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MIFA 2015 Buzz: Wednesday, June 17

Further fortifying its footprint within France and abroad, French animation studio Mikros plans to hire 400 animators for its Paris, Belgium and Montreal studios.

The 2015 edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival is in full swing this week along with leading European film and TV marketplace MIFA, now celebrating its 30th anniversary. Here is the Wednesday, June 17 buzz for MIFA 2015:

Attention all animators: Mikros is hiring!

Further fortifying its footprint within France and abroad, French animation studio Mikros -- recently bought by Technicolor along with Ouido Productions -- plans to hire 400 animators for its Paris, Belgium and Montreal studios in order to meet the need of the company’s up-and-coming animation feature productions.

Over the next two to three years, Mikros will produce one animated feature for a U.S. studio and two animated features from French production companies. 

Mikros specializes in high-end animation and visual effects for advertising, television, video games and feature animation, and most recently produced the animated feature Asterix.