Womanimation! 2026 Award Winners - Jadwiga Ligeza - Grand Jury Prize for Rock Song and Emma Carre and Mathilde Parquet - Audience Award for Signal

Catalin Dordea - Romanian Casting Director - 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, Graduation, Love 1 Dog, Miracle, R.M.N., and Cloistered Sister

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233457 Catalin's [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233457] casting work includes the films: Train Of Life [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4936450], A Farewell To Fools [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1634055], That Trip We Took With Dad [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4654184], Love 1 Dog [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7356132], Heidi [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9800034], Unidentified [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13099426], Miracle [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14355860], and Cloistered Sister [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29315945]. Catalin's [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233457] collaborations with acclaimed director Cristian Mungiu [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612816], include: Occident [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320194], 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032846], Beyond The Hills [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2258281], Graduation [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4936450], and R.M.N. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18550182]

John Tarquinio - Documentary Film Editor - Philly D.A., Patrice: The Movie, The Oldest Person in the World, and The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel

https://www.johntarquinio.com John's [https://www.johntarquinio.com] assistant editor credits include: Bottle Back [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11695262], Philly D.A. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13622188], 32 Sounds [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16294920], Bravo, Burkina! [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24055620], and The Oldest Person in the World [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39032797]. John's [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8275151] feature documentary editing credits include Patrice: The Movie [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30342963], directed by Ted Passon [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1878198], and more recently the Netflix [https://www.netflix.com] documentary, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother Hillel [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36971084].

Womanimation! 2026 Award Winners - Jadwiga Ligeza - Grand Jury Prize for Rock Song and Emma Carre and Mathilde Parquet - Audience Award for Signal

We at MergingArts [http://www.mergingarts.org] spoke with Award winners from our Womanimation! 2026 Film Festival [https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/Main.aspx], which took place in Boston (USA). Jadwiga Ligeza [https://www.instagram.com/jadwiga.legenda], a Polish Animator based in London, won the Jury Grand Prize [https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/2026Judges.aspx] at the Womanimation! 2026 Film Festival [https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/2026Films.aspx] for her film, Rock Song [https://2025.rca.ac.uk/school-of-communication/animation-ma/profile/jadwiga-ligeza]. We also spoke with duo, Emma Carre [https://emmacarre.fr/en/homepage] and Mathilde Parquet [https://www.instagram.com/mathilde_parquet], French Animators who co-wrote and directed the stop-motion musical animated film, Signal [https://emmacarre.fr/en/signal-en]. Signal [https://emmacarre.fr/en/signal-en] won the Audience Award at the 2026 Womanimation! Film Festival [https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/Main.aspx] and was the runner-up for the Jury Grand Prize [https://www.mergingartsproductions.com/Events/Womanimation/2026Judges.aspx].

Sandro Piccarozzi - Italian Set Decorator - The Best Offer, A Bigger Splash, Call Me by Your Name, Maria, Cold Storage, and Digger

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4025102 Sandro's [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4025102] film work includes: The Best Offer [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924396], A Bigger Splash [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2056771], Everest [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2719848], Call Me By Your Name [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5726616], Rome In Love [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7049178], and Napoleon [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13287846], and Pablo Larrain's [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1883257] acclaimed film, Maria [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22893404]. Sandro's [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4025102] more recent projects include: Cold Storage [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8879928], and Alejandro Inarritu's [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327944] upcoming film Digger [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31450459].

Linda Boije af Gennas - Swedish Hair and Makeup Designer - Melancholia, Simon and the Oaks, You Disappear, Pioneer, The Emigrants, The Playlist, The Swedish Connection

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092250 Linda's [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092250] feature film credits include: Together [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203166], Melancholia [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527186], Simon and the Oaks [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375669], Pioneer [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2369205], You Disappear [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5194504], The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7703070], The Emigrants [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4697290], and The Swedish Connection [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28793125]. Linda's [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092250] television work includes: The Spanish Princess [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8417308], The Playlist [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11564258], and To Cook a Bear [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23772966].