2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival Explained

2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Opening:The Most Precious of Cargoes
Location:Annecy, France
Awards:Cristal for Best Feature Film: Memoir of a Snail
Contrechamp Grand Prix: Sultana's Dream
Date:9–15 June 2024
Main:Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival took place from 9 to 15 June 2024, in Annecy, France. Michel Hazanavicius drama film The Most Precious of Cargoes, adapted from the novel of the same name by Jean-Claude Grumberg, served as the opening film.[1]

Australian film Memoir of a Snail, directed by Adam Elliot, won the Cristal Award for Best Feature Film while Spanish film Sultana's Dream, directed by Isabel Herguera, won the Contrechamp Grand Prix.[2] [3]

Background

The complete lineup was announced on 25 April 2024, also announcing the special presentations of several upcoming big studio films such as Inside Out 2, Moana 2 and Despicable Me 4, as well as previews and/or early looks for films including Transformers One, The Wild Robot, Zack Snyder's Twilight of the Gods, and .[4] [5]

A new non-competitive section was revealed titled Annecy Presents, with the intention of screening "never-before seen films of all genres and background for all audiences".[4]

Four honored special guests were announced: British filmmaker Terry Gilliam received the Festival Honorary Cristal for his lifetime achievements, French director and actor Alain Chabat presented his animated series Astérix and Obélix, The Big Fight, and both Portuguese animator Regina Pessoa and American filmmaker Wes Anderson presented masterclasses at the festival.[4]

Pessoa was selected as this edition's signal artists as a part of the edition's spotlight on Portuguese animation and dance. She also designed the official poster for this editions. According to her, the poster depicts a swimmer and dancer who represents "the balance between grace and power in the face of adversity", also taking inspiration from the Portuguese music genre Fado as well as the Lake Annecy waters and the Portuguese ocean.[6]

Sections

The films selected for each section are as follows:[5] [7] [8]

Official competition

Feature Films

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Into the Wonderwoods Angelo, dand la Forêt Mystérieuse Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord France, Luxembourg
Flow Latvia, Belgium, France
Ghost Cat Anzu 化け猫あんずちゃん Japan
The Colors Within きみの色
The Most Precious of Cargoes La Plus Précieuse des marchandises France, Belgium
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window 窓ぎわのトットちゃん Shinnouske Yakuwa Japan
Memoir of a Snail Adam Elliot Australia
Rock Bottom María Trénor Spain, Poland
SavagesSauvages! Switzerland, France, Belgium
A Boat in the Garden Slocum et moi Jean-Baptiste Laguionie Luxembourg, France
The Imaginary 屋根裏のラジャー Japan
The Storm 大雨 Yang Zhigang China

Feature Films – Contrechamp

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Sultana's Dream El sueño de la sultana Isabel Herguera Spain, Germany
Gill Jae-Hoon Ahn South Korea
The Missing Iti Mapukpukaw Carl Joseph Papa Philippines
Living Large Kristina Dufková Czech Republic, Slovakia, France
Black Butterflies Mariposas negras David Baute Spain, Panama
Our Crazy Love Nelson Botter Jr. Brazil
Pelikan Blue László Csáki Hungary
Journey of Shadows Reise der Schatten Yves Netzhammer Switzerland
Sunburnt Unicorn Nick Johnson Canada
鬼太郎誕生 ゲゲゲの謎 Gō Koga Japan
The Glassworker شیشہ گر Usman Riaz Pakistan

