Presenting the Cristal award, the Annecy jury said it chose to honour “a film that reveals the devastating impact of war, creating a profoundly moving experience that combines the emotional power of music, deeply felt performances and the sweeping historic scale of its story”.
In a statement to CNA Lifestyle, Han, who shared that he had been working on the film for 10 years, said: “When the jury announced The Violinist as the winner, for me, I just felt shock and disbelief.Â
“I was then overcome by humility and gratitude as we all walked on stage. I was mostly thinking of my team and all the hundreds of people that helped make this film possible, and also a swelling sense of pride that an animated feature film that is also in every way a Singapore story, can stand on a world stage such as Annecy.”
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