Annecy

Prepare your week at the Annecy Festival

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Check out the online programme and discover day by day the schedule of films to view and review.

From the 4^th June you will be able to reserve your screenings online.

Prepare your Festival by checking the schedule.

Animation fans from the general public can get a pass to attend screenings of your choice. There is also a special pass for school groups.
More info on the pass.

Have a great Festival!

Results of the Touscoprod call for projects

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

L’Oiseau pleureur, by Claire Ledru, has won the touscoprod call for projects.
This project has united 205 co-productions and raised 3,558 EUR.

This project will be pitched on Tuesday 11th June after case study: "The Keys of Crowdfunding. Bill Plympton: How to Make Your Campaign Work?" from 9:30 to 11:00 am.

Find out more about the project

Online Animation Film Contest by Annecy

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

There are only a few days left to choose the 10 finalists for the Online Animation Film Contest by Annecy: vote before 15^th May.

Between 16^th and 19^th May, the jury will select three winners whose names will be revealed during the week of the Festival.

Check out our Dailymotion channel

Annecy 2013: check out the programme!

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

The programmes of the Festival, Mifa, Creative Focus and conferences are online. Instructions...

Festival: find out about the official selection in and out of competition, meetings about films and other programmes.

Mifa: participate in the Territory Focus, Share With and Mifa Talks.

Conferences: learn about the programme

Creative Focus: attend the meetings, take part in the recruitment and pitches

Prepare your festival
Check out the instructions
Get your accreditation
Get your pass

Handy information
Coming to Annecy
Accommodation
On site

Results of the Annecy Festival feature selection

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Discover the 9 features in competition and the 14 out of competition.

Discover the selection

Check out the juries

A few remarks from Artistic Director, Marcel Jean, on this year's selection:
"The Annecy 2013 feature selection distinguishes itself by the diversity of the films' geographical origin, ranging from South Africa, Brazil, India, Mexico and Russia to Canada, Japan, USA and France etc.

Many films have been created in a totally independent way, using traditional means, which illustrates the change in production habits that is opening the way for smaller companies and happening at the same moment as the production of digital 3D features is becoming more accessible.

Japanese production has also particularly stood out through the number and quality of science fiction, horror or genre films".

Read the press release

Check out the teaser of the Partners' trailer!

Projects selected at the Creative Focus

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Check out the projects to be pitched at the Creative Focus from 11^th to 14^th June.

265 projects have been submitted in 2013, with 121 in the short film category, 49 features, 82 TV series or specials and 13 cross-media projects (GMCmifa).
The prizes will be awarded during the Creative Focus following their presentations.

Programme

Tuesday: feature films
Wednesday: short films
Thursday: TV series and specials
Friday: cross-media (GMCmifa).

The aim of the Mifa Global Media Connect, taking place on the Friday, is to encourage the emergence, development and realisation of cross-media projects.
All the submitted projects can be consulted at special terminals during the Creative Focus.

Dominique Poussier, Consultant, TV series and specials Call for Projects selection
"This year, the projects are not only creative but also in tune with the market. Talents to discover!"

Agnès Bidaud, Screenwriter, SACD, TV series and specials Call for Projects selection
"Ten original projects, colourful characters, some great adventures to look forward to..."

Jean-Paul Commin, Producer, Les Armateurs, Feature film Call for Projects
"The feature projects are proof of the great diversity there is to be found in animation, whether through the genres or the geographical origins of the productions. The quality of the projects for this year are particularly oustanding."

Discover the selected projects
Discover the Pitches
Find out about the prizes
Check out the partners

A Special Cristal Award for Jerzy Kucia

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

A Special Cristal Award will be handed to Jerzy Kucia, one of Poland's masters of animation, during Annecy 2013, to honour and celebrate the significance of his work.

Read the Press Release

See you on 16th and 17th May at the Videogame Economics Forum.

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

The 2^nd edition of this forum will focus on the financing of the video game industry and the analysis of economic models.

It will take place in May at the Angoulême Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image.

More info

Monsters University opens the Festival

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Marcel Jean has chosen his opening film: watch the video.

