Tag: Annecy Festival
Festivals & Events: ‘Dragonkeeper’ Opens Malaga, Annecy 2024 Additions, Saturn Award Winners, RENDR Returns, CAF Lineup & More
Following its market premiere at the European Film Market (EFM) on February 17, the CG-animated adaptation Dragonkeeper will bow on the festival circuit as...
Annecy Intl. Animation Festival Announces Massive Expansion Project Coming in 2025
One of the world’s oldest and most popular animation festivals is getting even bigger. According to a report in Variety, the Annecy Intl. Animation...
‘Daffy in Wackyland’ Director Max Winston on Reimagining the Delirious Duck in Stop-Motion
The new stop-motion Looney Tunes short, Daffy in Wackyland, was the toast of the town when it premiered at Annecy last June. This month,...
‘Chicken for Linda!’ Directors Malta & Laudenbach Give Us the Recipe for Their Acclaimed Movie
After taking home the Cristal for best feature film and Grand Foundation Award at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, not long after...
‘27’ Director Flóra Anna Buda Reflects on Her Annecy Cristal-Winning Short
Hungarian director Flóra Anna Buda won the Best Animated Narrative Short Cristal at Annecy last month with her film 27, only a few weeks...
The Belgian Touch: A Rich History Nourishes the Country’s Contemporary Animation Landscape
With a dashing line-up at this year’s Annecy Festival edition, Belgium remains one of the key players in European animation. Boasting three feature films...
¡Viva México!: Innovative Animated Projects Spotlight the Country’s Culture & Talent
Mexican animation got a nice shoutout this year at Annecy Festival as the country of honor, and this well-deserved spotlight is happening at the...
Director Janice Nadeau Pictures Loss Through a Child’s Eyes in ‘Harvey’
An imaginative boy comes to terms with the loss of a parent in Harvey, the beautifully animated NFB (National Film Board of Canada) and...
Imagination Immersion: VR Projects at Annecy
The Annecy Festival has long been a mecca for animation lovers of all kinds, who travel to the picturesque French city every spring for...
Annecy Festival: Four Rare Gems from the WIP Sessions
The Annecy Festival work-in-progress (WIP) sessions continue to show off a wealth of projects in early or mid-production. Tucked away in the cozier and...
Annecy Awards Nine Special Prizes for Animation and VR Projects
The 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival began to wind down Friday, with the Special Prizes ceremony held at the Centre Bonlieu. Preceding the official...
Piece of Magic Ent. Launches POM Anime Banner with ‘The First Slam Dunk’
Europe-based distribution company Piece of Magic Entertainment (POM) has launched a new subsidiary dubbed POM Anime, and has acquired the rights to Japanese global...
Annecy: New Animated Offerings from Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network & Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
A riotous Annecy Festival crowd of animation fans got to discover sneak peeks and whimsical content earlier today, as Warner Bros Animation, Cartoon Network...
‘Ted Lasso’ Actor Cristo Fernández to Star in Animated Feature ‘Mark of the Jaguar’
Cristo Fernández has signed on to the Mexico-Brazil-France feature film co-production The Mark of the Jaguar: The Awakening of Fire, to voice the heroic...
Annecy Festival: Eight Shorts That Leave Long-Lasting Impressions
We take a look at eight of the wonderful new animated shorts curated for the 2023 Annecy Festival’s Official Selection program this year:
Sweet Like...
‘Nimona’ Directors Discuss Their Celebration of Shape-Shifters and Rule-Breakers (New Trailer)
Rescued from the perilous halls of abandoned animation projects by those shining knights at Netflix, the queer-coded fantasy-adventure feature Nimona will ride onto the streaming...
GKIDS Books NorAm Gigs for ‘Blue Giant,’ from ‘Mob Psycho 100’ Director
GKIDS announced today it has acquired all North American distribution rights for the music drama anime Blue Giant. The film will play as a sneak...
Disney Branded TV & Disney EMEA Kick Off Next 100 Years of Toons at Annecy
Today, Disney Branded Television and Disney Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) took to the stage at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival to...
Justin Long, Michael Longfellow, AleXa Join ‘Ghosts of Ruin’ Cast
Community-driven content studio Battle Island announces the additions of Justin Long (Alvin and the Chipmunks), Michael Longfellow (Saturday Night Live) and K-pop idol AleXa...
2023 Annecy Festival Opens with Record Numbers, ‘Sirocco’ & Disney Centenary Short
The 2023 edition of the Annecy Festival has officially opened, welcoming more than 15,000 attendees to the world's largest animation celebration, nestled amid the French Alps....
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