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16th Dec 2019

  Annecy 2020 – Africa 2020

The Institut français, organizer of the Africa2020 Season, which will take place across France from June to mid-December, agreed favorably to the Annecy Festival’s request for branding.

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its Market have officially received confirmation of their "Annecy 2020 – Africa 2020" project along with branding from the Franco-African Programming Committee. The special features included in the Festival will figure in the Season’s official programme.

The Africa2020 Season was initiated by the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and brought to fruition by the Institut français, and will take place throughout France, from 1st June until mid-December. This extraordinary multidisciplinary pan-African project will present the views of the African civil society and its recent diaspora. It will be focused on the innovations within the arts, sciences, technologies, entrepreneurships and the economy.

In the coming weeks the Annecy International Animation Film Festival will reveal the programme elements linked to this Africa2020 Season.