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What is it?
The Festival: the world’s top reference for animation films
The world’s largest event entirely focused on animation, the Festival (founded in 1960) is a fun and friendly way to discover the latest in animation masterpieces, meet major players and young talents, check out new trends, and find ideal business partners, all in one place.
The Creative Focus
The Creative Focus is an incubator for projetcs and a privileged exchange forum for animation professionals and the talents of tomorrow. More information
The International Animation Film Market (Mifa)
The Mifa is held side by side with the Festival. With more than 3,000m² of exhibition space, it is the animated film industry’s foremost showcase in terms of co-producing, purchasing, selling, financing and distributing animation content for all broadcasting platforms.
The Conferences
They help to better anticipate changes in the sector, from artistic, business and technological points of view. For 4 days running, the Annecy conferences serve as a forum for information, reflection and exchanges, furthering an understanding of challenges and deliberating on suitable practices.
Publications
To order catalogues, posters and dvd from previous editions, please, download the form.
The Festival in a few figures
7,300 accredited professionals from 70 different countries
450 exhibitors
over 200 international buyers
380 journalists
173 films in the official selection
630 films screened
9 theaters for 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. viewing
1 giant outdoor screen,
150,000 tickets sold throughout the week.
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