Five Things You Have to Do at Annecy This Year

June 10, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

If you’re one of the fortune people who will be attending this year’s awesome Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market this month, you will realize this fact sooner or later: It’s not humanly possible to take in all the amazing screenings, special events, panels and activities of this one-of-a-kind [...]

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Bruno Bozzetto to Receive ASIFA Prize

April 8, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

The upcoming Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market (June 10-15, 2013) will see Italian cartoon legend Bruno Bozzetto honored with the coveted ASIFA Prize for outstanding achievement in the art of animation. The 75-year-old animator, who produced his first short in 1958, will be awarded the Prize during a special [...]

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176 Films to Vie at Annecy 2013

March 26, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment

After slogging through 2,461 submitted films, artistic director Marcel Jean and his team have selected 176 films to compete for the coveted Cristal prize at the 2013 Annecy International Animated Film Festival & Market (taking place in France June 10-15). The festival organizers have divulged that the selected films hail [...]

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Annecy Announces Animation Panels

May 19, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

The Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market (MIFA), taking place in France June 6-11, has completed its lineup of animation industry panels. Highlights include making-of looks at Rio and Rango as well as a four-film case study that covers Pinocchio, Chico & Rita, Soul Man and Zarafa. Conference organizers [...]

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