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11th Mar 2014

  René Borg has passed away 

The director of the first season of the Shadoks and the father of Oum the white dolphin and Nono the little robot passed away on March 6th. He was 80 years old.


Co-creator, film director, character designer, animation director, artistic director and corrector/examiner at CFT Gobelins, René Borg greatly influenced both French and international animation with his varied projects.


He was also a member of the Annecy Festival Board of Directors and Organising Committee.


The Festival will be paying tribute to him this year in The Big Sleep programme.