Few of us will make it to Annecy’s onsite festival this year. Fortunately, the festival has responded to Covid disruptions by planning a hybrid edition, bringing much of its programming to anyone with an internet connection.
As we wait for festivities to kick off on June 14, we’re profiling the Instagrams of filmmakers featured in this year’s line-up. Each of these directors has a short film in competition. Their Instas generally feature some info about their respective new shorts, but also provide a wealth of behind-the-scenes and unrelated artwork, giving us an impression of the artists behind the films …
Samuel Patthey makes films with a free, sketchy drawing style, so it’s little surprise to see that his Instagram unfolds like a sketchbook, full of rough drawings and paintings, some of them annotated. His film at Annecy is Peel (Écorce, directed with Sylvain Monney), which is set in a retirement home; he first mentioned the project to Cartoon Brew in 2019.
