Watch The First Teaser For ‘Mum Is Pouring Rain’ Sequel ‘Round And Round The Wishing Well’ – Exclusive
Director Hugo de Faucompret spoke with us about his goals for the sequel, including shining a light on natural burials.
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Annecy Reveals The 71 Short Films That Will Screen In This Year’s Official Sections
The festival will unveil other competition sections later this month, before kicking of in June.
Go Behind The Scenes Of Mascha Halberstad’s Upcoming Feature ‘Fox And Hare Save The Forest’ In This Exclusive First-Look Video
Halberstad talks us through the film’s origins and key themes while sharing some lively clips from the cg feature.
Watch The First Trailer For ‘NINN,’ An Urban Fantasy Set In The Paris Metro – Exclusive
Director Salomé Chatelain and the film’s producers from TeamTO are in Bordeaux to pitch their project at Cartoon Movie
‘My Sunny Maad,’ ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’ Score French Academy César Awards
Visual effects supervisor Laurens Ehrmann also won a César for his work on ‘Notre Dame on Fire.’
Former Annecy Animation Festival Artistic Director Serge Bromberg Gets One-Year Sentence For Involuntary Manslaughter
Nitrate reels that Bromberg was storing in a residential basement caught fire in August 2020, killing two people who lived in the building.
‘Ernest & Celestine,’ ‘My Sunny Maad,’ ‘Little Nicholas’ Score French Academy César Nominations
Animated short films ‘Câline,’ ‘Black Sun,’ and ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’ also earned nominations.
France’s Superprod Launches ‘Flow’ Pipeline, Based On Pixar’s Open-Source USD Technology
Superprod is the first French studio to deploy a pipeline based on the Pixar tech.
Looking To Join The Ranks Of Emile Cohl Atelier Alumni? Spring 2023 Admissions Are Open Now
The schools’ Career Accelerator tracks include hundreds of hours of live instruction from acclaimed industry professionals.
Cartoon Forum Predicts A Bright Future For European TV Animation
Animation tv spend-per-minute in Europe had been down for two years during Covid, but that number is now ahead of pre-pandemic levels.
Despite A Steep Decline, Animation Once Again Topped French TV Exports In 2021
French foreign animation tv sales were down in 2021, but exporters are confident that trend will reverse in 2022.
Aztec History Gets Reimagined In Hand-Drawn Feature ‘The Mark Of The Jaguar’ (Exclusive)
Paris-based vfx-animation company Hecat has joined Mexican’s Ocelotl Co and Brazil’s Origem on the feature.
Latin America Shines At Annecy: ‘Perlimps,’ ‘They Shot The Piano Player,’ ‘Arbor,’ ‘Petra and the Sun’
Titles from Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and Chile were just a few from the increasingly prominent Latin American contingent at this year’s Annecy.
Behind The Scenes Of Netflix’s ‘My Dad the Bounty Hunter’ At Dwarf Animation Studio – Video Exclusive
Watch show creators Everett Downing and Patrick Harpin’s first visit to the French animation studio producing My Dad the Bounty Hunter.
European Projects That Impressed At Annecy: ‘Ozi,’ ‘The Inventor,’ ‘Greetings From The Apocalypse’
We’ve picked out three… well four, of the most exciting European projects to catch our eye at this year’s Annecy festival.
Oscar-Nominated Short ‘Genius Loci’ Debuts Online
The Adrien Merigeau-directed film was also nominate for the European Film Award.
‘Ice Merchants’ Awarded Cannes’ Critics’ Week Prize For Short Film
João Gonzalez’s Ice Merchants was the first-ever Portuguese animated film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Annecy Unveils 20 Features In Competition Lineups
Annecy is back with an entirely in-person format for 2022, and boasts an appropriately stacked competition lineup for the occasion.
‘Mind Game’ Director Masaaki Yuasa To Present Annecy Masterclass
Yuasa’s other credits include cult favorite Lu Over the Wall and episodes of Japan Sinks: 2020 and Adventure Time.
Riot Games Makes Equity Investment In ‘Arcane’ Animation Studio Fortiche
Riot now holds a significant non-controlling stake in Paris-based Fortiche.
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