All Annecy articles
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Reviews‘The Violinist’ review: Annecy Cristal winner is sedate, traditional Singapore-set animation
Source: Annecy ‘The Violinist’ Dir. Ervin Han, Raúl García. Singapore/Spain/Italy. 2026. 114mins When an enterprising Spanish journalist tracks down a veteran virtuoso violinist and asks to hear the story of her cherished instrument, the result is an epic, multi-decade-spanning tale of love and loss, musical creation and ...
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NewsAnnecy film festival unveils 2026 winners
Prizes include Cristal for best film, jury award, Contrechamp section.
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Reviews‘Blaise’ review: Droll French animation follows an introverted teen and his dysfunctional parents
Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue’s follow-up to their popular TV series premieres in Annecy
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NewsNetflix teases animations ‘Ray Gunn’, ‘Charlie Vs. The Chocolate Factory’ at Annecy
Streamer announces late 2026 release date for Brad Bird’s animated noir ‘Ray Gunn’
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Reviews‘Julián’ review: Latest animation from Ireland’s Carton Saloon is vibrant Brooklyn-set coming-of-age drama
Louise Bagnall’s feature debut makes its bow at Annecy
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FeaturesSébastien Laudenbach on turning opera into animation with ‘Viva Carmen’
“We had to develop a story which does not exist in the opera.”
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Reviews‘Rogue Trooper’ review: Duncan Jones adapts 2000 AD comic strip into eccentric, entertaining animated actioner
Aneurin Barnard, Jack Lowden and Hayley Atwell lend their voices to Jones’s Annecy premiere
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Reviews‘Lucy Lost’ review: Charming, playful animated adaptation of Michael Morpurgo novel ‘Listen To The Moon’
Olivier Clért’s feature debut plays Annecy competition following its Cannes premiere
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NewsTimothee Chalamet, Selena Gomez to voice animation ‘Not Alone’ for Universal
Voice cast includes Rob Brydon, Diane Morgan, Jamie Demetriou, Brett Goldstein.
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NewsYouTube animator Vivienne Medrano to direct musical ‘Prehistoria’ for Warner Bros
Warner Bros Animation adds cast including James Acaster to ‘Bad Fairies’.
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NewsAnnecy opens with ‘Minions & Monsters’ in sweltering heat
Temperatures hit 36 degrees Celsius in the French lakeside town.
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NewsProduction to begin this month on ‘Ballerina 2’, sequel to French animation hit
Paris-based production firm Good Hero is also expanding the IP to a series.
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FeaturesHow Annecy is welcoming discussion on industry topics including AI, Canal+
Festival expecting over 18,000 visitors, with guests including Natalie Portman, Travis Knight, Alfonso Cuaron.
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PromotionHow Manga Productions is telling authentic Saudi stories through world-class animation
Manga Productions’ latest animated project is a hand drawn short titled ’Henna’.
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NewsOlivier Clert’s Annecy competition title ‘Lucy Lost’ sells around the world
EXCLUSIVE: Clert, producer Marc du Pontavice discuss switching from series to feature.
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Reviews‘Iron Boy’ review: French animator Louis Clichy’s first feature is striking, personal study of a challenging childhood
Clichy’s debut bowed in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard before moving on to Annecy competition
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Reviews‘In Waves’ review: French debut animation is handsome, empathetic study of love and grief
French-Vietnamese director Phuong Mai Nguyen’s first feature plays Annecy competition after opening Cannes Critics’ Week
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NewsAardman’s Peter Lord on his love of physical production in the age of AI - The Screen Podcast
The co-founder also discusses how to get into the industry, and the upcoming ‘Shaun The Sheep’ feature.
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Reviews‘We Are Aliens’ review: Delicate, sophisticated Japanese animation tracks the fragility of boyhood
Kohei Kadowaki’s debut feature heads to Annecy after a Cannes premiere
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NewsCartoon Saloon animation ‘Julián’ sets distributors for UK, Ireland, Canada
EXCLUSIVE: Film adds further deals for Poland, Benelux.