Annecy International Animated Film Festival


TBI Weekly: How a month of markets reflects serious concerns

Conecta Fiction in Spain wrapped up a frenetic month of travel in June for TBI but while each event offered its own regional trends, there was one single overriding topic of discussion, writes Richard Middleton. If you work in the European or North American content business, chances are you’ve been on the road this month. […]

Exclusive: UK animation indie Lupus Films appoints training & development producer

Lupus Films, the London-based animation studio behind The Snowman And The Snowdog and The Tiger Who Came To Tea, has appointed Abigail Addison to the newly created role of training and development producer. Effective immediately, Addison will be responsible for recruitment, skills training, course development and diversity monitoring at the UK indie. She will oversee […]

TBI Weekly: What BANFF & MIFA tell us about 2022 so far

TBI has been on the road this week, taking in the mountainous surroundings of Annecy for MIFA and the Canadian Rockies for the Banff World Media Festival. Here are six takeaways from those events exploring how they reflect the key trends of 2022 to date. Annecy in France and Banff in Canada are 4,885 miles apart, apparently, […]

Netflix & Canal+ back Franco-African women’s animation mentorships

Global streamer Netflix and France’s Canal+ are among a host of companies and organisations to pledge support to Les Femmes s’Animent (LFA)’s Franco-African animation mentoring program, A Woman’s Journey (Parcours de Femmes). Broadcaster France Télévisions, Newen Studios Group, cultural co-operative CITIA, the French Ministry of Culture, Region Réunion, and the French Embassy of Benin have […]

Disney EMEA unveils huge animation slate at Annecy

Disney EMEA used the Annecy International Animated Film Festival to announce new series Vikingskool, as well as showcase a number of other original series in production including 101 Dalmation Street. The company also used the event to confirm Disney Channels’ commitment to working with producers from across the region. Vikingskool, created by Norwegians Frederick P. […]

Annecy 2016 report

In a global animation market, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival reflected changes in the industry: emerging talent, VR tests and new technologies, and for the French sector, new challenges, reports Pascale Paoli-Lebailly Annecy Animation Film Festival’s business section, MIFA, in France this month showed an international animation sector in good health, and a dynamic industry […]