Tag: Annecy
‘Courgette’ Takes Top Annecy Prize
The illustrious Annecy Festival wrapped up this weekend, and this year proved a triumph for the auteur artistry of local French production with both...
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Actor Anton Yelchin of Star Trek Films Dies in Freak Accident
Actor who played Russian starship navigator Chekov in franchise reboot dies at age 27.
Finding...
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’Finding Dory’ Sets Animation Film Record with $9.2 Million Thursday Preview
Pixar’s hotly anticipated sequel scores highest Thursday night preview take of all time, and...
Annecy Bestows Special Prizes
For the third year running, the Special Prizes were awarded in a ceremony held at Annecy’s Town Hall on Friday night. The Mayor of...
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Right On: ‘Cuphead’s 1930s-Style Animation Will Exist Beyond Boss Fights
The hotly anticipated game that brings retro rubber-hose animation to the new millennium has greater...
Annecy Exclusive: Talking DreamWorks with Jeffrey Katzenberg
One of the surprise appearances at Annecy 2016 is Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation. Katzenberg was in town to support the studio’s presentations...
Annecy: Aardman’s Peter Lord and David Sproxton
Few studios around the world are as beloved as Aardman Animations, the U.K. stop-motion and Claymation studio behind such hits as Creature Comforts, Wallace...
Animatsu Brings ‘Corner of the World’ to Annecy
Animatsu Entertainment, a new London-based producer, licensor and distributor of anime in the U.K. & Ireland (with global expansion in the cards), has secured...
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French TV Animation: Major Hike in French Public Support Mechanisms in 2016
Tax rebates and automatic subsidies now account for 35% to 40% of average...
TF1 & Zagtoon Team Up for ‘Ghost Force’
French broadcaster TF1 announced at Annecy that it is developing a new animated series with Zagtoon: Ghost Force. The two companies collaborated on the...
Warner Animation Sets ‘Smallfoot’ for Spring 2018
Warner Animation Group announced at the Annecy festival on Tuesday that Warner Bros. has set a release window of Spring 2018 for the Group’s...
Del Toro Reveals ‘Trollhunters’ Cast
During a retrospective of his career at the Annecy festival today, creator and executive producer Guillermo del Toro announced the initial casting for Trollhunters...
Jeffrey Katzenberg Receives First Annecy Golden Ticket
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the art and industry of animation, the organizers of the Annecy Film Festival presented DreamWorks Animation’s CEO...
Vancouver Animation Biz Takes on Annecy
The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) and nine top animation studios from "Hollywood North" have ascended the French alps for the 56th Annual Annecy International...
CN Heroes Ready to Save the Day at Annecy
Cartoon Network is returning to Annecy for the 2016 Animation Festival and MIFA market, bringing a selection of new and familiar heroic characters along....
Toonz Premium to Present at MIFA
Software developer Digital Video will present the latest version of its state-of-the-art digital 2D tool Toonz Premium at the MIFA market at Annecy. The...
Annecy Details Trio of VR Events
The Annecy International Animation Festival is welcoming some next-gen gate crashers at this year's edition, with three special virtual reality events schedule for the...
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TVKids Special Report: Kids' Comedies
Top entertainment execs talk the surprisingly difficult task of making kids laugh and the benefits of animation.
Disney Exec Joins WBCP...
GKIDS Takes Hold of ‘Girl without Hands’
GKIDS has entered a distribution agreement for all North American rights to the upcoming animated feature The Girl without Hands, following the film’s premiere...
Karen Fowler Tapped as Showrunner on ‘Flora of the Forest’
Koko Rose Media, King Rollo Films and Bejuba! have signed on three-time Emmy-winning creative executive Karen Fowler as Showrunner for Flora of the Forest...
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