Annecy International Animation Film Festival

Edition 2023

TypeFeature film and short film festival

ThemeAnimation

LocationFrance

Periodfrom 11/06/2023 to 17/06/2023

French works & talents

Selections

Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds

(2023)

Nina and the Tales of the Hedgehog

(2022)

Réalitude

(2023)

Awards

Awards
Cristal du long-métrage : Chicken for Linda!
Awards
Prix de la meilleure musique originale : Érik Truffaz
for The Siren
Awards
Prix Fondation Gan à la diffusion : Chicken for Linda!
Awards
Prix du public : Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds
Awards
Contrechamp Award : Robot Dreams
Awards
Cristal du court-métrage : 27
Awards
Prix André-Martin : The Purple Season
Awards
Prix jeune public : To Be Sisters
Awards
Prize for Best Original Music : Mári Mákó
for 27
Prize for Best Original Music : Rozi Mákó
for 27
Awards
Prix Festivals Connexion : Maurice’s Bar
Awards
Cristal pour une production TV : Pebble Hill

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Contact information

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Staff

Mickaël Marin
Festival director
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Marcel Jean
Artistic director
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Yves Nougarède
Programmer
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Laurent Million
Programmer
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Marie-Pauline Mollaret
Programmer
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Judith Cristofaro
Communications Director
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Laurence Ythier
Press Agent
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15 NOVEMBER 2023

French animation at Annecy Festival 2023 | Teaser

French animation is very well represented at Annecy Festival (June 11-17) with 45 French works presented in various categories! 🌟

• 7 features in Competition & 3 in Special Screenings.
• 7 series or TV specials.
• 26 short films.
• 1 immersive work

Watch our clip highlighting 9 French projects:

The Siren (‘La Sirène’) by Sepideh Farsi (Feature film)
Chicken for Linda! (‘Linda veut du poulet !’) by Sébastien Laudenbach & Chiara Malta (Feature film)
Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (‘Sirocco et le royaume des courants d’air’) by Benoît Chieux (Feature film)
The Great Arc (‘La Grande Arche’) by Camille Authouart (Short film)
To Be Sisters (‘Entre deux sœurs’) by Anne-Sophie Gousset & Clément Cérard (Short film)
Samuel by Émilie Tronche (AV)
Edmond & Lucie by François Narboux (AV)
Karate Sheep (‘Karaté Mouton’) by Cédric Dietsch & Renaud Martin (AV)
Sol-Air by Mihai Grecu (VR)
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22 JUNE 2023

Director Renaud Martin talks about his animation series ‘Karate Sheep’ (‘Karaté Mouton’) 🐏

Director Renaud Martin talks about his animation series ‘Karate Sheep’ (‘Karaté Mouton’) 🐏 co-directed with Cédric Dietsch, and selected at @annecyfestival ✨

Trico loves to share new objects and ideas with his fellow sheep. This causes a ruckus in the mountain pastures but also new trouble for Wanda, a tough ewe who has to keep the sheep safe from the wolf.

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15 NOVEMBER 2023

Benoit Chieux talks about his animation film ‘Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds’

Benoit Chieux talks about his animation film ‘Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds’ (‘Sirocco et le royaume des courants d’air’) which won the Audience Prize at @annecyfestival 🏆✨

Two sisters, 4-year-old Juliette and 8-year-old Carmen, discover a passage between their world and a book’s, “The Kingdom of Air Streams”. To come back they need to find Sirocco, a terrifying character who can control the wind.

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15 NOVEMBER 2023

Director Mihai Grecu talks about his VR short film 'Sol-Air'

Director Mihai Grecu talks about his VR short film 'Sol-Air' selected in the official competition of Annecy Festival 💫 ✨

Aaron, a military drone pilot, remembers a mission in the air to monitor an oil field. During one flight, his drone encounters a magnificent eagle guided by Azad, a falconer who lives in the desert.

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15 NOVEMBER 2023

Camille Authouart talks about her animation short film ‘The Great Arc’ (‘La Grande Arche’)

Camille Authouart talks about her animation short film ‘The Great Arc’ (‘La Grande Arche’) selected in the official competition of @annecyfestival 💫 ✨

La Défense district in Paris symbolizes power and modernity. Here live two poets: a homeless person and a gigantic red metal spider. During the day they seem invisible, so small among the skyscrapers, but at night...

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15 NOVEMBER 2023

Émilie Tronche talks about her animation series ‘Samuel’ at Annecy Festival 💫 ✨

Émilie Tronche talks about her animation series ‘Samuel’ selected at the TV Films official competition at Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy 💫 ✨

Samuel has a problem. Samuel is 10 years old and Dimitri has just told Julie, who’s older than Samuel, that he is in love. Ok, it’s true, but no-one must know, not even his best friend Corentin.

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15 NOVEMBER 2023

François Narboux talks about his animation series ‘Edmond & Lucy’

François Narboux talks about his animation series ‘Edmond & Lucy’ which is selected in the official competition of @annecyfestival 💫 ✨

Meet Edmond and Lucy in their daily adventures in the forest: Nature is their best playmate! A series produced in real-time CGI to reach a lower carbon footprint and an enhanced graphic quality.

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15 NOVEMBER 2023

Anne-Sophie Gousset & Clément Céard talk about their short ‘To Be Sisters’ (‘Entre deux soeurs’)

Anne-Sophie Gousset & Clément Céard talk about their animation short film ‘To Be Sisters’ (‘Entre deux soeurs’) 👯 presented at @annecyfestival 💫 ✨

Being sisters means sharing a special bond, laughing together and being driven by love. But these particular sisters share an extra something else, and that’s just fine.

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15 NOVEMBER 2023

Director Sepideh Farsi talks about her animation film ‘The Siren’ (‘La Sirène’)

Director Sepideh Farsi talks about her animation film ‘The Siren’ (‘La Sirène’) which won the Best Original Music Award for a Feature Film at @annecyfestival 🏆🎼✨

The original music was composed by French-Swiss jazz trumpeter Erik Truffaz. 🎷

1980. Abadan, Iran. The residents hold out against an Iraqi siege. Among them, 14-year-old Omid decides to stay in the city with his grandfather until his older brother returns. Omid finds an abandoned boat in Abadan’s port. Could this be the way to save his family?

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