# ‘Tangles’ Wins Grand Jury Prize at Animation Is Film Festival

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tangles-wins-grand-jury-prize-at-animation-is-film-festival/
- Published: 2026-10-22T18:09:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/tangles-grand-jury-prize-animation-is-film-festival-1236921464/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- “Tangles” won the festival’s top feature prize.
- “Iron Boy” won both a jury prize and the audience award.
- “Paper Trail” and “Please” took the shorts prizes.

## Summary

“Tangles”, directed by Leah Nelson, won the Grand Jury Prize at the ninth Animation Is Film Festival. The 2D film follows a family coping with their mother’s dementia, and the jury praised its monochrome animation and sensitive adaptation of Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel.

“​​Iron Boy”, directed by Louis Clichy, received the Fumi Kitahara Special Jury Prize and the Features Audience Award. “Paper Trail” by Don Hertzfeldt won the Shorts Jury Grand Prize, while Anna Mantzaris’s “Please” took the Shorts Special Jury Prize. The four-day festival also featured screenings and presentations including “Wildwood”, “Knights of Guinevere” and work-in-progress “Clara and the Below”.

## Coverage

- [Variety: ‘Tangles’ Wins Grand Jury Prize at Animation Is Film Festival](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/tangles-grand-jury-prize-animation-is-film-festival-1236921464/)
- [The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Tangles,’ ‘Iron Boy’ Win Animation Is Film Festival](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tangles-iron-boy-animation-is-film-festival-winners-1236737975/)

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