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Nicktoons Film Festival 2005 Winners

After a highly successful second season, with hundreds of entries received from around the world, Nextoons: The Nicktoons Film Festival proudly announces that Arthur de Pins, the French filmmaker who entered ",La Revolution des Crabes, is the $10,000 Grand Prize winner.

The short film was selected as the best of the fest by a grand jury that included actor Mark Hamill, "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Co-Creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Director/Animator Mike Gabriel, 10-year-old cartoon connoisseur Noah Webb and Feature Storyboard Artist and winner of the Producers Choice Award in the first Nicktoons Film Festival, Elizabeth Ito. All jury members agreed that the clever story about the life of crabs doomed to only travel in a straight line was a side-splitter. The simple plot, black-and-white format and straightforward animation add to the film`s undeniable charm.

Sponsors and Friends of the Festival include Bauhaus Software, SOFTIMAGE, the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Stash DVD Magazine, Toon Boom, Your Next Tee, Digital Tutors, Animation Magazine, Mighty Fine Inc. and DreamWorks Animation.