Short Films

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
[S] Mario Radev United Kingdom
Aquatic Abzi Shiva Sadegh Asadi Iran
Beautiful Men Nicolas Keppens Belgium, France, Netherlands
Circle Kihyun Kim South Korea
In the Shadow of the Cypress Dar Saaye Sarv Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani Iran
Drizzle in Johnson Ivan Li Canada
When It Comes (It Will Have Your Eyes) Etorriko da (eta zure begiak izango ditu) Izibene Oñaderra Aramendi Spain
Flower Show Elli Vuorinen Finland
Free the Chickens Matús Vizár Slovakia, Czech Republic
Gina Kamentsky's Pinocchio in 70MM Gina Kamentsky United States
Hurikán Jan Saska Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Perpetuum Birute Sodeikaite Canada
Joko Izabela Plucinska Poland, Germany, Czech Republic
Kaminhu Marie Viellevie France
Maybe Elephants Kanskje det var elefanter Norway, Canada
Kawauso Akihito Izuhara Japan
La Voix des Sirènes Gianluigi Toccafondo France, Italy
The Painting Le tableau Canada
Margarethe 89 Lucas Malbrun France
Miserable Miracle Ryo Orikasa France, Canada, Japan
Mont Noir Jean-Baptiste Peltier, Erika Haglund France, Portugal
Moral Support Vuk Jevremovic Germany, Croatia
Butterfly Papillon Florence Miailhe France
Percebes Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves Portugal, France
Plus douce est la nuit Fabienne Wagenaar France
Horse Portrait Portret konia Poland
Preoperational Model Philip Ullman Netherlands
Return to Hairy Hill Retour à Hairy Hill Daniel Gies Canada
Shoes and Hooves Viktória Traub Hungary
Tennis, Oranges Sean Pecknold United States
The Car That Came Back from the Sea Jadwiga Kowalska Switzerland

Television Films

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
I Adopt You!: "Pedro and Kuky" ¡Yo te adopto!: "Pedro y Kuky" Rosario Carlino, Itati Romero Argentina
A Bear Named Wojtek Iain Gardener United Kingdom, Poland
Bad Bad Belgium: "Uranium" Jasper Declercq, Jonas Wellens, Wouter Medaer Belgium
Behind the Beats: "Salsa Meets R&B: A Story of Latin Pop (featuring Kali Uchis)" Baptiste Jacquemet France
Blue Eye Samurai

"The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride"

Michael Green United States
Clawlolo: "Gramophone" Alexey Alekseev Cyprus
In the Know

"Yogurt Week"

Brandon Gardner, Zach Woods United States
My Life in Versailles

"Versailles Ghost"

La vie de château: "Le fantôme de Versailles" Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat, Nathaniel H'Limi France
Lola et le Piano à bruits Augusto Zanovello France, Poland, Switzerland
Mike Judge's Beavis & Butt-Head

"Sleepover"

Geoffrey Johnson United States
Alice's Diary: "The No Sleep Over" O diário de Alice Diogo Viegas Portugal
Our Summer of Freedom: "The Slap" Petite Casbah: "La gifle" Antoine Colomb France, Belgium
Pip and Posy Let's Learn: "All About Butterflies" Leigh Fieldhouse, Joanna Hepworth United Kingdom
Pokémon Concierge

"What's on Your Mind, Psyduck?"

ポケモンコンシェルジュ: "どう?いま楽しい?" Ogawa Iku Japan
Smiling Friends

"A Allan Adventure"

Australia
United States
Tabby McTat Sarah Scrimgeour, Jac Hamman United Kingdom
The EKSPATS: "We're Going to Africa" Ron Myrick, Adebisi Adetayo, Mbuotidem Johnson Nigeria
The Mouse Mansion, Sam & Julia: "The Story with no End" Régis Vidal France
The Very Small Creatures: "The Farm" Lucy Izzard United Kingdom
Un air de Glissant: "Les yeux la voix" Olivier Patté France
The Drifting Guitar Sophie Roze France, Switzerland
Wow Lisa: "Seashells" Wow Lisa: "Conchitas" María Elisa Soto Aguilar, Antonia Herrera Chile

"Akira of the Dead"

ゾン100 ~ゾンビになるまでにしたい100のこと~: "アキラオブザデッド" Kazuki Kawagoe Japan

Commisioned Films

TitleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
"Federal Owl Commission": 23rd OIAF Signal Film Canada
14th Anibar Animation Festival Trailer: "Love" Sander Joon Estonia
15 Years of Studio Eeksaurus: "The Seed" Suresh Eriyat India
Adult Swim

"The Cute Cat ID"

Silvia Prietov Colombia
Adult Swim's Off the Air: "Magic Buzz" Julia Müller Germany
Alzheimer's Research UK

"Change the Ending"

AGAINSTALLODDS United Kingdom
Ashnikko

"Worms"

Raman Djafari Germany
Belong

"More of the Good Stuff"

