Starting tomorrow it’s time for the 2016 Annecy Film Festival in Annecy, France. It’s the biggest animation film festival in the world where big animation studio’s, animation students and animation fans all join together to get a look at everything that’s coming up. Besides presentations about upcoming animated features and exclusive premieres and screenings, there’s also a ton of opportunities for portfolio reviews and some signing sessions with animation talent.
In case you’re going this year, or you’re interested in following the latest gossip from the festival we selected some presentations, screenings, signing sessions and review opportunities you won’t want to miss out on this year.
Monday, June 13th
Pixar Animation Studios Recruitment Presentations
Time: 10:00-12:00 (Tips for Creating an Animator Demo Reel / Q&A / Meet and Greets), 15:00-17:00 (Tips for Creating a Story Portfolio / Q&A / Meet and Greets)
Location: L’Impérial Palace Salon Prestige and L’Impérial Palace Prestige
Come and learn more about what we look for in animation demo reels and story artist portfolios. Have you ever been interested in working for Pixar? Then this is a meeting you won’t want to miss!
Admission: Open to all badgeholders, first come, first seated
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Michaël Dudok De Wit – ‘The Red Turtle’
Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (signing session), 20:30 – 21:55 and 21:00 – 22:25 (screening)
Location: Bonlieu Forum (signing session), Bonlieu Grande salle and Bonlieu Petite salle (screening)
Last year, Michaël Dudok de Wit presented The Red Turtle as a Work in Progress, and now he’s ready to share the finished version as the Annecy Festival opener. The film is the first venture into feature direction for this Dutch filmmaker who is renowned for his shorts The Monk and the Fish and Father and Daughter.
Admission: Open to all, first come first seated (signing session), By invitation (screening)
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Ice Age: Open Air Screening
Time: 22:15 – 23:45
Location: Le Pâquier
As the next instalment of the “Ice Age” saga is set to hit theatres this summer, refresh your memory about the first adventures of Sid, Manny and Diego, the most famous prehistoric animals of their generation!
Admission: Open to all, first come first seated
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Tuesday, June 14th
DreamWorks’ Trolls
Time: 09:30 – 10:45 (Work in Progress Feature), 11:30 – 12:30 (signing session with production designer Kendal Cronkhite)
Location: Salle Pierre Lamy (Work in Progress Feature) and Bonlieu Forum (signing session)
The next DreamWorks feature is almost here! From the creators of “Shrek” comes “Trolls”, a smart, funny and irreverent animated comedy. This fall, you can discover the story of the overly optimistic dolls who always have a song on their lips. They’ll be grappling with the comedically pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they have Trolls in their tummies.
Admission: Open to Meetings and Mifa badgeholders, by reservation (Work in Progress Feature) and Open to all, first come first seated (signing session)
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Pixar Animation Studios Recruitment Presentations
Time: 10:00-12:00 (Tips for Creating a Story Portfolio / Q&A / Meet and Greets), 15:00-17:00 (Tips for Creating an Animator Demo Reel / Q&A / Meet and Greets)
Location: L’Impérial Palace Prestige
Come and learn more about what we look for in animation demo reels and story artist portfolios. Have you ever been interested in working for Pixar? Then this is a meeting you won’t want to miss!
Admission: Open to all badgeholders, first come, first seated
More info!
Animation at Warner Bros.
Time: 16:00 17:15
Location: Salle Pierre Lamy
Discover Warner Animation Group (WAG), the exciting in-house animation studio behind The Lego Movie, and join award-winning producer Brad Lewis for an exclusive look at Storks, an action-packed, funny and heartfelt new animated adventure about finding your family in the most unlikely way, from directors Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland.
Admission: Open to all badgeholders, first come, first seated
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Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Animation Studios
Time: 18:00 – 19:15
Location: Salle Pierre Lamy
Behind the scenes, a community of artists, creative thinkers, and innovative problem solvers work together to bring compelling stories, appealing characters, and believable worlds to life.
