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Annecy 2015
Toasting women in animation, Spanish flair and MIFA’s 30th anniversary.
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his month, more than 7,000 creatives, professionals and other luminaries of the global animation industry will once again convene on a romantic lakeside spot in the Rhone-Alpes for the 2015 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Running June
15-20, the renowned event will offer up an expertly curated selection of animated shorts, features, exhibitions and opportunities to mingle as it celebrates its return to the renovated Bonlieu after two years. Here is a taste of what will be on offer as the festival organizers finalize their plans:
“First of all, the poster is paying tribute to animation: the hands, wearing old gloves from the days of the first cartoons, are making shadow puppets, one of the first shapes ever projected and as old as mankind itself. This rabbit shadow puppet is my tribute to the Annecy Festival public. After 20 years of regular visits to the festival, I’ve heard this unique and very enthusiastic chant from the public of ‘Le lapin … Le lapin! ” many times. The hands that are making the shadow puppets are a woman’s. She is the main element of the poster because Annecy 2015 is dedicated to women. This woman, dressed in red against a yellow background, is a flamenco dancer ... because this year’s guest country is my neighbor, Spain.” — Portuguese animator Regina Pessoa (Tragic Story with Happy Ending) on her “Curves and Shadow” design for this year’s official festival poster.
62 www.animationmagazine.net june 15
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