
  • MM Fest 2022: Finalist – Senior
  • Ischia Global Film Festival 2022: Ischia Special Challenge
  • Cardiff International Film Festival 2022: Finalist – Feature Film
  • HECare Film Festival (Human-Environment Care Film Festival HECFF): Finalist – Human Rights / War and Displacement
  • The Standalone Film Fest & Award: Official Selection Animation Film
  • Golden Short Film Festival: Official Selection Golden Animated Short
  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival 2022: Nominee Best Animation
  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival 2022: Nominee Best Created Environment
  • Lonely Wolf International Film Festival 2022: Best Character Design
  • International Hollywood Short Film Festival 2022: Nomination – Official Selection
  • Canada Yes! Let’s Make a Movie Film 2022 Festival Nominee Best Feature Film
  • 6th annual Cultural Animation Film Festival CAFF: Nomination
  • Animate Australia 2022: Short Animation Finalist
  • Golden Short Film Festival 2022 Rome: Finalist
  • Europa Film Festival 2022: Finalist
  • Rome Prisma Film Awards 2022 : Finalist Best Animation Short
  • Cardiff International Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
  • Universal Film Festival 2022: Official Selection
  • Children Rights Film Festival 2022
  • Liberty International Movie Festival 2022
  • Tbilisi International Animation Festival 2022
  • Festival Internacional De Cine De Derecho Humanos Miradas Diversas 2022
  • Monacorti: Screening Fuori Concorso / Out of Competition
2019 - HANUKKAH -The Festival Of Lights

Awards

  • Holidays365 International Film Fest 2020: Best Sound Design Animated Short Film
  • Holidays365 International Film Fest 2020: Shooting Star Jury Award 2020
  • Holidays365 International Film Fest 2020: Best ScreenPlay Animated Short Film

Nominations

  • Kidscreen Awards 2020: Finalist Best Animated Short Film
  • Biaf – Bucheon International Animation Festival 2020: Official Selection
  • Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2020: Animation for Children
  • Sedicorto Forlì International Film Festival 2022: Animare
  • Miami Jewish Film Festival 2022
2019 - BECOLORED
  • Shorts International Film Fest 2019: Award Best Short Shorter Kids’n’ Teens
  • Shorts International Film Fest 2019: Audience Award Shorter Kids’n’ Teens
  • Durango Independent Film Festival 2021: Audience Award
2016 – NEFERTINE ON THE NILE
  • Cartoons on the Bay: Best TV Pilot
2016 - TEMPO INSTABILE CON PROBABILI SCHIARITE
  • Corti D’Argento: Special Prize
2014 - CINDERELLA IN THE ENCHANTED FOREST
  • Festival International du Film sur L’art: Sélection Officielle
2008 - GLADIATORI
  • International Film Festival of Salerno: Cartoon Trophy
  • Cartoons on the Bay: Pulcinella Award Best Adventure Series
2003 - TOTÒ SAPORE E LA MAGICA STORIA DELLA PIZZA

Internacional de Cine par L’Infancia y la juventude de Buenos Aires 2004: Special mention as Best Animation Film

2002 - SINPHONIA
  • Dervio Festival 2001: Best Animation
2000 - UN'ALTRA VIA DI USCITA
  • Castelli Animati International Film Festival, Genzano: Jury Grand Prize
  • Dervio Festival, 2001 : First Prize
  • Fabrizio Bellocchio Prize: awarded by the Mayor of Rome
1999 - IL PULCINO BALLERINO
  • Dervio Festival: Best Original Character
  • Dervio Festival: Best Animation
1999 - VOLEVO UN GATTO NERO
  • Dervio Festival: Jury Prize for Best Film
1999 - GUGÙ
  • Expocartoon, Rome: Fantoche Award
1995 - DOMO
  • Expocartoon, Rome: Fantoche Award
  • Cannes Festival: Short Films Official Selection
1989 - SALOMÈ
  • Bourge-en-Bresse Festival: Audience Award
  • MoMA, New York, 1990: Official projection
1987 - PAS-TA-SHOOT-AH
  • Cannes Festival, 1998: Short Films Official Selection
1986 - ORPHEUS
  • Europa Cinema, 1986: Special Mention
  • Annecy Festival: Incontro Cinema Italiano
  • Treviso Festival, 1988 : Best Short Film