Its release: 10^th July 2013

10^th June: your date with the hilarious Mike Wozowski and James P. Sullivan, alias Sulley, back again for some new adventures. The film is directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae.

Monsters University will be preceded by the short The Blue Umbrella, a love story directed by Saschka Unseld and produced by Marc Greenberg.

Online Animation Film Contest by Annecy

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Vote to elect the 10 finalists of the "Feet in the lake, head in the movies" competition.

More info to elect the 10 finalists

Results of the official selection

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Discover the films (except features) that will be up for selection in June along with a glance at the programme, the poster and the guest country, Poland.

No less than 213 shorts, TV and commissioned films and graduation films have been chosen for Annecy 2013. The results of the feature selection will be published at the end of April.

Check out the selection

Take a glance at the programme page to find out about the guest country Poland, the poster created by Arthur Collin, illustrating the "projective capacity and free interpretation of each one of us"...

Check out the trends for 2013

Photo: Laurent Million, Sébastien Sperer, Yves Nougarède and Artistic Director Marcel Jean, the Annecy 2013 Selection Committee.

Cartoon Network Studios join the '+ de courts!' competition.

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100

For the occasion, the competition is extended until the 14^th April.

The "+ de courts!" competition is organised by Annecy and Dailymotion, and will reward three 5-minute short animation films which will illustrate "Feet in the lake, head in the movies" and contain the keywords "International animation film festival" and "Annecy 2013".

Cartoon Network Studios' participation will offer to the first prize a flight return ticket + the lodging to discover, during 5 days, the Los Angeles' Cartoon Network Studios!

See the competition page

Compose the music for an animated film

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Take part in this year's CIMFA, "Concours international de composition ‒ Musique de film d'animation" (international competition for animation film music composition) before 13^th April 2013.

Take part in the CIMFA 2013 by composing the original music (+ sound design) of one of the 8 short films made in 2013 by students from 4 French animation schools (Émile Cohl and ESIA 3D in Lyon, Supinfocom Arles and Lisaa Paris).

The compositions are to be created for 7 professional musicians from the Pays de Savoie orchestra (violin, viola, cello, double bass, oboe, horn and percussion).
The compositions written by the 10 finalists will be played live during a screening-concert performance at the Seynod Auditorium on 15^th June 2013.

The competition is being launched by the professional Master's degree course MAAAV (Musiques appliquées aux arts visuels) at the University Lyon 2, in partnership with the Pays de Savoie orchestra and the Seynod Auditorium.

Competition open to all.

Touscoprod Competition Launch!

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Have you got a short animation film project that needs funding? Well, why not launch a crowd fundraising campaign and start living the touscoprod adventure?

touscoprod and the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, in partnership with TITRATVS, are launching a Call for Projects for short animated films.

In order to take part you must submit your animated short film project on the touscoprod website before 10^th April 2013, with the tag "Annecy Call for Projects".
You can find all the projects on the "Annecy Call for Projects" page on the touscoprod.com website.

Project creators must submit a fundraising campaign for an amount of 3,000 EUR, for a period of one month.
The winner must have reached or exceeded this sum by 100 % and brought together the most co-producers in the campaign.
Prizes:

An accreditation giving access to all the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market (Mifa) events, from 10^th to 15^th June 2013. A unique opportunity to meet the biggest animation studios around and pitch your project after a master class about crowd funding.
A grant amounting to 10 % of the sum raised on the site and a technical service allocation of 1,000 EUR from TITRATVS corresponding to the production of an HD Pad and an HD Pivot app.

Take part in the competition

Volunteers: Applications are open

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Become a volunteer and enjoy the behind-the-scenes experience of the Festival... Join the Festival and Mifa team and get accreditation in return!

Each year CITIA looks for volunteers to help out at the International Animation Film Festival and the International Animation Film Market (Mifa).

You will be part of the Festival and Market teams working for a few hours in key posts like tickets, hospitality, providing information etc.* The rest of the time you can take advantage of your accreditation that allows you to reserve up to 3 screenings per day and gets you in to the Market and the Creative Focus.

Go to the Volunteer's page

Take a look at the job and internship offers

*Good French is a must.