Dawn Yamazi (Director Talent Development & Outreach), Jason Figliozzi (Animation Supervisor), Jean-Christophe Poulain (Layout Supervisor), Josh Staub (VFX Supervisor), and Mike Huang (Production Manager) will share what it’s like to be a part of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Admission: Open to all badgeholders, first come, first seated
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Wednesday, June 15th
DreamWorks Feature, DreamWorks TV & Oriental DreamWorks Recruiting Presentation
Time: 11:30 – 13:30
Location: L’Impérial Palace Berlioz A&B
Come to this session with DreamWorks recruiters to learn about job opportunities in this famous American studio behind many animation hits. You can also find out about the different ways to apply there.
Admission: Open to all badgeholders, first come, first seated
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Brad Lewis – ‘Storks’ – Signing Session
Time: 12:30 – 13:30
Location: Bonlieu Forum
Admission: Open to all, first come first seated
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What Makes a Hit?
Time: 16:00 – 15:15
Location: Salle Pierre Lamy
Nickelodeon explores developing and creating hit content for today’s global audience.
Admission: Open to all badgeholders, first come, first seated
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Guillermo del Toro – Master of Storytelling
Time: 16:00 – 15:15
Location: Bonlieu Grande salle
After reinventing the horror, fantasy and sci-fi genres with his work in film, television and books, Guillermo del Toro will present his upcoming project “Trollhunters” (DreamWorks).
He’ll reflect on his prolific career leading up to the world’s first glimpse at his latest creation, a Netflix original series. It’s a cinematic television experience for the whole family that will unleash a new fantastical world conceived by del Toro, full of complex characters and other trolls, residents of the fictional suburb of Arcadia.
Admission: Open to all badgeholders, first come, first seated
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Thursday, June 16th
The Secret Life of Pets
Time: 11:30 – 12:30 (signing session), 20:30 – 22:00 (presentation)
Location: Bonlieu Forum (signing session), Salle Pierre Lamy (presentation)
Be the first to see the latest comedy from Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures, “The Secret Life of Pets” is holding its world premiere in Annecy!
Admission: Open to all, first come first seated (signing session), Open to all badgeholders by reservation and single admission ticket sales for the general public (screening)
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The Boss Baby
Time: 18:15 – 19:15 (signing session), 16:00 – 17:15 (presentation)
Location: Bonlieu Forum (signing session), Bonlieu Grande salle (presentation)
Join director Tom McGrath as he discuss the story process and artistic development of DreamWorks Animation’s ”The Boss Baby”.
Admission: Open to all, first come first seated (signing session),Open to all badgeholders, first come, first seated (presentation)
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Friday, June 17th
Moana / Inner Workings
Time: 13:00 – 14:00 (signing session), 10:30 – 12:00 (presentation/presentation)
Location: Bonlieu Forum (signing session), Bonlieu Grande salle (presentation)
An Annecy Festival exclusive, Walt Disney Animation Studios will present never-before-seen footage from their upcoming feature “Moana” and the premiere of the short “Inner Workings”.
Admission: Open to all, first come first seated (signing session), Open to all badgeholders by reservation and single admission ticket sales for the general public (presentation/screening)
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Finding Dory / Piper
Time: 14:30 – 15:30 (signing session), 16:00 – 17:30 and 17:00 – 18:30 (screening)
Location: Bonlieu Forum (signing session), Bonlieu Grande salle and Cinéma Pathé Pathé 2 (screening)
Dive down into the depths of the ocean and join Marin and Nemo as they help Dory find her family in the sneak preview of Finding Dory!
Admission: Open to all, first come first seated (signing session), Open to all badgeholders by reservation and single admission ticket sales for the general public (presentation/screening)
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Zootopia: Open-Air Screening
Time: 22:00 – 23:30
Location: La Turbine
Disney’s latest colourfully fantastic feature that we saw exclusive first footage from at Annecy 2015 will be shown in its entirety this year.
Admission: Open to all, first come first seated
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Finding Nemo: Open-Air Screening
Time: 22:15 – 23:45
Location: Le Pâquier
This Pixar hit is full of adventure, humour and lots of humanity. A great opportunity to see Finding Nemo again before Finding Dory hits theatres this summer.
Admission: Open to all, first come first seated
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For more information about other presentations, screenings and signing session that will also be at this year’s edition of the festival visit the website of the 2016 Annecy Film Festival here. You’ll be able to visit all these events and more at the 2016 Annecy Film Festival from June 13 to June 18, 2016.
