3rd Jun 2016
Arte is Flying the Festival’s Flag
Starting 12th June, the French cultural TV network Arte will be broadcasting a series of programmes dedicated to the Annecy Festival and also devoting the 800th edition of their show Court-circuit to the event.
Arte will be dedicating 3 evenings to animation in celebration of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Sunday 12th June at 8:45 pm, they will kick off their evening viewing with one of the masters of Japanese animation, Hayao Miyazaki and his film, The Wind Rises. The evening continues at 10:50 pm with the film Akira, adapted from the famous Japanese manga and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo.
Monday 13th June at 8:55 pm, Arte will be showing Jean-Christophe Dessaint’s first animation feature film as director, The Day of the Crows, which is one of the most delightful animation surprises from France.
Friday 17th June at 12:20 am, just before the Annecy 2016 comes to a close, Arte will be throwing you a genuine house party. The 800th edition of Court-circuit will be entirely devoted to animation.
They will also be showing 4 shorts that in competition at Annecy: The Head Vanishes, Piano, Broken and Last Door South. These shorts will be followed by interviews with famous directors and a documentary about the "Je Suis Bien Content" animation studio.
After Court-circuit, you can enjoy a re-run of the TV special A Town Called Panic "The Christmas Log", by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, which was in the Official Selection at the 2014 Annecy Festival!
Find all the information about these Arte programme listings for the special Annecy Festival edition here!