The Pulcinella Carrer Awards 2009 will be presented to the Japanese Tomino Yoshiyuki and to the French Annette Tison & Talus Taylor.

Tomino Yoshiyuki

Yoshiyuki Tomino, acclaimed screenwriter and director of TV series and feature films, was born in Owadara on November 5th 1941.
Professionally grown up under the aegis of Osamu Tezuka, master of the manga industry, he revolutions, from the second half of the 70s the sci-fi Tv Animation series with robotic themes with the trilogy Daitarn 3, Zambot 3 e Kodiu Senshi Gundam. In particular, Gundam introduces in Mecha Anime characters dense with realism and ambiguity, and above all a cry against the inhumanity of war. Gundam becomes a metaphoric reflection on contemporary society, read through the fantastic lens of a futuristic conflict. With the cult Ideon, in 1980, he reaches new peaks for the concept of spatial war and of realism in TV programmes for teenagers. With Sei Senshi Dunbine in 1983-1984 he extended his love for the Mecha and for the characteristic tragic end to the fantasy scenery. In the last years he dedicates himself to post-apocalyptic sceneries with Brain Powered (1988) and King Gainer (2002), presenting situations and characters that are substantially solar with optimistic conclusions. His latest cinematographic effort is the trilogy Z Gundam: A New Translation, where Tomino changes the end of his own saga by rewriting everything that he didn’t recognize anymore as in line with his creative thought 20 years later. Among the uncountable prizes that he has won, it’s important to mention the Best Director at the Tokyo International Anime Fair in 2006 (for the first film of the new trilogy of Z Gundam) and the Animage Grand Prix Awards in 1979 and in 1980 for Kidou Senshi Gundam and for Ideon.

Annette Tison & Talus Taylor

Since 1970 people from all over the world have enjoyed reading Barbapapa with its originality and sense of humor. The wide range of publications including picture books, comic books and the animated cartoon series continue to entertain children as well as their parents throughout the world. Les Barbapapa books have been published in over 30 languages and are widely recognised as classic.
The First book, was published in 1970. It was highly praised by a leading British book critic upon publication, and at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 1970, leading publishers of France, Germany, Italy and other countries immediately included the book in their lists.
The First Barbapapa animated cartoon was produced in 1975. The TV series was broadcast in more than 40 countries and still has a loyal audience. In 1997, Teletoon TV in France re-broadcast this memorable series in answer to popular demand by those who enjoyed watching the series when they were children. Over 300,000 copies of the video-cassettes have been sold to date.
"Barbapapa around the world", written by Annette Tison & Talus Taylor, is a fun-filled collection
of  5-minute animated cartoons for preschool children. Barbapapa and his family return to TV for the first time in 25 years with 50 completely new and original episodes. Each episode travels to far-off lands where the Barbapapa family learns about plants, birds, reptiles or mammals in their natural Habitat in New Guinea, in the Amazon, in Patagonia and all over the world. The Barbapapa family not only has fun playing with and imitating rare animals but it also helps the creatures when they fall into life-threatening situations. For years Annette Tison & Talus Taylor set out in the world to study the real life of animals and plants in various habitats such as rainforest, the North Pole and deserts, where they made huge number of sketches of plants, animals and the surrounding nature. Their resulting Knowledge of ecology appears in each episode, mixed with a humor and excitement.

Pulcinella Career Awards 

Previous recipients of the Pulcinella Awards for the Career include: Bruno Bozzetto (Italy), Roy Disney (USA), Joe Barbera (USA), John Coates (United Kingdom), Phil Roman (USA), Osvaldo Cavandoli (Italy), Jimmy Teru Murakami (USA), Giulio Gianini (Italy), Jules Engel (USA) Richard Williams (Canada), Gene Deitch (USA), Roberto and Gino Gavioli (Italy), Zlatko Bourek (Croatia), Pagot Family (Italy), Gerald Potterton (United Kingdom), Fusako Yusaki (Japan)