Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Festival International du Film d'Animation
CITIA
c/o Conservatoire d'Art et d'Histoire
18, avenue du Tresum
BP 399
74013 Annecy Cedex
France
phone +33-4-50 10 09 00
fax +33-4-50 10 09 70
http://www.annecy.org
email: info@annecy.org; film@citia.org
Artistic Director
Mr. Marcel Jean
artistic@annecy.org
Contact for German Entries
Mr. Laurent Million
artistic@annecy.org
Year of Foundation 1960
Event Date from 10 June 2019 till 19 June 2019
in Annecy, France
Sections Shorts and feature fiction films (more than 60 mins), Commissioned and TV films, School or graduation films, Off-Limits, Perspectives, Young Audiences, VR
Category Feature, Short, Student FilmTerms of Entry films have to be completed after 1 January 2018
Genre Educational, Science, Music, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Experimental, Short Films, Children & Youth, Art
Subtitles English subtitles necessary French subtitles recommended
Format DCP
Registration Deadline Short films, graduation films, TV and commissioned films: 15 February 2019
Feature films: 15 March 2019
Virtual Reality: 15 April 2019
Fees none
Attendance Figures 115,000
Participants of the Film Industry over 11,000 film professionals
Prizes/Awards Short films: Short Film Cristal, Jury Award, Jean-Luc Xiberras Award for a first film, Jury Distinction, Audience Award, "Off-Limits" Award, Special Prize Young Audiences, Special Prize Perspectives
Feature Films: Cristal for best feature, Special Distinction, Audience Award; Contrechamp Award, Contrechamp Distintion.
TV and Commissioned Films: Cristal for TV Production, Jury Award for a TV Special, Jury Award for a TV Series, Cristal for the best commissioned film, Jury Award.
Graduation films: Award for best graduation film, Jury Award, Jury Distinction.
VR: Cristal
Special Prizes: "Canal+ Creative Aid" Award for a Short Film, Best Original Music Award sponsored by the SACEM for a Short Film, "Gan Foundation Support for Distribution" for a work in progress, André Martin Award for a French Short Film, André Martin Award for a French Feature Film, Fipresci Award - Special Distinction, Fipresci Award, Junior Jury Award for a Short Film, Junior Jury Award for a Graduation Film, Festivals Connexion Award - Région Rhône-Alpes with Lumières Numériques.
2018
Feature Films - Out of Competition
CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel (CH/HR/DE/FI, ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion)
MARNIE'S WORLD (MARNIES WELT) by Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein (DE/BE, scopas medien)
Short Films in Competition
FEST by Nikita Diakur
NOT MY TYPE by Gerd Gockell (DE/CH)
Perspectives Short Films in Competition
32-RBIT by Victor Orozco Ramirez (DE/MX)
Young Audiences Short Films in Competition
ANT (AMEISE) by Julia Ocker
LINK by Robert Löbel
Graduation Short Films in Competition
A BLINK OF AN EYE (AUGENBLICKE) by Kiana Naghshineh
FOLLOWER by Jonathan Behr
FUSE by Shadi Adib
LOVE ME, FEAR ME by Veronica Solomon
NOSIS by Vincenz Neuhaus
Commissioned Films in Competition
THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL GENITALIA – TED ED by Mette Ilene Holmris (DE/DK/US)
Special Programmes: Music and Animated Movies
FIREHOUSE (FEUERHAUS) by Bärbel Neubauer
FRAMING (BILDFENSTER/FENSTERBILDER) by Bert Gottschalk
VIRTUOSO VIRTUAL (VIRTUOS VIRTUELL) by Thomas Stellmach, Maja Oschmann
Number of Films Shown about 2,400 films registered from about 50 countries (230 films in the official selection)
Media Coverage 380 journalists (TV, radio & newspapers; local, regional, national & international)
Specific Characteristics The winner of the short film competition automatically qualifies for the OSCAR competition for the Best Short Film.Evaluation The festival is a trendsetter in questions of animation; considerable diversity of workshops and seminars regarding financing and marketing of animated films. It is the most important festival of animation films in France and one of the most important festival of its kind in Europe.
