Xilam Animation’s ‘I Lost My Body’ triumphs at the César Awards 2020

Xilam Animation’s multi-award winning feature I Lost My Body scooped a pair of gongs at the 45th César Awards for best animated film and best original score.These latest wins follow I Lost My Body’s outstanding awards and festivals success, which has seen the critically acclaimed feature take home 30 awards to date including three Annie Awards, a double win at Annecy International Animated Film Festival and the prestigious Critics’ Week prize at Cannes Film Festival, in addition to a further 37 nominations including at the Academy Awards for Best Animated Film.

A self-funded Xilam Animation production, I Lost My Body is an adaptation of Guillaume Laurant’s novel Happy Hand. Directed by Jérémy Clapin who also co-wrote the feature with Laurant (Amélie) and produced by Xilam’s Marc du Pontavice, I Lost My Body premiered to critical acclaim during Cannes Film Festival 2019 and launched on 29 November 2019 on Netflix. Pontavice was also honoured at Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2019 as he received the MIFA Animation Industry Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the animation industry.

Xilam Animation CEO Pontavice said: “We are thrilled and deeply humbled by these wins, which is the perfect way to finish what has been an amazing ride over the awards season. To see a small, independent film win at France’s most prestigious awards ceremony against such brilliant contenders, is not only an immense privilege but also demonstrates an extraordinary inclination from the César Academy for innovation in animation. These awards are also testament to Xilam’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of animation and nurturing game-changing talent who we know will forge new and ground-breaking paths in the genre.”

Set in Paris, I Lost My Body sees Naoufel fall in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.During a dangerous expedition across the city, it remembers its life together with Naoufel, up until the accident. After an eventful journey, they reconnect in the most unexpected and poetic way.

The full list of awards and nominations to date is as follows:

Wins

Cesar Awards (2020)

Best Animated Film

Best Original Score

Best Writing: Adapted Screenplay (nomination)

Prix Lumieres (2020)

– Best Animated Film

– Best Direction ‐ Feature ‐ Jérémy Clapin (nomination)

– Best Music – Dan Lévy (nomination)

Annie Awards (2020)

– Best Indie Feature

– Best Music ‐ Feature ‐ Dan Levy

– Best Writing ‐ Feature ‐ Jérémy Clapin, Guillaume Laurant

– Best Direction ‐ Feature ‐ Jérémy Clapin (nomination)

– Best Storyboarding ‐ Feature ‐ Julien Bisaro (nomination)

– Best Storyboarding ‐ Feature ‐ JérémyClapin (nomination)

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (2020)

– Best Music Score

– Best Animation

Chicago Independent Film Critics Association (2019)

– Best Animated Film

Black Film Critics Circle (2019)

– Best Animated Film

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (2019)

– Best Animated Feature

Boston Society Of Films Critics (2019)

– Best Animated Film

Palm Springs International Animation Festival (2019)

– Best Film

San Diego Film Critics Society (2019)

– Best Animated Feature

New York Critics Circle Awards (2019)

– Best Animated Film

New York Critics Online (2019)

– Best Animated Film

Florida Film Critics Circle (2019)

– Best Animated Film

Utah Film Critics Association (2019)

– Best Animated Feature

New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival (2019)

– Grand Prize

Festival International Des Voix Du Cinema D’animation Voix D’etoiles (2019)

– Coup de coeur du jury

– Meilleure voix feminine

Animation Is Film Festival (2019)

– Grand Jury Prize

Sitges Fantastic Film Festival (2019)

– Best Music

– Best Motion Picture (nominated)

Colcoa French Film Festival (2019)

– Audience Award

– CriticsAward

Festival Européen Du Film Fantastique De Strasbourg (2019)

– Best Animated Film

– Best European Fantastic Feature Film (nominated)

Annecy International Animated Film Festival (2019)

– Feature Cristal

– Audience Award

– MIFA Animation Industry Award: Marc du Pontavice

Cannes Film Festival (2019)

– Grand Prize at the Semaine de la Critique

NOMINATIONS

Prix Jean Renoir Des Lycéens (2020) – TBA

– Feature Film

Academy Awards (2020)

– Best Animated Film

Prix Louis Delluc Junior (2019)

– Best Animated Film

Ace Eddie Award (2020)

– Best Edited Animated Feature Film

Critics’ Choice Awards (2020)

– Best Animated Feature

Georgia Film Critics Association (2019)

– Best Animated Feature

Nbr Awards (2020) 

– Best Animated Feature

Columbus Film Critics Association (2020)

– Best Animated Feature

Music City Film Critics Association (2020)

– Best Animated Feature

Houston Film Critics Society (2020)

– Best Animated Feature

Chicago Film Critics Association (2019)

– Best Animated Film

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (2019)

–  Best Animated Film

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (2019)

– Best Animated Feature (Runner Up)

Indiana Film Journalists Association (2019)

– Best Animated Feature (Runner Up)

–  Original Vision Award

Seattle Film Critics Society (2019)

–  Best Animated Feature

Prix Louis Delluc (2019)

– Best First Film

Southeastern Film Critics (2019)

– Best Animated Feature (Runner up)

Detroit Film Critics Society (2019)

–  Best Animated Feature

European Film Awards (2019)

– European Animated Feature Film

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (2019)

– Original score: Animated Film

Stockholm International Film Festival (2019)

– Best Film

Philadelphia Film Festival (2019)

-People’s Choice Award ‐ Best Film

Warsaw Film Festival (2019)

– Free Spirit Award

Pingyao International Film Festival (2019)

– People’s Choice Award ‐ Best Film

Montreal Festival Du Cinéma Nouveau (2019)

– Best Film (Louve d’or)

Gent Festival (2019)

– Best Film

Hamburg Film Festival (2019)

–  Young Talent Award ‐ Best Feature Film

Zurich Film Festival (2019)

– Best International Feature Film