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The juries
Features films
Marge Dean
Director, Production, USA
Valérie Schermann
Producer, France
Guillemette Odicino
Journalist, Film Critic, France
Short films
Isabel Herguera
Director, Journalist, Spain
Bonnie Arnold
Producer, USA
Niki Lindroth Von Bahr
Director, Sweden
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Let's hear how the top animation producers in India plan to finance and produce their latest animation film Circle of Fire based on an ancient Indian story. Director Arnab Chaudhuri, producers Anish Mulani of PRANA Studios and Nishith Takia - of Krayon and Bioscopewala share their plans, experience and insight into their set release date of September 2015.
Circle of Fire is the follow up to Arjun the Warrior Prince, an animated adventure based on The Mahabharata. It ...
On le Cynge boat docked on beautiful blue green glacial lake Annecy at the OFF Annecy during the Annecy International Film Festival. Watch as this talk show takes place in the most casual fun filled manner in the Savoie region of France.
Impromptu moments and unrehearsed interviews made for a super delightful gathering of animators, musicians and film lovers.
Why is Annecy so much fun? Just because!
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Chengja He presents us the studio "Snow Leopard October Digital Animation" (''10SLO Digital Animation''), creates in 2004, and based in Wuxi, in the province of Jiangsu in China. Their last production, "Space Hero", is an animated serie produced for television including 26 episodes. A fulllength movie is also in development.
Chengja He directed "Space Hero" and&nbs...
One month ago, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced the synopsis and title of their new animated short movie "Feast". This 6'mn short movie produced by Kristina Reed premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 10, 2014. Such event was eagerly awaited by the public.
This new gift from Disney features Winston, the dog of a young photographer. The story is told through the eyes of Winston who uncovers his master's lov...
Brazilian TV Producers (BTVP) is an international program created by the Brazilian Independant TV Producers Association (ABPITV) in partnership with APEX Brazil (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) and the ministry of culture. BTVP represents and promotes 200 movie companies producing different kinds of cinema.
The BTVP's main goal is to help their members in finding partners, to develop co productions between Brazil and ...
Little big chair in Haras Theatre Annecy - an optical feast full of illusions. How do you see it? The Haras Theatre in quaint centre ville Annecy was a buzz as the final prizes and special mentions were announced to a full house of festival goers and industry insiders. Annecy is the preemininent animation film festival was a super charged event lasting a full week. Non-stop films and networking opportunities at the glorious Inperial Hotel hugging the bord de lac d"Annecy. Annecy Fil...
The jury members had the delicate task of choosing among the competing films and bestowing 18 official awards, including the Cristal for short films and the Cristal for feature films.
Check out the jury members for Annecy 2014.
Feature films
Luiz Bolognesi
Director, Brazil
Rhonda Richford
Correspondent
The Hollywood Reporter
USA
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This year, the Annecy Festival gave its Honorary Award to Isao Takahata, to celebrate his career and contribution to animation. Acclaimed filmmaker, this master of animation has created a number of master works including Grave of the Fireflies, Pompoko and My Neighbours the Yamadas. Along with Hayao Miyazaki and the Tokuma Shoten company, he also founded studio Ghibli, producer of such international successes as Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Th...
Feature films
Cristal for a Feature Film
O menino e o mundo
Jury Award
Cheatin'
Jury Distinction
Giovanni no Shima
Audience Award
O menino e o mundo
Short films
Cristal for a Short Film
Man on the Chair
Jury Award
Patch
"Jean-Luc Xiberras" Award for a First ...
What is TELETOON TV Network VP Carole Bonneau looking for at Annecy 2014? "
In Conversation" with Laurie Gordon for Filmfestivals.com, Carole tells us what TELETOON is seeking and why it is important to stay connected to emerging talent.
Top Teletoon shows: TOP SHOWS MAX STEEL ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN ADVENTURE TIME DETENTIONAIRE Hulk and the Agents of SMASH AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SKATOONY AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL ANGRY BIRDS 6TEEN TOP GAMES REGULAR SHOW - PARK STRIKERS GRAV...
