Not a week goes by without the film by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels gathering new honors.
Film festivals have been praising the "textile" adventures of Willy in a nudist camp. The film was recently presented in competition at the Bruz National Animated Film Festival in the presence of Emma De Swaef.
In the space of a few months, this animated short film has amassed some twenty major awards, including the following:
- Golden Cartoon for Best European Animated Short Film
- Best Film of more than 5' and the RTP2 Onda Curta Prize at Cinanima Espinho (Portugal)
- Best Professional Film at Bradford (UK)
- Cine Club FAS Prize at Zinebi Bilbao (Spain)
- Best Short Film at Cork (Ireland)
- People's Choice Award at the Barcelona Alternativa (Spain)
- Venus Award for Best Film at the Badalona Filmet (Spain)
- Animated Dreams Grand Prize (Estonia)
- Grand Prize for an Animated Short Film at the Amiens International Film Festival
Oh Willy... has also been pre-selected by the French Cesar Awards Academy to compete in two categories, Best Animated Film and Best Short Film. Nominations will be announced on January 25, 2013.
