Conceived in 2019 and fielding its first call for projects at last year’s edition, Annecy’s Festival Residency program bore fruit this year, shepherding three projects to pitch sessions at the festival’s MIFA market. They benefitted from nearly six months of professional mentorship and institutional support.
“For some time, festival director Mickaël Marin and I wanted to turn Annecy into a creative outpost, a place where people could actually work on their projects as well,” MIFA head of projects Géraldine Baché tells Variety.
“We reached out to filmmakers and producers to ask where we could offer the most help,” Baché continues. “Quickly enough we oriented this residence around graphic development, because that was the overwhelming response.”
“Often when filmmakers start a project, they are expected to advance too quickly, without the necessary time for reflection and experimentation. They have to rush into production because time is money, so we...
“For some time, festival director Mickaël Marin and I wanted to turn Annecy into a creative outpost, a place where people could actually work on their projects as well,” MIFA head of projects Géraldine Baché tells Variety.
“We reached out to filmmakers and producers to ask where we could offer the most help,” Baché continues. “Quickly enough we oriented this residence around graphic development, because that was the overwhelming response.”
“Often when filmmakers start a project, they are expected to advance too quickly, without the necessary time for reflection and experimentation. They have to rush into production because time is money, so we...
- 6/19/2021
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
The animation festival organisers have selected three projects, including Piece from Irish director Alan Holly, and Le Cœur à danser from French duo Pierre Le Couviour - Amine El Ouarti. Announced last June, the creation of the Annecy Festival Residency by the Annecy Animation Film Festival, dedicated to graphic development and aimed at animated feature debuts, has now reached a more concrete stage, with the announcement of its first selection. The choices were made by a commission which includes producers Sara Wikler (Blue Spirit) and Damien Brunner (Folivari), director Éléa Gobbé-Mévellec, distributor Marc Bonny (Gebeka) abd broadcaster Pierre Siracusa (France Télévisions). From 32 candidates coming from 17 countries, three feature debut projects were selected and will therefore benefit from three months of graphic development assistance in residence at Annecy from 5 April to 27 June 2021. Among them is Piece from Irish director Alan Holly, a contemporary animated drama about...
- 11/25/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Turkish director Sinem Sakaoglu scoops €20,000 Eurimages prize for Kara.
Eric Goossens (Walking The Dog); Amaia Remírez (Kanaki Films); Jaroslaw Sawko (Platige Films); Jarzyna Katarzyna (Platige Films); Raúl De La Fuente (Co-Director Another Day Of Life); Dorota Kobiela (Director Loving Vincent); Oscar Alonso (Latido Films)
The 20th edition of Cartoon Movie, the annual European animation industry event, came to a close today with the announcement of the winners of its key prizes.
The winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, which comes with a cash prize of €20,000, went to Turkish filmmaker Sinem Sakaoglu’s stop-motion animation project Kara, which is being...
Eric Goossens (Walking The Dog); Amaia Remírez (Kanaki Films); Jaroslaw Sawko (Platige Films); Jarzyna Katarzyna (Platige Films); Raúl De La Fuente (Co-Director Another Day Of Life); Dorota Kobiela (Director Loving Vincent); Oscar Alonso (Latido Films)
The 20th edition of Cartoon Movie, the annual European animation industry event, came to a close today with the announcement of the winners of its key prizes.
The winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, which comes with a cash prize of €20,000, went to Turkish filmmaker Sinem Sakaoglu’s stop-motion animation project Kara, which is being...
- 3/9/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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