Tag: Annecy
Loïc Espuche Explores the Horrors & Thrills of a First Kiss in the Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Yuck!’
As in real life, many of the kids featured in director Loïc Espuche’s Oscar-shortlisted and Annie-nominated short Yuck! (Beurk!) believe that a kiss between...
Annecy Festival 2025 Spotlights Hungarian Animation, Music Videos & MIFA’s 40th Anniversary
The next Annecy International Animation Film Festival will take place from June 8-14, 2025, and will pay tribute to Hungarian animation. The event will...
WIA Opens Applications for Stories X Women Animation Mentorship Program
WIA (Women in Animation) has opened applications for the 2025 Stories x Women program are open. Now in its fourth year, Stories x Women...
Animation First Festival Brings Treasure Trove of French Gems to N.Y.C.
L’Alliance New York announces the programs for the eighth edition of Animation First. Created in 2018, the event has grown into the largest animation...
‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Flow,’ ‘Percebes’ Take Home Annecy’s Top Prizes
The massively popular 2024 edition of the Annecy Intl Festival of Animation came to its exciting conclusion on Saturday with the announcement of the...
Crunchyroll Celebrates Anime at Annecy with ‘Blue Lock’ Movie Premiere
International anime destination Crunchyroll will be attending the Annecy International Animation Film Festival from June 11 to 14 in France. The distributor is bringing...
‘Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddy Bear’ Paws to Cannes with New Trailer (Exclusive)
International sales agent Incredible Film today unveils the brand-new, English-language trailer for the children's animated feature Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddy Bear (60’),...
MIFA Unveils 2024 Program
The 2024 International Animation Film Market (MIFA) has announced its official program running June 11-14 alongside the Annecy Festival. This year, the Market opens...
Exclusive: Polish-Czech Hybrid Animated Feature ‘Diplodocus’ to Premiere at Annecy
Writer-director Wojtek Wawszczyk's animated feature Diplodocus is among the many long-anticipated international titles screening at the Annecy Intl. Animation Festival in June. The movie, which...
Netflix to Offer Sneak Peeks at ‘Wallace & Gromit,’ ‘Twilight of the Gods,’ ‘Spellbound’ and ‘Ultraman: Rising’ World Premiere at Annecy
Netflix will return to the Annecy International Animated Film Festival with an packed agenda featuring a variety of films and series, off the back of...
WIA Partner Unesco Backs ‘Stories X Women’ Program
Today, in honor of International Women's Day, WIA (Women in Animation) is announces their first official collaboration with partner United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
Annecy Welcomes Wes Anderson for Exclusive Masterclass, Screenings of ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ & ‘Isle of Dogs’
Despite being in the middle of shooting his next film, The Phoenician Scheme, eight-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch) has...
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...
How Director Priit Tender Unleashed His Imagination in the Oscar Short-listed ‘Dog Apartment’
Estonian director Priit Tender’s animated short Dog Apartment is one of 15 titles that landed on the Academy Awards’ Best Animated Short shortlist this...
Time Passages: Tomohisa Taguchi Guides Us Through ‘The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes’
Writer-director Tomohisa Taguchi’s The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, which won the Paul Grimault Award this year at Annecy, is a striking...
Exclusive: Pablo Berger Takes Us Behind the Scenes of His Acclaimed Movie, ‘Robot Dreams’
One of the best reviewed and charming animated movies of the year follows the beautiful friendship between an anthropomorphic New York City pooch and...
Animation Is Film Reveals Soaring Program Bookended by ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
Animation Is Film (AIF) has announced the lineup for the 6th edition of its animated cinema festival, featuring a slate of theatrical presentations, special...
Belgian Director Levi Stoops Talks About His Annecy Jury Prize-Winning Short, ‘drijf’
An arguing couple are adrift on a log in the ocean and fighting for survival in Levi Stoops’ new animated short, drijf (which translates...
Ottawa-based Studio Mercury Filmworks Celebrates 25 Years of Artistry and Animation Craftsmanship
It’s been 25 years since veteran animation producer Clint Eland founded the acclaimed studio Mercury Filmworks in Canada. The studio, which was born during...
Watch: Woman in Animation Summit at Annecy Spotlights Diversity and New Opportunities and Challenges
The seventh annual WIA World Summit at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival proved to be a resounding success last week. The day-long symposium...
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