曼彻斯特动画节2026获奖名单公布：《In Waves》夺长片奖，2027年起拒收生成式SI影片
英国曼彻斯特动画节（MAF）11月13日公布2026年竞赛获奖名单。长片奖由 Phuong Mai Nguyen 执导的《In Waves》（比利时、法国、美国）获得，特别提及授予 Kōhei Kadowaki 的《We Are Aliens》（日本、法国）；短片奖由格鲁吉亚导演 Mamuka Tkeshelashvili 的《When the Sea Was Calm》获得，英国短片奖由 Leto Meade 与 Jonathan Rockefeller 的《A Little Death》（英国、美国）获得。
其余主要奖项包括：学生影片奖《To Kill a Velofahrer》（瑞士），沉浸式影片奖《Mirage》（孟加拉国、荷兰、沙特阿拉伯），儿童奖《Singularity》（荷兰），观众奖由《Into the Forest》（瑞士）获得。行业卓越奖方面，Joe Wells 凭《Pablo Next Level》获编剧奖，Bryony James 凭同一作品获分镜奖。
电影节同时宣布，自2027年起不再接受使用生成式SI创作的影片参赛。电影节总监 Steve Henderson 表示，新政策旨在把创作者放在首位，守护动画这门以人类技艺为核心的艺术形式。
本届电影节于11月8日至12日在 HOME 及曼彻斯特多处场馆举行，为历届规模最大的一届，五天共录得近12,000人次入场。下一届电影节定于2027年11月14日至18日举行，参赛征集已经开启。
Manchester Animation Festival Announces 2026 Winners: In Waves Takes Feature Prize, Generative AI Films Banned From 2027
Manchester Animation Festival (MAF) announced the winners of its 2026 competition on November 13. The Feature Film Award went to In Waves (Belgium, France, US), directed by Phuong Mai Nguyen, with a Special Mention for We Are Aliens (Japan, France), directed by Kohei Kadowaki. The Short Film Award went to When the Sea Was Calm (Georgia), directed by Mamuka Tkeshelashvili, and the Best British Short Award went to A Little Death (UK, US), directed by Leto Meade and Jonathan Rockefeller.
Other major honours included the Student Film Award for To Kill a Velofahrer (Switzerland), the Immersive Film Award for Mirage (Bangladesh, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia), the Children's Award for Singularity (Netherlands), and the Audience Award for Into the Forest (Switzerland). In the Industry Excellence Awards, Joe Wells won Scriptwriting and Bryony James won Storyboarding, both for Pablo Next Level.
The festival also announced that films created using generative AI will no longer be accepted for submission from 2027 onwards. Festival Director Steve Henderson said the new policy puts artists first and safeguards the human skills at the heart of animation.
The 2026 festival ran from November 8 to 12 at HOME and venues across Manchester, its biggest edition to date, with almost 12,000 admissions over five days. The festival will return on November 14-18, 2027, and the call for entries is now open.
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图片来源：图中是曼彻斯特 First Street 的 HOME 艺术中心外景，本届曼彻斯特动画节在此及曼彻斯特多处场馆举行。 Gerald England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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