ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.11 - February 1999 A Tribute to Jean-Luc Xiberras compiled by Annick Teninge and Georges Lacroix

The architect of the highly regarded Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Jean-Luc Xiberras passed away on December 26, 1998. We wanted to pay tribute to him for his immense contribution to animation. Here an international selection of friends, colleagues and animators give their final thoughts on a man whose presence in animation will long linger. Respectfully, Annick Teninge, Ron Diamond, Dan Sarto and Heather Kenyon. Animation World Network

The following people have contributed their memories of Jean-Luc: Annick Teninge Gérald Dupeyrot Christian Davin Jacques-Rémy Girerd Frédéric Back Phillipe Moins Luca Raffaelli Alexandra Tholance Bernard Lajoie Phillipe Dana Canal + Pierre Jacquier L'Equipe du Festival Hubert Tison Bruno Edera Marie-Noëlle Provent Louisette Neil Alexander Petrov Françoise Maupin Le Festival d'Annecy Gilbert Hus Georges Lacroix Alain Séraphine Saeid Bidokhi Jean-Pierre Quenet

I chose to salute Jean-Luc with these lines from the poet Jacques Prévert, for Jean-Luc introduced me to the multi-colored world of animation. Annick Teninge School of Fine Arts "From a box of wooden straw Father chooses a little paper ball And lets it fall In front of the enthralled children It blossoms Multi colored Into the big Japanese flower Instantaneous water lily And the children hold their breaths Entranced Never later in their memories Will this flower fade This unexpected flower Made for them In a minute Before their very eyes." - Jacques Prévert Jean-Luc Xiberras and Annick Teninge at Annecy 98. Photo courtesy of Ron Diamond. next

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