Annecy Film Festival
The International Film Festival of Animation d'Annecy is a film festival for animation films, held in the city of Annecy in France since 1960. The festival was held every two years, but since 1998 annually. The festival will always take place in June.
The International Film Festival of Annecy is one of the four international film festivals for animation films. The festival is sponsored by the International d'Animation Association (or ASIFA, the International Animated Film Association)
The festival is also a contest between various animated films made with various techniques such as classical animation, computer animation, stop-motion etc. Movies are displayed in the following categories:
In addition to showing the films, there is also an outdoor night projection at Pâquier, in the center of the city. Hereby, classic or recent movies are shown on a huge screen.
In 2002, the short animated film Barcode of the Dutch animation film maker Adriaan Lokman won the Grand Prix du Court Métrage
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