Unifrance is proud to bring together all French professionals under one banner at the 50th Annecy International Animation Film Festival, taking place June 21–27—whether they come from the worlds of feature films, television, short films, or immersive media.
Discover the organization’s initiatives at this must-attend event, as well as the full scope of French participation across all the festival's strands.
Unifrance's presence at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival
This year, Unifrance’s activities will be expanded thanks to its participation in the Anima Mundi project, an initiative supported by the European Commission under the Horizon program (the European Union’s research and innovation program).
Through the Anima Mundi initiative, the goal is to connect and actively promote the animation ecosystem around three major pillars: aligning political and industrial strategies, mapping audience discoverability and engagement, and stimulating creativity and competitiveness.
- Unifrance x Anima Mundi panel: Exporting European Co-productions
Moderated by Daniela Elstner (Executive Director of Unifrance), this roundtable will bring together Katarzyna Siniarska (Head of Sales at New Europe Film Sales) and Sarah Colvin (SVP Acquisitions at Neon) to analyze the major trends in the European animation market. This panel begins with a presentation of the Anima Mundi project and Unifrance’s involvement.
Prior to this panel discussion, a Unifrance x Anima Mundi luncheon will be held to bring together, for the first time in Annecy, French and European industry professionals and institutional representatives. This special event will give researchers from the Anima Mundi consortium the opportunity to meet with industry stakeholders, discuss key challenges, and forge new partnerships.
- The Unifrance booth
Unifrance's booth at the MIFA is located at stand number G.09. The booth is available free of charge to Unifrance members for their meetings. This year, the booth space has been expanded to accommodate members of the Anima Mundi project.
- Interviews "Voices of French Animation"
The Unifrance team will conduct several interviews with the teams behind the French films in Competition. These videos aim to introduce viewers to the leading figures in French animation today. This content will be supplemented by interviews with their European peers.
- France-Taiwan meeting
A new meeting organized by Unifrance and TAICCA (Taiwan Creative Content Agency) will bring together French and Taiwanese producers to explore future co-production opportunities.
All the French animation at the Annecy Animation Film Festival
Feature films - Competition
- We Are Aliens by Kohei Kadowaki
- Lucy Lost by Olivier Clert
- Le Dossier de l'aube by Emilie Hitier-Phuong and Rupert Wyatt
- Viva Carmen by Sébastien Laudenbach
- Iron Boy by Louis Clichy
- In Waves by Phuong Mai Nguyen
Feature films - Special Events
Feature films - Contrechamp
- Mu Yi and the Handsome General by Julien Chheng
- Blaise by Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue
- A New Dawn by Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
Long-métrage - Annecy présente
- Yugly by Jérémie Degruson and Yanis Belaid
- Dudley & the Invasion of the Space Slugs by Cherifa Bakhti
- La Fille dans les nuages by Philippe Riche
Feature films - Midnight Specials
Short films - Official Competition
- Adgwa-Ata by Zsuzsanna Kreif
- Balconada by Iva Tokmakchieva
- Cartoon Physics by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter
- Danse macabre by Hisko Hulsing
- God is Shy by Jocelyn Charles
- Water Girl by Sandra Desmazières
- La Petite Reine blanche by Mathieu Georis and Théo Hanosset
- My Bellyaching Skin by Etienne Bonnet
- Motherhood by Anca Damian
- Penguin by Kaspar Jancis
- Please by Anna Mantzaris
- To the Woods by Agnès Patron
- Winter in March by Natalia Mirzoyan
Short films - Perspectives Competition
Short films - Young Audiences Competition
Short films - Graduation Films Competition
- Mauruura Roa by Ysoline Despierre
- Free Food Race by Swan Brocher
- Les Dernières Braises by Léa Pulini
- The Day I Licked a Pebble by Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, and Marie Pijollet
- The Rossini Garden by William Burger, Siméon Jacob, Odelia Laine, Garance Mondamert, Tara Rewal, Mathilde Vergereau, and Arthur Wong
- L'Oeuf noir by Ousmane Cissé
- Gauze by Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, and Xiaonan Zhou
- Aïcha Kandicha by Fayrouz Harmatallah
- Agathe must go by Dylan Hall and Maya Matar
TV Films
- The Doomies by Andrés Fernández
- Woolly Woolly by Emmanuel Linderer
- Puissances noires by Cécile Bonneau
- The Great Dreamscape by Rémi Durin
- Ewilan's Quest by Eve Ceccarelli-Moing, Fabien Daphy, and Justine Mettler
- Le Chant des orages by Caroline Attia Larrivière
- The Broos by David Mirailles
- Max & Bunny
- Blooming Wonders by Clémentine Campos, Mélody Boulissière, and Inès Bernard-Espina
Short films - Midnight Shorts
Short films - WTF
- Skin Flick by Louise Bailly, Daniela Del Castello, Alice Levy, Bruno De Mendonça, Elifsu Meric, and Joey Quoc Tran
Immersive Works - International Competition
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