Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Market

June 4th-9th

Annecy, France

Check out the latest animated gems, find out about current and future trends, meet up with your favourite film directors and up-and-coming talents, track down new associates and partners... in the fun and friendly atmosphere of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

 There are 5 theatres in and around Annecy screening Festival films from 10am to 11pm. The programme includes films in the official selection and screenings which don't need to be reserved.Each evening at 10pm, there is also a screening on the giant screen on the Pâquier lawn (opposite Bonlieu, free access). Established animators and budding creatives, film directors and producers, teachers and students, designers or artists, long-standing fans or newcomers to the art... everyone can be found at the Festival.

The Festival is paying tribute to Ireland this year.

It is perhaps too early to say that there is a particular style of Irish animation cinema. Influenced by the USA, but especially by Europe, these creations are still in their infancy. However, you will discover the diversity of this animation through TV commissions, graduation and independent films, as well as some prize gems from the archives.

The third annual Cartoon Movie is the European market for animation feature film. The market gives European production firms the chance to meet and exchange ideas, even create co-production partnerships. Increasing the attending number of feature film distributors, as well as international reach for European animated feature film is a high priority for the third edition of Cartoon Movie. This annual event is organized by AEFA Cartoon, the European Association for Animated Films. Since the first edition in 1999, which was attended by more than 250 professionals, ten new projects have been put into production.

Cartoon, the European association involved in the development of the European animation industry since 1989, created an event 5 years ago dedicated to the European animated feature market. Cartoon Movie offers attending producers, investors and distributors a complete overview of European animation feature films at different stages of the production: original concepts, projects in the course of development, films in production or recently finished, as well as a catalogue of European films covering the ten last years.

Connichi is a non-commercial anime and manga convention by fans for fans. Guests of honor at this year

The GC is the trade fair where important partners in gaming set their course for the ongoing and coming year. GC is both a trade fair for business and a show for the public at large. In the separate rooms of the GC Business Center exhibitors and trade visitors can make contact with one another and close deals, whilst the exhibitors in the public halls are presenting their products and services. For more information, visit www.gc-germany.com/.

Convergence is upon us. Multi-disciplined thinking draws cinema, television, computer, console and mobile screens even closer, reinventing them to remain competitive.  

FMX is part of this process and introduces for the 15th time the world’s leading experts in the creation, production and distribution of digital entertainment and interactive visualization.

Connect with artists, specialists, scientists, producers, recruiters, trainers and new talents on the 2010 hot topics 3D Stereo, Hybrid Imagery and 360° Media.

Check out the program, purchase your tickets, subscribe to the newsletter and find out what else will be going on at www.fmx.de.

FMX 2010 is an event by Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in cooperation with VES Visual Effects Society, AIAS Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, 5D: The Future of Immersive Design and ACM Siggraph.

As the primary European event for international experts, FMX 2010 is perfectly complemented by the 17th Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (ITFS). The Festival starts simultaneously with FMX on May 04 and ends on May 09 with a prestigious Award Ceremony. ITFS 2010 screens the best animation films from all over the world to an enthusiastic audience and countless international guests, having a permanent spot on the international animation map and being one of Germany's outstanding cultural events.

FMX is an event in cooperation with VES Visual Effects Society, AIAS Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, ACM Siggraph and 5D Conference. It is hosting the Animation Production Day 2010 (APD), a joint venture with the Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (ITFS). FMX is funded by the Ministry of State and the Ministry of Economics Baden-Wuerttemberg, MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg Public Film Fund & Public Innovation Agency for Information Technology and Media, and the FFA German Federal Film Board. It is an event by Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, organized by the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction.

The 4th Athens ANIMFEST '09 will take place in Athens, Greece from March 19-22, 2009 at TRIANON Filmcenter (Codringtonos 21 & Patision 101 Streets). Acclaimed European artists and new talents from Greece and all over the World will meet again in Athens to present not only their new works but also some of the older ones from the history of animation. The exploration of the limits between the film genres will continue. For first time, this year the festival will try to demonstrate on stage the relations between animated design, the moving image, music and words, as well as the human body, with the aid of modern audiovisual electronic media. Conferences and workshops will also be repeated with new thematologies and content, offering knowledge and know-how to interested participants. The festival gives out the following awards: --Grand Prix "Athena" --2nd Place Award --3rd Place Award The call for entries is now open. Deadline: February 15, 2009 Terms Of Submission: -- No submission fees. -- All animation productions with duration up to 30', regardless of themes, technics, language, nationality and artist's age, are submissible. -- Every animation production submitted must have been made after January 1, 2007. -- The cost of shipping is always paid by the sender. -- Every animation production must be submitted in dvd pal format. -- The dvd pal format copy is not returned. It remains in the athens.animfest archives. -- In case of selection, the artists will be notified within 30 days after shipping. -- Every submission must be accompanied by a CD which will include the following: a. A digital photo of the animation production, in 300 dpi resolution, for both the athens.animfest website and the catalogue. b. A digital photo of the artist of the animation production, in 300 dpi resolution, for the same purposes as above. c. A synopsis of the film, as above. d. A short cv of the artist, as above. Address: European Animation Center P.O. Box 17113 10024 Athens Greece Download the entry form at www.animationcenter.gr. For further information, email info@animationcenter.gr.

DISCOP is a television market covering over 30 emerging television markets in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia and Caucasus. In conjunction with the market, DISCOP 2001 will present two new features: The WebTV East Exhibition, an exhibition of technological Web-based solutions that promote television brands and video content on-line; and the DISCOP Campus Sessions, a program of thematic sessions covering the production, marketing and promotion of television content in Central and Eastern Europe. Sessions include television format production in Central and Eastern Europe; historical documentary co-production; sports programming; the Internet as a marketing tool for TV stations; European union funding and training sources available to central and eastern European audiovisual professionals; and key audience data.

The International Film Market is open to every filmmaker with a focus on films which, due to their country of origin, genre, language, topic or style, tend to be overshadowed at the major film markets in the world, yet they represent relevant cultural, scientific and artistic values.
The organizers would like to establish a forum for films that have less possibility to meet the buyers of major distributors and TV companies: for scientific and educational films, documentaries, experimental productions and authentic animated films.