European Animation Pride Awards Under Way

Inspired by the Annie Awards, which acknowledge not only films but also the components of making a film (character design, direction, editing, voice acting, etc.), the project to create the European Animation Pride Awards was announced during the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

While the association is being created, its leadership committee has already been working on the project and aims to organize the first ceremony at the end of 2017.

 The current team is made up of experienced professionals such as Didier Brunner, Olivier Catherin, Jean-Paul Commin, and Denis Walgenwitz. Reginald de Guillebon and Laurent Cotillon will provide the technical and logistical support for the Awards through Le Film Français.

 Annecy was the opportunity to bring together renowned professionals from across Europe who expressed an interest in the project and are destined to become « Ambassadors » of the Awards in their home country and in their field of work and expertise.

In addition to honing a European ambition, the European Animation Pride Awards hope to gather the largest possible range of participants: students, technicians, screenwriters, artists, directors, producers, investors, distributors, broadcasters, etc. who, through their membership to the association, will represent the college of voters rewarding the works and talents who contribute to the production of feature films, short films, television series and video games in fifteen different categories.

The organizers believe that the quality and diversity of European productions justify the creation of a structure dedicated to organizing an annual ceremony by professionals, for professionals, celebrating the creativity and energy of a sector that has multiple undeniable successes.

After this summer, the European Animation Pride Awards will announce the official structure and define the association's operating principles and the ceremony's rules.

Receiving the professionals who have already been contacted will enable the initiators of this ceremony to demonstrate their strong confidence in the initiative's successful development.