Annecy Announces 2018 TV, Commissioned Films

Festival selects total of 54 films to screen at the 2018 edition.

'Uku-Ukun taikaviidakko,' directed by Jaana Wahlforss of Finland, is among the TV films chosen for the 2018 Annecy International Animation Festival.

The Annecy International Animation Festival has announced its selections in the TV Films and Commissioned Films categories.

The festival has selected 23 entries in the TV Films category, and 31 for Commissioned Films. The Annecy International Animation Festival takes place June 11-16 in Annecy, France.

TV Films

Angeli the Killer, “Delírios de Um Amor Louco” -- directed by Cesar Cabral, Brazil
Athleticus, “Trampoline synchronisé,” “Anneaux en gymnastique artistique” -- directed by Nicolas Deveaux, France
B, “The Beginning” -- directed by Kazuto Nakazawa, Japan
Culte : Lecteurs sous influence, “1984” -- directed by Aurélie Pollet, France
Furiki Wheels, “Tout mais pas Brenda!” -- directed by Frédéric Martin, France
Han Gusso, “Plonk and Play” -- directed by Sasapitt Rujirat, Thailand
Hilda, “Midnight Giant” -- directed by Andy Coyle, United Kingdom
Irmão do Jorel, “Eject Especial” -- directed by Juliano Enrico, Brazil
Killer Seven, “Episode 02” -- directed by Weifeng He, China
La Orquestita, “Episode 01” -- directed by Juan Carve, Uruguay
Le Quatuor à cornes -- directed by Benjamin Botella, Arnaud Demuynck; France, Belgium
Les Cahiers d'Esther, “La Guerre de cent ans” -- directed by Riad Sattouf, Mathias Varin; France
Max & Maestro, “L'oreille supersonique” -- directed by Christophe Pinto; France, Italy
Paprika, “The Tidy Up” -- directed by Jean Cayrol, France
PIG: The Dam Keeper Poems, “Yellow Flower”, “Hello Nice to Meet You” -- directed by Erick Oh; USA, Japan
Piratskaya shkola, “Esli Nastupit Zavtra” -- directed by Alexey Lebedev, Russia
Rodzina Treflików, “Na Tropie Skarbu” -- directed by Marek Skrobecki, Poland
Roobi va joojeha, “A Passenger From Space” -- directed by Babak Nekooei, Behnoud Nekooei; Iran
The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe, “The Prince and the Pretty Poodle” -- directed by Christian Boving-Andersen, Eva Wallberg; Denmark
The Highway Rat -- directed by Jeroen Jaspaert, United Kingdom
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking -- directed by Thomas Sheppard, USA
Uku-Ukun taikaviidakko -- directed by Jaana Wahlforss, Finland
We Bare Bears, “Panda's Art” -- directed by Daniel Chong, USA

Commissioned Films

A Troca -- directed by Mateus De Paula Santos, Brazil
Assassin's Creed Origins – “From Sand” -- directed by Rob Petrie, France
BBC One Christmas 2017, “The Supporting Act” -- directed by Elliot Dear, United Kingdom
Channel 4, “The Great British Bake Off” -- directed by Parabella, United Kingdom
CNN Colorscope, “Pink” -- directed by Giant Ant; Canada, United Kingdom
Conan O'Brien Discusses “We're Going to Be Friends” by the White Stripes, Third Man Books -- directed by Moth Collective, United Kingdom
DayOne, “Sunshine” -- directed by Guilherme Marcondes; Brazil, USA
Dominique A, “Toute latitude” -- directed by Sébastien Laudenbach, France
Fernand Léger, “Beauty is Everywhere” -- directed by Nicolas Fong, Belgium
Fundacion Secretariado Gitano, “Partir de Cero” -- directed by Carlos Salgado, Spain
Geico, “He Man :30” -- directed by J.J. Sedelmaier, USA
Jay-Z, “The Story of OJ” -- directed by Mike Roush, USA
Johnny's Home -- directed by Elyse Kelly, USA
KROK 2017 “Absolute Volga” -- directed by Jaimeen Desai, India
La Grenouillère -- directed by Collectif Quart Avant Poing, France
Leica, “Everything in Black and White” -- directed by Mateus De Paula Santos, Brazil
Machine Translations, “Sola” -- directed by Jonathan Nix, Australia
Mark Lotterman, “Happy” -- directed by Alice Saey, France, Netherlands
Moby, “In this Cold Place” -- directed by Steve Cutts; USA, United Kingdom
Mr. Jukes, “Grant Green” -- directed by Anna Ginsburg, Parallel Teeth; United Kingdom
Nat Geo, “Icon Spot” -- directed by Rituparna Sarkar, India
Orange Is the New Black -- Unravelled -- directed by Spela Cadez; United Kingdom, Singapore, Slovenia
Red Room Poetry, “Poetry Object” -- directed by Robertino Zambrano, Australia
Rone, “Origami” -- directed by Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet, Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka, Dimitri Stankowicz, Thomas Pons; France
Simpsons Couch Gag - Robot Chicken/Stop Motion -- directed by John Harvatine IV, USA
Skills, “Hermit Crab” -- directed by Dadomani Studio, Italy
TED-Ed, “The Evolution of Animal Genitalia” -- directed by Mette Ilene Holmriis; Germany, Denmark, USA
The 2017 AMP Awards, “How to Make Music for Advertising” -- directed by Orion Tait, USA
Toonami Exquisite Corpse -- directed by Simon Wilches, USA
Tricky Women 2018 -- directed by Moïa Jobin-Paré, Canada
Unicef, “Exam Stress, Syrian Style” -- directed by Raj Yagnik, United Kingdom, Syria

The official selection of Feature Films in Competition and Out of Competition will be announced at the end of April in the press conference taking place in Paris. The VR@Annecy selection will be announced on April 17.

The official selection in this category has been made by the Artistic Director Marcel Jean and the Films & Program Planning team, composed of Laurent Million, Yvès Nougarède and Sébastien Sperer.

Source: Annecy International Animation Festival