It is one of the biggest world events in the sector: from this Monday, the smallest world of animation meets at the Annecy International Festival. Focus on the program and on the films that will try to win the Cristal d’Or, a year later Flee.
A total of 500 films will be presented throughout this week. But only about ten compete for the prestigious Cristal d’or, won last year by Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen.
This Monday, June 13, on the program for the opening of the 46th Annecy Animation Festival, the highly anticipated Minions 2: Once Upon a Time Gru, from the Illumination studio. Also to be noted among the films in competition: works inspired by real events, such as Charlotte, which traces the fate of Charlotte Salomon, a Jewish painter murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. And nayolaa gripping dive into the history of Angola through the fate of three women.
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Four directors come this year to defend their film. Among them, Atsuko Ishizuka, who presents the initiation story of three Japanese teenagers (Goodbye). And Amandine Fredon, who co-directs “Le Petit Nicolas” with Benjamin Massoubre, evoking their love and respect for the work of Sempé and Goscinny.
Streaming platforms VS cinemas
Out of competition, festival-goers will have the opportunity to discuss one of the subjects that agitate the world of cinema and culture in general: the struggle between streaming platforms and dark rooms. No doubt Disney’s recent decision to broadcast Strange World directly on its Disney + platform, without going through the French cinema box, should make people talk in the alleys of Annecy.