The Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of Gegege (Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo) anime film competed in the Feature Films Contrechamp category, but Living Large won.
The other anime that competed in the feature film category included Ghost Cat Anzu, The Colors Within, and The Imaginary.
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window is Shinei Animation’s anime film of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s Madoigwa no Totto-chan autobiographical memoir.
Gintz Zilbalodis’ Flow Latvia-Belgium-France co-production won the Jury Award, Gan Foundation Award for Distribution, Audience Award, and Best Original Music Award for a Feature Film.