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Asteroide award, official jury statement:
"The winner of the Neon Concorso is a work of global animation created in Russia, Japan, and Canada: First Squad, the Moment of Truth. The jury admires the freshness, cleverness and sense of invention of this work. First Squad has meticulous attention to detail, lavish action sequences, and surprising live performances that are well-acted, well-scripted and emotionally moving. First Squad is an exotic and beautiful integration of concept, content and form. We hope to see much more visionary work from this multinational team."
"The honorable mention goes to Metropia, directed by Tarik Saleh. We admired this film's style, precision and technical innovation, which are combined with authentic, street-art sensibility. We believe that Metropia represents the avant-garde of European cinematic fantasy in 2009."
"Congratulations to our winner."
(signed)
Gilles Esposito, Antonio Serra, Bruce Sterling