What EYE see
Images before during and after Annecy - ...all in fun alone in the sun. Cartoons and beyond. Make a wish Jiminy Cricket. Maybe it will come true.
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TV films in competition
Back
Boa noite Martha "Tente de novo", "Ações em alta"
Directed by: Vivian ALTMAN EBERHARD
Country: Brazil
Burka Avenger "Épisode n°01"
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During the Festival and its Market, Ecoprod is going to broadcast a promotional clip to raise awareness about eco-friendly approaches to filmmaking.
Nicolas Deveaux directed the film La Girafe et le Pique-bœuf (The Giraffe and the Oxpecker), produced by Cube Creative Productions featuring a giraffe and an oxpecker who discuss filmmaking before bringing up the topic of eco-production.
With the support of the Mifa, a visibility campaign will be organised for the ...
Annecy 2014 from Russia with love -at MIFA
Director of upcoming Circle of Fire , Producer Anish Mulani - PRANA Studios, Nish Takia - Krayon
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Patrick Eveno - CEO - Director - Carole Bonneau of Teletoon -CORUS Entertainment - Mikael Marin - International Relations MIFA
The Market is opening its doors on Wednesday 11th June. Mickaël Martin, Head
of Economic Development & Mifa, stated that "internationalisation, more meetings
offered and a higher presence of global partners and decision makers are some of
Mifa 2014’s promises".
Some events that you absolutely won’t want to miss:
Mifa Sp...
Annecy 2014 has BEGUN! Screenings animation fans and industry people are abuzz lining up for accreditation and we're off to the races.
Last night Le Cafe des Arts on the eve of the fest was full of the up and coming festival who's who and who' s not all in great spirit full of laughs and good humour.
The lesser known elements of Annecy includes this wonderful hidden stone laden square in the middle of a Medieval city lopsided ancient grounds of which unbalanced animat...
Business
Connecting with the Public from the Production Phase: Keys to Success for a Brilliant Distribution
Animated features demand an enormous amount of time and money to produce, and it's too late to fix many common problems once the film is completed. How can creative teams position themselves for success by taking the audience's expectations into account from the very ...
"Syrinx" is the short animated film 24 year old Ryan Larkin created as a young animation director/genius recognized by none other than Norman McLaren who's 100th year is being celebrated at this year's Annecy Animation Film Festival. Here's a taste of animation art at it's most poetic.
It means so much for me since I worked with Ryan and produced his last film.
Syrinx from National Film Board of Canada on Vimeo.
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Discover the Annecy poster for 2014
"I wanted to pay tribute to stop motion in creating this poster as the technique is in the spotlight at this year’s Festival.
It also has a very personal significance, as my first short, made in stop motion, was rewarded with the Junior Jury Award at Annecy exactly ten years ago in 2004.
It’s the layout of Annecy, situated between lake and mountains, that inspired the idea of the Capricorn, this fabulous h...
Focus Annecy 2014
New: MyHomeFestival
In order to allow as many people as possible to discover certain films that will be screened at the Festival, Annecy has decided to put part of its programme online. MyHomeFestival is accessible to anybody, anywhere, and offers free screening of the entire official selection of commissioned films in competition as well as 3 special programmes broadcast exclusively online. Chec...
Wyy Annecy now? Because a festival never sleeps...Berlin tomorrow though it's just come and gone but the cycle starts again...so with that I go through footage and photos of which I have thousands and say I haven't posted this I haven't posted that so here it is folks...and that's not all folks! ;)
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Annecy 2013 closing party after award ceremony.
Chris Landreth (Oscar winner for Ryan ) wins grand prize for Subconscious Password. Here with Tiziana Loschi, Annecy festival director, Bulgarian born animator Theodore Ushev and filmproducer Laurie Gordon. say CHEESE...
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Diane Morel screenwriter and AGRAF member talks with filmfestivals.com about AGRAF Auteurs Groupés de l'Animation Française based in Paris, her impressions of Annecy Animation Film Festival and the upcoming Indonesia's largest film market,the upcoming InaMOVIE first edition in Jakarta fall 2013 . Soundtrack: Comfort Zone-General Fuzz_Soulful Filling.
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Filmed & edited by MV for ff.com
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