✦ La Ciotat
Altered State wins Best Animation at SHAIKE
Altered State, by Ethereal Moon, won Best Animation at the first SHAIKE Film Festival, held in La Ciotat on 2 and 3 October 2026. Almost 500 films from 40 countries entered the competition, and the winners were announced at the official ceremony at the Eden Théâtre, the oldest cinema in the world.
The jury was presided over by director Olivier Dahan (La Vie en Rose), with Jacques Malaterre, Michael L. Bivins, Anne Richard, Stéphane Barbato, Yves Rousset-Rouard, Seb Caudron, Éric Judor and SHAIKE founder Jeremy Angelier.
The other winners: the Grand Prix went to A Message for the Butterfly (Mark Wachholz), Best Short Film to Incubus (Julien Prévost), Best TV Series Pilot to Boussadia (Zoubeir Jlassi), Best Short Drama to The Caretaker (Mickael Obadia), Best Advertising to Maserati – 100 Years of the Trident (Stéphane Benini), Best Documentary to The Next Second (Jacek Kadaj) and Best Music Video to Last Dance with Mary Jane.
Melody Bossan (LeMoon) also spoke at the Dreamina masterclass.
