
This year, Netflix will return to the Annecy Festival with a full itinerary following their recent wins and nominations. Such accolades include Oscar nominations for Nimona, a BAFTA nomination for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, and several wins for Blue Eye Samurai at the Annie’s this past February. In only five years after launching […]

The Annecy Festival is thrilled to honor not one, but two greats names in animation: Jennifer Lee and Michel Ocelot as recipients of the Honorary Cristal, an honor rarely bestowed in the decades of the Festival’s history. For the Festival’s Artistic Director, Marcel Jean, “the return of the Annecy Festival to its pre-pandemic state is […]

Women in Animation (WIA) has announced the program for the fifth The Women in Animation World Summit, in conjunction with this year’s hybrid version of the Annecy International Animation Festival and Mifa 2021. The theme of this year’s virtual Summit is “The Business Case for Diversity.” The Women in Animation World Summit will be viewable […]

On Friday, June 19th at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern), 9:00 a.m. (Pacific), legendary Disney directors Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, the Princess and the Frog, Moana), in a live streamed Annecy Festival Master Class, will discuss their careers and views on the animation industry. Ron and John’s open ended, informal conversation […]

Landmark USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative study results to be presented by Dr. Stacy L. Smith with French Actress/Producer Julie Gayet presenting a keynote presentation to wrap up the day May 24, 2019 – Los Angeles and Paris — Women in Animation (WIA) and Les Femmes s’Animent (LFA) are pleased to announce the program lineup and […]