"9, chemin des Gauchoirs" wins the grand prize

The French film "9, chemin des Gauchoirs" by director Lyonel Charmette won the grand prize of the 15th edition of the Meknès International Animation Film Festival (FICAM), organised from 25 to 30 March.It is a 13-minute poetic animated film about the dilemma of a shepherd who enters a refined luxury bathroom cabin while ensuring there is no one around to tie his goat on the dock.Oscillating between this unexpected comfort and dry land, he will appropriate the premises, until he meets their true occupants.The Jury's Special Mention went to the Russian short film "We can't live without Cosmos" by Konstantin Bronzit, while the best student film prize was won by the Frenchman Loïc Espuche for his film "Tombés du nid".The Junior Jury prizes for the short and feature animation films were won, respectively, by the Franco-Swiss co-productions "D'Ombres et d'ailes" by Elice Meng and Eleonora Mar…