Paulo Garcia Brazil
Célestin: "Ma mère" Chaïtane Conversat France
Chantelouve France, Portugal
Chien Méchant: "Étoile filante" Kelzang Revach France
Chinese Man ft. Stogie T, KT Gorique & FP: "Too Late" Victor Haegelin
DOA 2023 John Christian Ferner Apalnes Norway
Blood Between the Legs Frederick Venet France, Georgia
Federal Ministry - BMK: "The Madhouse" Nella Addy, Rogan Van Den Berg, Ross Cooper United Kingdom
GODS ft. NewJeans: "Worlds 2023 Anthem – League of Legends" Marie Hyon, Hans-Christoph Schultheiss United States
Hulu Ids – Season 2: "Exquisite Corpse" Simón Wilches Castro
INTERFILM 39 "Festival Trailer" Anne Isensee Germany
Just Dance 2024

"Rapper's Delight"

Stéphane Berla France
ACLU Arizona's "I Had Nothing" Elyse Kelly United States
María Morfeo: "Fish" Gabriela Fernanda Orozco Mexico
– Asian Games Paulo Garcia Brazil
Pictoplasma "Opener 2023" Will Anderson United Kingdom
Playgrounds In Motion "2023 Opening Titles" Erwin Van Der Ijssel Netherlands
Sharjah Book Authority

"Best Seller"

Tariq Ali, Maged Nassar Egypt
Shortcuts: "Rivière sans retour" David Stora France
Siamés: "My Way" Jesica Nianchi Argentina
StopTrik 2023 "Trailer" Titouan Tillier Slovenia
TED-Ed

"Does Planting Trees Actually Cool the Planet?"

Thomas Johnson Volda, Ivana Bonjak Volda United States, Croatia
TED-Ed

"How Did South African Apartheid Happen, and How Did It Finally End?"

Aya Marzouk United States, South Africa, Egypt
The Lords of Water: "Launch Film" Ingi Erlingsson, Stefan Falconer, Charles Bigeast United Kingdom
Valsa la vista! Selma Maillard France
Verified: Xika vs the Disinformation Mariano Fernandez Russo Argentina
We Campaign Because They Can't Dane Winn United Kingdom
World Economic Forum

"Dance to Live"

World Economic Forum Creative Team Switzerland
World Wide Fund for Nature

"Up in Smoke"

Yannis Konstantinidis United Kingdom

VR Works

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Flow Adriaan Lokman France
Gargoyle Doyle Ethan Shaftel United States, Austria, Argentina
Nana Lou Mamie Lou Isabelle Andreani France, Luxembourg
My Inner Ear Quartet Koji Yamamura Japan
Oto's Planet Gwenaël François Luxembourg, Canada, France
Sports of Light Adam Weingrod Israel, Canada
Stay Alive, My Son Victoria Bousis Greece, United States
My Imaginary Friend Steye Hallema Netherlands, Belgium
Emperor Marion Burger, Ilan Cohen France, Germany
The Age of the Monster Le temps du monstre Benjamin Nuel France

Off-Limits

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Familie's Albums Albums de familles Moïa Jobin-Paré Canada
Beyond Au-delà France
Corpus and the Wandering Jo Roy Canada
Crash-huang.xi.hu.xi Dale Zhou, Hongxiang Zhou United States
The Great Tree Piece Das große Baumstück Claudia Larcher Austria
Data Flesh Felipe Elgueta Chile
Glass House Boris Labbé France
Grain Cloud Atmosphere Martin Moolhuijsen Italy, Germany
Lines Martin Schmidt Germany
Entropic Memory Mémoire entropique Nicolas Brault Canada
O/S Germany, Hong Kong
Acoustic Shadows Ombres acoustiques Patrick Bergeron Canada

Perspectives

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
The Girl and the Pot A Menina e o Pote Valentina Homem Brazil
The Change of the Wheel El cambio de rueda Begoña Arostegui Spain
Elene Dariani Elene Tavadze Georgia
GIGI Cynthia Calvi France
Homesick Hanina Yasmin Moll Egypt
Hey Dad Weifan Wang Taiwan
I Died in Irpin Anastasiia Falileieva Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine
It Shouldn't Rain Tomorrow Maria Trigo Teixeira Portugal, Germany
Last Night Peter Oti Asamoah Ghana
Rose Rash Peun-Hu-Larp Thanut Rujitanont Thailand
Pie dan lo Kim Yip Tong Mauritius, France
Silent Panorama Nicolas Piret Belgium
The Meatseller Margherita Giusti Italy
The Wild-Tempered Clavier Anna Samo Germany
This Is a Story Without a Plan Cassie Shao United States
Underground Yiannis Christoforou Greece, Cyprus

