Deal calls for Saudi animators to participate in MIFA; annual ‘Best of Annecy’ festival to be held at Culture Square; animated Saudi shorts and features to be showcased at Annecy.
Annecy is definitely an overload of the senses...
Amid security and logistic concerns about next year’s G7 Summit being held in the Haute-Savoie during the original festival dates, organizers have moved the event to June 21-27.
The new edition’s 15 selected projects were announced at MIFA during Annecy 2025; technology, diversity and risky narratives mark the new generation of winners.
An antidote to the corporate reality distortion fields and humblebrags.
The hybrid anime comedy adventure series reimagines the legendary 14th-century explorer as a wide-eyed kid with big dreams and an insatiable curiosity; set to deliver mid-2026.
Debut title, the short film ‘FOXING: Kitsuné-tsuki,’ was unveiled as a work-in-progress at Annecy 2025.
The award-winning Australian studio, currently producing the ‘Bluey’ movie, is at Annecy 2025 to share details of its growth, which includes a new multi-million-dollar facility and high-profile studio collaborations.
Get-together for ASIFA members and other chapters will be held on June 12 at 7 p.m. at Espace Détente.
9th edition of the day-long symposium, running next Monday, June 9, will feature panels and conversations spotlighting key thought leaders, filmmakers, and executives discussing the theme, ‘The Future is Animated’
The 2D animated mystery-comedy series, based on the books written and illustrated by Barbara Cantini, is slated to deliver by the end of 2025.
Based on the whimsical daily comic strip by Liniers, the animated series, now in development, will be presented as part of Annecy’s Mifa Pitches program in June.
The Nelvana co-founder and longtime kid’s animation creator will reflect on his 4 decades in the industry and explore the evolution, current challenges, and outlook for Canadian animation; set for June 10 at Mifa.
Out of 130 film submissions, 10 make the Official Competition, with 11 selected for the Contrachemp Competition; festival runs June 8-14.
Out of the 3,900 films submitted from around 100 countries, 72 films from 33 countries were selected to compete: 36 in the Official category, 9 in the Off-Limits category, 17 in the Perspectives category, and 10 in the Young Audiences category.
The main focus of this year's AnimaSyros, entitled Animated Cosmos, is dedicated to space
Etiuda&Anima was founded in 1994, making it the oldest and largest Polish Animation Festival
The 24 signatories aim to unify the region and address industry challenges while supporting independent creation, diversity in storytelling, and smaller production countries.
10 selected project creators from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Georgia will be invited to attend a 5-day workshop in Tbilisi, Georgia November 26–30, with 5 workshopped projects selected for presentation at the MIFA market in June 2025; submission deadline is October 6.
Priit Pärn to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at Frederikstad Animation Festival
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Drew Hodges, the creator of Prime Video’s popular stop-motion animated preschool series, will pen and direct the upcoming feature that follows Tumble Leaf, Fig, and his friends on an epic, quirky, and hilarious quest across the vast unknown.
Ottawa Animation Festival artistic director Chris Robinson shares some of his under the radar picks competing at the Annecy Festival, now in full swing, running through June 15.
5 selected delegates will receive mentoring and coaching sessions from industry experts to prep to pitch projects next week at Annecy 2024; initiative supports women animators from emerging animation communities in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.
The organization’s ‘ASIFA Global Meet and Greet’ mixer, co-sponsored with ASIFA Hellas and ASIFA China, is set for June 12.
