Festival

Official Selection

This year, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival has received over 2,800 films (short and feature films, TV and commissioned films and graduation films) from all over the world between November and March.
More than 200 films have been shortlisted to take part in the official selection.

Check out the official selection (except feature films) late March 2018
Check out the feature films official selection late April 2018

VR@ANNECY

Try out some brand new virtual reality projects!
At Annecy 2016, VR was presented as part of the Special Programmes, but this year, it’s part of the Official Selection in a category of its own: VR@ANNECY.

Programme available in May 2018

The Festival and Beyond!

Come to extra screenings before and after the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, participate in workshops or come join conferences led by industry professionals.

Programme available in May 2018

Students' Snack Time

When it's time for an afternoon snack, come along to meet and talk with the youngest filmmakers of the Festival, whose graduation films are in competition. You'll be getting up close to the talents of tomorrow!

Programme available in May 2018

Screening Events

The Festival invites you to attend screening events, including sneak previews of shorts and features.

Programme available in May 2018

Special Programmes

These programmes are devised by the Festival Artistic Director in connection with the guest country and the programme of the upcoming Festival.

They cover everything the Festival wants to present that is not part of the official selection.

Programme available in May 2018

Feature Films in Competition Press Conferences

Every day, official selection feature films go under the microscope with a professional film journalist. The discussions are centred around topics like, artistic direction, graphic and technical choices and production distribution.

Programme available in May 2018

Shorts & Breakfast

A daily morning appointment, from 9:00 to 10:15 am, with the directors of short films in competition who are ready to talk about the genesis of their films, the development and their artistic and technical choices.

The public also gets a chance to ask questions.

Programme available in May 2018

Open-Air Screenings

The free open-air screenings take place on the Pâquier lawn every evening during Festival week.

During the Festival, other locations like the Musée-château, La Turbine, the Auditorium in Seynod and the Parc Vignières-Pommaries also offer other evening open-air screenings.

Programme available in May 2018

Signing Sessions

Meet your favorite artists in person thanks to the Festival's signing sessions.

All week long, take advantage of the signings in order to discover some big names in animation (writers, illustrators, filmmakers...) and leave with a personalised souvenir.

Programme available in May 2018

Exhibitions

Each year there are a number of free exhibitions during the Festival at La Turbine media library in Cran-Gevrier, the bibliothèque d'agglomération d'Annecy, Bonlieu and the Centre Courier.

Programme available in May 2018

Boutique

Prolong the animation magic with the Festival Boutique @ bdfugue where various Festival products are available, or take advantage of our online boutique to find items from previous festivals.

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