The Blackheart Gang have just returned back from France after recieving The Special Distinction Award at the Annecy Film Festival for their short film ” The Tale of How”. (the award, a shiny sparkling shape of wonder)

Annecy is the number one International competitive animation film festival. For over 45 years the town has been showing off the very best in the art. The festival is a competition between animated films of various techniques (animated drawings, cut out papers, modelling clay, 3D etc) classified in various categories. The capacity to present and promote animation in all its different forms has made Annecy a world-wide point of reference for the animation industry.

Read more about this award at the official Annecy Site.