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February 12

The Cannes Film Festival is the world

MIP-TV is the world

The 30th Annecy International Festival of Animation is the premiere animation festival in the world. The festival features screenings, retrospectives, seminars, tributes and an international film competition. The MIFA expo held in conjunction is the international market for animated film. For more information, visit www.annecy.org.

MIPCOM: International Film and Programme Market for TV, Video, Cable and Satellite is one of the world

The 13th annual Rendez-Vous organized by TV France International will be held in Biarritz for the first time this year. The new venue for the Rendez-Vous, Le Bellevue Conference Center, will enable TV France International to double space for the exhibitors. Moreover, by choosing Biarritz, TV France International can continue to provide the same high-standards and friendly and warm atmosphere, in addition to keeping-up with marketplace growth. The number of participants increases continuously; more than 200 buyers and 54 French distributors and producers attended the event in 2006.

As in previous years, the marketplace will have two sections:

1) A digital library equipped with over 120 screening stations (program digitalization has tripled the number of programs screened by buyers -- more than 9,000 in 2006) so that buyers can view the best and latest French productions (more than two-thirds of the programs will be presented on the international market for the first time)

2) An area especially set aside and designed and for private meetings between buyers and French distributors and producers.

For additional information, visit www.tvfrance-intl.com.

By hosting the second edition of Dimension3 Festival during four days at Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saone in France becomes the European capital of 3-D, with an exceptional collection of images You will be able to witness film previews, exclusive screenings and original images! All program formats will be represented, with contents of all types (feature films, animated films, documentaries, corporate films, theme park attractions, concerts ). Events will kick off on June 2, during the festival's opening night, with the projection of the legendary concert U23D, a history-making film on U2's world tour. The producer, Steve Schklair, will be present. Do not miss the screenings of Disney's concert film HANNAH MONTANA/MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT TOUR, and of SCAR 3D, the first horror film shot in digital 3-D. Travel across the world and discover the New-Zealand Alps, with AORAKI MOUNT COOK: THE GUARDIAN (to be released in New Zealand on May 31 2008). And the documentary 3-D SUN will show you the Sun as seen from outside the Earth's orbit, a first in human history. Dimension3 Festival, a one-of-a-kind public event dedicated to 3-D images, is organized as a part of Dimension 3 Expo, the second international forum on 3-D images. A public area, Dimension3 Experience, will be hosted next to the festival; it will include an exhibition on the history of 3-D, 3-D images, from the origins to the future, as well as an area offering information and entertainment on new display, filming and game technologies partnership: Nicephore Niepce Museum, UP3D Association, Cerberus 3D, Holocube, Tridimax,Visu Motion and Irelem. Find all details related to this event, as well as a program of the festival, at www.dimension3-expo.com.

Created in 1999, Cartoon Movie is neither a fair nor a festival, but rather a co-production forum for European animated feature films. For two intense days, European producers have the opportunity to present their animation projects to all potential buyers in order to negotiate financing, to find partners and to interest distributors. All of this is happening in a very relaxed and convivial atmosphere… the human touch is the soul of Cartoon Movie!

The successful 2010 edition was attended by more than 630 participants from 32 countries, including 180 investors, of which 90 distributors. 51 feature film projects were pitched at the event, be they in concept, in development, in production or completed films.

The steady growth of stereoscopic 3D, the presentation of new films by well-known directors (Ari Folman, Patrice Leconte, Sylvain Chomet) and the high quality of the projects pitched were the highlights of this 12th edition. Have a look at the TV reports, the key facts or the pictures gallery.

The 12th edition will take place from Wednesday 2nd to Friday 4th March 2011 in Lyon (Rhône-Alpes, France).

The world's largest event totally focused on animation, the Festival, that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010, is the occasion to discover the latest in animation, meet well-known names and young talents and check out new trends... in one place.

Join us for the next edition from Monday 6th June to Saturday 11th June 2011.

You will be able to begin submitting films for the next edition from mid-November.

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