The 14th annual Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival on Wednesday said it gave A Cat in Paris (pictured), an animated feature from French directors Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, its top audience award for best feature film.

The film, which features Paris as a playground for Dino, a cat, has been a strong performer on the festival circuit after bowing at the New York International Film Festival.

And ordinary fest-goers also gave the audience award for best short film to British filmmakers Jakob Schuh and Max Lang’s The Gruffalo, an Oscar-nominated short based on Julia Donaldson’s kids book.

On the jury front, Sprockets judges aged 8 to 19 years gave their best feature film trophy to Snowman, by US filmmaker Robert Kirbyson, about a ten year-old boy who comes to terms with his battle with cancer, while becoming scared he will be forgotten.

Another jury of 11- and 12-year-olds gave their best feature trophy to The Crocodiles Strike Back, a sequel to the Sprockets 2010 audience award winner from German director Christian Ditter.

Elsewhere, the best short film jury aged 9- to 12-years-old gave its top prize to The Gruffalo, from directors Jakob Schuh and Max Lang.