The Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the MIFA are unmissable events on the world's animation festivals' calendar, taking place from June 11 to 17. In keeping with tradition,French animation is very well represented, with 45 French works presented in various categories.
Audiences in Annecy will have the opportunity to discover seven French feature films in Competition and three others in Special Screenings.
The French audiovisual sector is also well represented, with seven French series or TV specials in the dedicated competition.
Once again, the festival's selection highlights the diversity of French animated shorts, with 26 titles from France in several categories.
Mihai Grecu's immersive work Sol-Air completes the French contingent.
In addition to the selections in Competition, there are also presentations of French projects in development or production. Projects with at least one French producer were in the majority (11 out of 17) among the works presented in the Work In Progress strand this year.
French projects are also included in the MIFA pitch sessions, with a total of 17 French projects, including four feature films, five shorts, four TV series and specials, and four digital experiences.
Details of Unifrance's presence and activitites at Annecy 2023 are available here.
All French works & work-in-progress presented at the Annecy Film Festival 2023
Feature films – Official Selection
- Kensuke's Kingdom by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry
- The Siren by Sepideh Farsi
- Chicken for Linda! by Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta
- Mars Express by Jérémie Périn
- Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds by Benoît Chieux
- The Inseparables by Jérémie Degruson
Feature Films – Contrechamp
TV Films
- Astronome Gastronome (ep. "Au début était la crème fouettée") by Geneviève Anhoury
- Boys Boys Boys (ep. "Tristan") by Valentine Vendroux and Clawdia Prolongeau
- Edmond and Lucy (ep. "L’Adieu à Perlimpinpin") by François Narboux
- Karate Sheep (ep. "Super Croquette") by Cédric Dietsch and Renaud Martin
- Pebble Hill by Marjolaine Perreten
- Samuel by Émilie Tronche
- Tufo by Victoria Musci
Short films - Official Selection
- 27 by Flóra Anna Buda
- Astoria by Franck Dion
- Box Cutters by Naomi Van Niekerk
- Christopher at Sea by Tom CJ Brown
- From One Painting… to Another by Georges Schwizgebel
- Electra by Daria Kashcheeva
- The Great Arc by Camille Authouart
- The Perra by Carla Melo Gampert
- The Purple Season by Clémence Bouchereau
- Shadow of the Butterflies by Sofia El Khyari
- Love Me True by Inés Sedan
- Maurice’s Bar by Tom Prezman and Tzor Edery
- Salvation Has No Name by Joseph Wallace
- The Miracle by Nienke Deutz
Short films – Young Audience
- Wild Housemates by Armelle Mercat-Junot
- To Be Sisters by Anne-Sophie Gousset and Clément Céard
- Harvey by Janice Nadeau
- The Goose by Jan Míka
Short films – Graduation
- Heave by Timothée Sarran
- Furrie by Lucie Grannec
- Réalitude by Théophile Farant
- Mais où est donc Ornicar ? by Oscar Maso Y Guell Rivet
- Fires by Mohammad Babakoohi
- Origines d'un Monde by Emma Zwickert
- Human Resources by Titouan Tillier, Trinidad Plass Caussade and Isaac Wenzek
- La Nuit Blanche by Audrey Delepoulle
VR Works
Special Screenings
- Time Masters by René Laloux
- The Forest of Miss Tang by Denis Do
- Nina and the Tales of the Hedgehog by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
Work in Progress
Feature films
- Amélie ou la Métaphysique des tubes by Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
- Anzu, chat-fantôme by Yoko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita
- Au cœur des ténèbres by Rogerio Nunes
- Dans la forêt sombre et mystérieuse by Vincent Paronnaud (known as Winshluss) and Alexis Ducord
- Eugène, le mystère Falleni by Anaïs Caura
- Flow by Gints Zilbalodis
- Slocum by Jean-François Laguionie
Series
- Captain Laserhawk : A Blood Dragon Remix by Medhi Leffad
VR Works
- Ceci est mon cœur by Stéphane Hueber-Blies and Nicolas Blies
- Empereur by Marion Burger and Ilan Cohen
- Sunset Motel by Gilles Jobin and Thomas Ott
MIFA Pitches
Feature films
- Scavengers by Victor Caire, Lucas Navarro, Gabriel Grapperon, and Théophile Dufresne
- Objectopia by Grégoire Sivan, and Mikaël Fenneteaux
- La Petite Cavale by Julien Bisaro
- Ogresse by Cécile McLorin Salvant and Lia Bertels
TV series
- Pylône by Gabriel Jacquel
- Garces by Manon Tacconi
- Animal politique by Rachel Feury
- Faits divers by Adrien Vivière
VR works
- 369 by Ãnanda Safo
- Grotte by Arnaud Laffond
- Ecocity by Mathias Chelebourg
- L'Étang by Antoine Morières and Lucas Léonarduzzi
Short films
- What Comes at Night by Gaia Alari
- Le Jardin Partagé by Sophie Racine
- Pie dan lo by Kim Yip Tong
- La mujer parecida a mí by Eleonora Comelli and Ange Potier
- La nuit des dameuses by Agathe Zavaro
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