International Animation Festival: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, "Audience Award" and "OIAF Award for Best Production Between 10 and 30 Minutes in Length" 1993—Cracow Film Festival: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, "Special Mention for the depiction of a crucial subject in the form of animation" 1997—Cinanima: The Mermaid, "Grand Prize" 1997—International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film: The Mermaid, "Honorable Mention" in the category "Animated Films and Videos" 1997—2nd Open Russian Festival of Animated Film: The Mermaid, "Best Animator of a Drawn Film", "3rd Place Rating by Audience Vote" 1998—Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: The Mermaid (nominated) 1998—Ottawa International Animation Festival: The Mermaid, "Craft Prize" in the category "Best Story" 1998—Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films: The Mermaid, "Grand Prize" 1999—Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: The Old Man and the Sea2006—11th Hiroshima International Animation Festival: My Love, "Audience Prize" and "Special International Jury Prize" 2006—International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film: My Love, "FIPRESCI Prize for Best Animation" 2006—Animation Show of Shows; My Love2007—12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film: My Love, "Grand Prix", "Best Direction" and "Best Visuals" 2007—XVII International "Message to Man" Film Festival: My Love, "Grand Prix" 2007—Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: My Love (nominated) Bibliography Olivier Cotte (2007) Secrets of Oscar-Winning Animation: Behind the Scenes of 13 Classic Short Animations. (The Old Man and the Sea'') Focal Press. References External links Pascal Blais Studio - here you can see clips of Petrov's films (enter the English site, then click on "directors") Aleksandr Petrov at animator.ru English interview with AWN Trailer for the upcoming Ghibli DVD release of "My Love" FIPRESCI review of "My Love" Interview about his latest film (17 August 2006) Fragment from Aleksandr Petrov's My Love with Esperanto subtitles 1957 births Living people People from Pervomaysky District, Yaroslavl Oblast Soviet animation directors Soviet film directors Russian animators Russian animated film directors 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters 21st-century Russian painters High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors alumni Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Soviet animators Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners 20th-century Russian male artists 21st-century Russian male artists