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‘Little Nicholas,’ ‘Dozens of Norths,’ ‘Amok,’ ‘My Year of Dicks’ Take Top Honors At 2022 Annecy Festival

At a joyous closing ceremony, awards were handed out and Mexico was unveiled as the country of honor for Annecy 2023.

Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson sat down with Cartoon Brew’s Kambole Campbell to discuss the Spidey sequel.

Disney’s Friday afternoon presentation at Annecy was flashy, but left something to be desired when placed against other, more daring lineups.

From high-concept fantasy tales to deeply personal documentary, this year’s feature film pitches at Annecy’s MIFA market had a bit of everything.

During its annual Annecy studio presentation, Disney announced three new series, several renewals, and expanded episode counts of upcoming series.

Former Annecy winner Alberto Vázquez uses teddy bears and unicorns to deliver his colorful, vulgar, and hilarious anti-war allegory.

Two new animated Avatar films will join a previously announced feature from franchise veteran Lauren Montgomery.

Cartoon Brew looks at three standout projects pitched at this year’s Nigeria Focus at Annecy’s MIFA.

‘Paddington in Peru’ sees the cg bear cross the Atlantic for the third installment of the hit film series from Studiocanal, Heyday, and Framestore.

A look at how Lei Lei combined his own ancestry with photos picked up at flea markets to tell a timeless story about family.

Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta re-team on the colorful animated feature about a high-stakes grocery run.

“We have so much ability to love, but our ability to hate comes from the same place,” Baumane learned while researching the film.

WIA returns to Annecy 2022 to host a series of panels, a fireside chat, and the first-ever Stories x Women initiative.

Annecy will host early looks at projects from Naoko Yamada, Genndy Tartakovsky, Aardman Animations, Skydance Animation, Tonko House, and others.

Annecy is back with an entirely in-person format for 2022, and boasts an appropriately stacked competition lineup for the occasion.

Yuasa’s other credits include cult favorite Lu Over the Wall and episodes of Japan Sinks: 2020 and Adventure Time.

Fewer films were selected than last year due to the length of the shorts.

The festival, however, has said that it will continue to support anti-war filmmakers who live in the country.

Acclaimed Portuguese director José Miguel Ribeiro presented his intriguing feature debut as a work in progress at Annecy.

Reviews of three disparate films that played in competition at this year’s Annecy festival.