Tag: Annecy Festival
Pixelatl, Annecy Fests Launch Shorts Initiative for Lat Am artists
Latin American artists will now have a new venue to develop and produce animated shorts. Animation festivals Pixelatl and Annecy have joined forces to...
GKIDS to Tell ‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’ in N. America
Indie animation distributor and producer GKIDS will be distributing Anca Damian’s acclaimed animated feature Marona’s Fantastic Tale in N. America. The movie, which is premiering in...
‘Acid Rain,’ ‘Ruben Brandt’ Nab Top Prizes at Animafest
The 29th Edition of Animafast Zagreb's World Festival of Animated Film drew to a close this past Saturday with Tomek Popakul's acclaimed short Acid...
Netflix Picks Up ‘Dino Girl Gauko’ from ‘Crayon Shin-chan’ Director
Netflix is adding to its stable of animated originals from Japan with Dino Girl Gauko, set to debut in late 2019. The new kids’...
Annecy Receives Record MIFA Pitch Submissions
Programming highlights for the 2019 MIFA market -- running concurrent with the Annecy Festival from June 11-14 -- are beginning to take shape. The...
Dargaud Debuts ‘Yakari’ Feature at Cannes Animation Day
As part of the fourth Animation Day initiative at Cannes -- presented by the Marché du Film and the Annecy Festival -- the new...
Marché du Film, Annecy Set Cannes Animation Day Program
In the interest of strengthening the presence of animation at Cannes, the Marché du Film has teamed up with the Annecy Festival to create...
‘Virus Tropical,’ ‘Jorel’s Brother’ & ‘Guaxuma’ Take Top Quirino Awards
The second edition of the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards was held Saturday in Tenerife, recognizing nine stand-out works from Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain.
The...
‘Dilili in Paris,’ ‘Wicked Girl’ Win Top Animation Césars
Michel Ocelot's acclaimed movie Dilili in Paris won the César (French Oscar) for Best Animated Feature tonight. The other two nominees were Alexandre Astier...
Paramount Plays with New Teaser for ‘Wonder Park’
Paramount has released a new teaser and image for its 2019 movie Wonder Park. The family movie centers on the adventures of a wildly...
‘Funan,’ ‘Bloeistratt, 11’ Take Top Cristals at Annecy
Denis Do's Funan and Nienke Deutz's Bloeistratt, 11 were among the many prize-winning features, shorts and TV projects at the Annecy Festival's closing night...
Disney Reveals First Looks at ‘Rocketeer,’ ‘Owl House’ Shows
A first-look at Disney Junior's highly-anticipated animated series The Rocketeer and Disney Channel's The Owl House was revealed at the Annecy Festival today by Nancy Kanter, executive VP...
Daily News Bytes: Anime’s Industry Illness, Original Force Prods Depart, Best of NW Animation Fest & More
Japan's Animation Industry Failing to Cultivate Next Generation of Talent
Nippon.com's culture section dissects the problems behind the country's impending talent gap -- namely, poor...
Disney’s Annecy Delegation Talk Year of the Woman
The Annecy festival is celebrating women animators this year, with an all-woman jury, an honorary Cristal award to Florence Miailhe and some top-notch films...
Illuminating Shorts
Our reporter zeroes in four toons that represent the rich diversity of talent spotlighted at the Annecy Festival this year.
Anyone looking for a panorama...
Buscemi, Noni Rose Join ‘Khumba’s’ Voice Cast
South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studios announced this week that Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) and Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog) have joined...
‘Oggy & the Cockroaches’ Movie to Debut at Annecy
Ever since its debut in 1999, French studio Xilam’s high-energy animated series Oggy and the Cockroaches has been an audience favorite in many regions...
Acclaimed Czech Animator Bretislav Pojar Dies at 89
The great Czech animator and puppeteer Břetislav Pojar died on Friday at the age of 89. In a career stretching back to the late...
Otomo’s ‘Short Peace’ to Screen at Hiroshima Fest
Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo will present parts of his new Short Peace anthology project at the upcoming Hiroshima Intl. Animation Festival. Produced by the...
Short on Minutes, Long on Talent
The 2012 edition of the Annecy Festival puts an amazingly diverse and creative range of animated shorts from all over the world in the...
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