Tag: Annecy International Animation Film Festival
‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ Directors Discuss Their Hand-Crafted Vision of Childhood (NEW TRAILER)
When Little Amélie or the Character of Rain premiered earlier this year in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, it was lauded for its bold...
Total Toon Immersion: Animation Is Film Director Shares Must-See Highlights for 2025 Fest
The awards season gets an early start this year with many of animated feature and short contenders making their Los Angeles premieres at the...
Guillermo del Toro, Netflix & Gobelins to Launch Stop-Motion Studio-Lab
Netflix, Gobelins Paris and multi-Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pinocchio, The Shape of Water) have joined forces to launch a groundbreaking stop-motion studio that...
Exclusive: Watch the Trailer for ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls,’ from Oscar Nominees Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
After it world premiere in the Official Competition on the opening night of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, The Girl Who Cried Pearls —...
Neon Announces Stellar Voice Cast for Annecy Winner ‘Arco,’ in U.S. Theaters Nov. 14
Indie powerhouse Neon announced today that it will release the English-language version of Annecy top prize winner Arco on Nov. 14 in the U.S. The...
‘Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake’ Director Irene Iborra Rizo Discusses Her Powerful Stop-Mo Film
Spanish director Irene Iborra Rizo’s new stop-motion feature Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Cristal prize at Annecy in...
Fish Out of Water: ‘ChaO’ Director Yasuhiro Aoki Dives into Studio4°C’s Acclaimed Movie [Exclusive]
Yasuhiro Aoki wants to challenge himself. A veteran animator currently at Tokyo-based Studio4°C, he previously co-directed Batman: Gotham Knight and contributed animation to Psycho-Pass:...
Briarcliff Sews Up ‘Stitch Head’ Deal and Sets October U.S. Premiere
Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired United States distribution rights to the animated feature film Stitch Head, and will release the family adventure with a wide...
The Animation Showcase Platform Launches Annecy 2025 Collection
The Animation Showcase, the free-for-industry streaming platform dedicated to international animated shorts and features. has announced its 2025 Annecy Festival Highlights Collection. Shorts screened at...
Creator Shaddy Safadi Elucidates the Refined Points of His Annecy-Winning ‘Christo’ Series
Last month, an indie CG-animated series Christo: The Civilized Barbarian (“Hunting Party”) was the winner of the Annecy Cristal for best TV Series. Created...
Annecy Award-Winning Short ‘Les Bêtes’ Debuts on Vimeo (Extended Interview)
On the heels of its prize-winning run at the Annecy Festival this month, Michael Granberry's black-and-white, stop-motion animated short film Les Bêtes has launched an...
A Cure for Unbearable Solitude: Animation Veteran Aaron Blaise Returns to 2D with ‘Snow Bear’
An isolated polar bear finds ways to overcome his solitude in veteran animator Aaron Blaise’s new 2D-animated short. Titled Snow Bear, the lovingly crafted...
Annecy Festival 2025 Report: Sunny Days & Warm Welcomes to the Global Animation Community
This month, the "world capital of animated film" was overrun with artists, professionals, up-and-coming talents and film lovers from all over the world during...
Annecy Animation Fest Establishes Women Directors’ Residency
"As a global organization working toward gender equity in animation, WIA is proud to support this important residency for women directors. We applaud Annecy...
Pierre-Luc Granjon Charts the Creative Journey of His Annecy Cristal-Winning Short ‘The Night Boots’
Last Saturday, French writer-director Pierre-Luc Granjon (The White Wolf, co-director on the 2023 feature, The Inventor) took home the short film Cristal at Annecy...
‘Nils Holgersson: The New Adventure’ Animated Movie Takes Wing with Gold Valley & Siyah Marti
As the Annecy International Animation Film Festival came to a close, Chinese animation studio Gold Valley Films (GVF) and Türkiye's Siyah Martı Animation Studios...
Future Gems: The Best of Annecy’s Work-in-Progress Spotlights
The work-in-progress section of the Annecy Festival felt as diverse as ever in the 2025 edition, with a wealth of upcoming series and features...
‘Arco,’ ‘ChaO’ and ‘The Night Boots’ Win Top Prizes at 49th Edition of Annecy Festival
The 2025 Edition of the Annecy Animation Festival drew to a close on Saturday night with the big Cristal awards ceremony during which French...
Industry Guilds Unite in Anti-AI Demonstration at Annecy Animation Fest
“The technology is a vehicle for exploitation. It’s a vehicle to extract data that people have worked their entire lives to create, they put...
Annecy Festival Announces Special Prize Winners of 2025
Ten prizes and two distinctions were awarded Friday at the Special Prizes Ceremony of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Presented by partners of the...
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