Young Audiences

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Shelter Abri Hulie Daravan Chea France
Hello Summer Ahoj leto Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová Slovakia, Czech Republic, France
Basha Anirban Paul India
Yuck! Beurk! Loïc Espuche France
Baking with Boris La boulangerie de Boris Masa Avramovic France, Switzerland, Croatia
Head in the Clouds Tête en l'air Rémi Durin France
Tuu-Tuu-Til Veronica Solomon Germany
Wing It Hendrik Schutte Netherlands

Graduation Films

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)Institution(s)
7 Missing Yuval Katz Israel Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Adiós Jose Prats United Kingdom National Film and Television School
Apartment 203 Mariana Moreno Bernal, Eduardo Poiré Couto Mexico SAE Institute Mexico
Ardent Other Alice Brygo France Studio National des Arts Contemporains
Between You and Me Cameron Kletke Canada Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Carrotica Daniel Sterlin-Altman Germany Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg
Claw Lucas Ferrer, Ayoub Chaibi, Marianne Dautheville, Chloé Ferrus, Thomas Petroni, Melissa Saba, Dylan Sayagh, Alizée Valenzuela, Florian Wagner France Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques
Crow Man Yohann Abdelnour Lebanon Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts
Echoes Robinson Drossos France École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
Hic svnt dracones Justin Fayard
Echoes of Grief Verena Repar Austria University of Applied Arts Vienna
Noodles au Naturel Frite sans maillot Matteo Salanave Piazza France La Poudrière Ecole du Film d'Animation
Girls' Hair Klara Thafvelin Sweden Stockholm University of the Arts
Humantis Paris Baillie United States California Institute of the Arts
I Wanna Be a Statue Harvey Auerbach-Dunn United Kingdom Royal College of Art
Minus Plus Multiply Chu-Chieh Lee
Is This Now the Time I Should Let You Go? Yi-Chin Tsai Finland, Taiwan, Belgium, Portugal RE:Anima, European Joint Master in Animation, Aalto University, LUCA School of Arts, Universidade Lusófona
To Be a Seed Ser semilla Julia Granillo Tostado Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Mexico
Maatitel Govinda Sao India National Institute of Design
Mary: Through Glass Wyatt Carson United States Maryland Institute College of Art
Moving Mountains Jessica Poon Germany Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Piiritajad Ada Napiórkowski Estonia Estonian Academy of Arts
The Last Visit Keawalee Warutkomain
Weeds Plevel Pola Kazak Czech Republic Film School in Písek
Rising Above Pres strepy Natálie Durchánková France Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Windows from the South Prozori s južne strane Eugen Bilankov Croatia Academy of Fine Arts
Pubert Jimbob Quirijin Dees Belgium Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Return Lindon Chen Japan Tama Art University
Yapolaponky Masataka Kihara
Bloodletting Sangre petrolera Alejandro Jiménez Mora Costa Rica Universidad Veritas
Searching for the 5th Direction Matthias Schüpbach Switzerland Lucerne School of Art and Design
Sheep Out Zofia Klamka Poland Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Stale Smoke Tabac froid Arthur Jamain France Atelier de Sèvres
Show Jagoda Czarnowska Poland Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
The Bubby Bear Show Thavin Vongpatanasin United States Ringling College of Art and Design
The Monster Ruby Yang, Bomin Kim South Korea Chungkang College of Cultural Industries
The Time Botanist Glenn Paul-Parvenu France Institut Sainte-Geneviève
To the Brink Hugo Docking United Kingdom University of the West of England
Waterpark Ross Malo Ireland Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, National Film School of Ireland
You Are the Truck and I Am the Deer Max Ferguson Belgium LUCA School of Arts

