Annecy is getting ready to celebrate its 40th anniversary (June 5-10)
with Mr. Roy E. Disney as Honorary President of this 24th edition and
prestigious guests such as John Lasseter, Jimmy Murakami and more...
Annecy is getting ready to celebrate its 40th anniversary (June 5-10)
with Mr. Roy E. Disney as Honorary President of this 24th edition and
prestigious guests such as John Lasseter, Jimmy Murakami and more. In
addition to the 279 films in official selection, Annecy 2000 will
present a 10-program retrospective of one century of frame by frame
cinema, under the aegis of prestigious animation historian
Giannalberto Bendazzi, and a program of the Annecy Grand Prix winners
since 1960. AWN is proud to co-host the cocktail party given by the
festival in honor of the directors in official selection on Tuesday,
June 6. Other events scheduled at the festival include the
participation of triple Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams, with
a three-day Animation Masterclass on the principles of animation. The
MIFA expo will be open June 7-10, 2000, and feature a sizable new
technologies area. Conferences include "The Future Of Animation On
The Web," "Motion-Capture: Animation or Not Animation," "Short
Fiction Films, Goodbye to the 20th Century" and "Franco-Spanish
Co-Productions." For more information and registration forms, visit
http://www.annecy.org, call ++( 33.4).50.10.09.00, or fax ++
(33.4).50.10.09.70. AWN's President Ron Diamond, C.O.O Dan Sarto,
General Manager Annick Teninge and Editor-In-Chief Heather Kenyon
will attend the festival. If you'd like to arrange a meeting with us,
please leave a message in our mailboxes at the festival.
