Raoul Servais to be awarded Dragon in Cracow

At the opening ceremony of the 47th Cracow Film Festival (31st May, 2007) the Honorary Prize, the Dragon of Dragons for Lifetime Achievement will go to Raoul Servais, the acclaimed Belgian animated film director of brilliant works like The False Note (De Valse Noot, 1963, pictured) . Now 79 years old and still working, he accepted the news with great joy, admitting it was a big honour to receive such an award at one of the major film festivals across the world, particularly in a country like Poland with renowned filmmakers who gave significant contributions to the world of film animation.

The Dragon of Dragons lifetime achievement award was set up in 1998 in recognition of filmmakers belonging to the fine tradition of documentary and animated films and is presented by the Programme Committee of the Cracow Film Foundation. So far it has been awaraded to: Bohdan Kosiñski, Raymond Depardon, Werner Herzog, Albert Maysles, Kazimierz Karabasz and animated film directors: Jan Lenica, Jan Svankmajer, Stephan and Timothy Quay and Yuri Norstein.

Raoul Servais has been awarded in various film festivals across the world, most notably for his animations Chromophobia (1966), Operation X-70 (1971), Harpya (1979), Taxandria (1994), Nocturnal Butterflies (Papillons de nuit, 1997) and Atraksion (2001).

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