This international press roundup lists the major news stories of recent months concerning the animation industry and the worldwide release of French productions.
French animated movies tally 5.9 million admissions in 2024
KidScreen – January 14, 2025
Animated films accounted for 17.7% of the total number of movie tickets sold worldwide for French cinema exports in 2024, and a few kids’ titles made the top-10 list, according to new data from Unifrance.
Positive results for Cartoon Movie
Écran Total – March 13, 2025
The 27th edition of the Bordeaux event reassured authors, directors, and producers, who had been hit hard by the crisis that slowed down the market.
The importance of reenforcing European alliances: Interview with Emmanuelle Pétry
C21 Media, Karolina Kaminska – April 8, 2025
Emmanuelle Pétry, producer and international director of French animation company Dandelooo, discussed the importance of strengthening European alliances in an uncertain world.
Why Annecy has become the world capital of animation
- Why Annecy Has Become an Essential Stop on My Festival Calendar: It’s the World Capital of Animation
Variety, Peter Debruge – June 7, 2025
"When people ask me what my favorite film festival is, I know what they expect to hear: something upscale and exclusive, like Venice or Cannes, with their red carpet premieres and interminable standing ovations, where the winning filmmaker goes home with a golden something-or-other, be it a lion, a bear or the Palme d’Or."
The Gobelins Paris animation school and Taiwanese agency Taicca sign a partnership
Variety, Marta Balaga – June 10, 2025
Taiwan Creative Content Agency (Taicca) announced a strategic partnership with animation school Gobelins Paris at Annecy’s film-TV market MIFA.
Annecy exposes the widening chasm between student hopes and industry reality
Cartoon Brew, Amid Amidi – June 17, 2025
The Annecy Festival’s MIFA marketplace has witnessed rapid growth in recent years—in fact, a record of over 18,000 people attended the combined Annecy Festival and MIFA market this year—but its growth may prove unsustainable if organizers don’t address the industry’s “fundamental supply-and-demand crisis,” in the words of media critic Matt Jones.
Netflix report: half of its 300 million global users watch anime
Cartoon Brew, Jamie Lang – July 7, 2025
In its Anime Expo wrap-up, Netflix revealed that half of its 300 million global users now watch anime. That figure aligns with a recent Dentsu study, which found that 48% of global anime viewers subscribe to Netflix to do so, putting the streamer far ahead of competitors like Disney+ (32%) and Prime Video (29%).
The Triplets of Belleville continues to move us 23 years on
European Animation Journal, Greta Amadeo – July 15, 2025
A French-Belgian-Canadian co-production, The Triplets of Belleville quickly became one of the most emblematic works of early 2000s European animation, playing a key role in bringing global attention to French-speaking animated cinema.
Arco has become one of the "buzziest" animation films of 2025! Heres why:
Cartoon Brew, Jamie Lang – September 8, 2025
Since winning the top prize in Annecy back in June, Arco has become one of the buzziest animated movies of 2025 for both fans of the medium and awards prognosticators.
