Annecy Festival

The Red Turtle by Michael Dudok de Wit animation film still

New image from the premiere animation feature by the Oscar-winning director of Father and Daughter.  A sneak preview will be presented during the 2015 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

In the second year with Marcel Jean as artistic director, the Annecy festival schedules quite a few changes.

The US/Canadian Chris Landreth wins the Cristal D' Annecy (best short film), and Luiz Bolognesi with a Brazilian story of love and fury gets the award for best feature film at Annecy.  See all the winners of the 2013 festival.

The Israeli animator Avi Ofer won the  2013 Annecy-Dailymotion contest, "Feet in the Water, Head in the Movies".

Funan animation feature still

A new feature in production details the story of troubled times in Cambodia, and finds French distribution. Director Denis Do talks to Zippyframes.com about Funan.

Subconscious password by Chris Landreth animation film still

Chris Landreth's comeback with Subconscious Password. 

The International Film Festival of Annecy, France is giving a Special Cristal Award to Jerzy Kucia, a master of Polish animation.

Monsters University animation film still

The Pixar prequel to Monsters, Inc will be the opening film at the celebrated animation festival in France.

One of the most original ideas is again taking place during Annecy Festival (France): Annecy + hosts short films rejected by the festival.

See the festival poster for the 2013 Annecy Film Festival, designed by Arthur Collin.

Annecy Film Festival 2013

The new artistic director of the International Animation festival of Annecy, the Canadian Marcel Jean, explains the new changed policy of the celebrated festival.

10 feature films, with a strong European (and French) component, were selected for the official Annecy film festival programme, 4-9 June 2012.

The prestigious Annecy Film Festival announced its line-up of short films for its 2012 edition.

Ireland will be in the spotlight of the 52nd Annecy Animation Festival.

France conquers both awards in the short and feature-length category at the 51st International Annecy Film Festival.

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