Out of competition

Annecy Presents

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Give It All がんばっていきまっしょい Yūhei Sakuragi Japan
Buffalo Kids Juan "Galo" Galocha, Pedro Solís Spain
Diplodocus Wojtek Wawszczyk Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Extintion Behnoud Nekooei Malaysia
Fox and Hare Save the Forest Vos & Haas redden het bos Mascha Halberstad Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium
Animal Tales of Christmas Magic Le Grand Noël des animaux Camille Alméras, Caroline Attia Larivière, Ceylan Beyoglu, Haruna Kishi, Natalia Chernishova, Olesya Shchukina France, Germany
名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星 Chika Nagaoka Japan
Out of the Nest Arturo Hernandez, Andrew Gordon Thailand, China
Sand Land Yoshihis Yokoshima Japan
The Garfield Movie United States
The Sloth Lane Tania Vincent, Ricard Cussó Australia
The Worlds Divide Denver Jackson Canada
Panda Bear in Africa Richard Claus, Karsten Kiilerich France, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark
Flavors of Iraq Le parfum d'Irak Léonard Cohen France
Look Back ルックバック Kiyotaka Oshiyama Japan
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi ブルーロック-EPISODE 凪- Shunsuke Ishikawa Japan

Screening Events

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Chang'an 长安三万里 Xie Junwei, Zou Jing China
Despicable Me 4 United States
Silex and the City Jean-Paul Guigue, Julien Berjeaut France, Belgium
The Wild Robot United States
Transformers One Josh Cooley
ウルトラマン: ライジング Japan
Inside Out 2 United States
Moana 2 David Derrick Jr.
Peter Browngardt
Next on Netflix Animation: From Twilight of the Gods to Wallace & Gromit
Astérix and Obélix, The Big Fight Astérix et Obélix, le combat des chefs France
Creature Commandos United States
The Amazing World of Gumball United Kingdom
United States

Annecy Classics

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
History, Mystery, Odyssey: 6 Portland Animators (2023) Martin Cooper United Kingdom
Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert (2024) Graver l'homme : arrêt sur Pierre Hébert Loïc Darses Canada
Coraline (2009) United States
Smaragdin (1960) Jean Letarte Canada
You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) United States
Duck Amuck (1953)
Old Orchard Beach P.Q. (1981) Canada
Nice Day in the Country (1988) Christopher Hinton
Kidnappé (1988) Thomas Corriveau
Teléphone (1985) Luce Roy
Little Rural Riding Hood (1949) United States
One Froggy Evening (1955)
A Wild Hare (1940)
Marie-coquette qui a ni chaud ni frette (1976) Estelle Lebel, Mitsu Daudelin, Rachel Saint-Pierre Canada
Objets perdus (1990) Michel Gelinas, Michel Degagne
Solid Serenade (1946) United States
Gumball (2008) United Kingdom
The Time Thing (2013) United States
The All-nimal (2023) Nick Edwards
Pourquoi l'Écran d'épingles? (2024) Brice Vincent France
Dexter's Laboratory: Changes (1995) United States
Servais (2018) Rudy Pinceel Belgium

Midnight Specials

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countrie(s)
Giovanna and the Big Peacock Maria Zilli Italy
What If It's Not Good? Ya Güzel Olmazsa? Haluk Mirac Aykin Turkey
Spermageddon Rasmus A. Sivertsen, Tommy Wirkola Norway
Who Said Death Is Beautiful? Nakajima Ryo Japan
Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease Bum-Wook Hur South Korea
Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning Dong-Chul Kim South Korea
(S)Kids Les Solis, Louis Solis Canada
No Flies on Me Lars Magnus Holmgren Australia
Martyr's Guidebook Maks Rzontkowski Poland
The Personal Issue Mehdi Alibeygi Iran
Our Love is Immortal Askimiz Ölümsüzdür Ender Yildizhan Turkey
Corn Man Origin Theory Alexandre Louvenaz France
Jean-Mi, the Piles Boy Jean-Mi, le garçon pilotis Marcel Street
The Shortest Relationship in the World Xiaoxuan Han China
Stuffed Louise Labrousse France
Spooky Loops Stas Santimov Ukraine
The Beacher Nicole Daddona, Adam Wilder United States
Larry Takeshi Murata, Christopher Rutledge United States
Toothless Sans-dents Enzo Gérard France
Living the Dream Ben Meinhardt Canada

Awards

The following awards were presented:[2] [3]

Feature Films

Short Films

TV and Commisionned Films

Graduation Films

VR

Special Prizes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michel Hazanavicius’ Animated Holocaust Tale ‘The Most Precious of Cargoes’ to Open Annecy Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. 25 April 2024. 22 May 2024.
  2. Web site: ‘Memoir of a Snail’ Wins Annecy Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter. Scott. Roxborough. June 15, 2024. June 17, 2024.
  3. Web site: ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Flow’ Split Feature Honors at Annecy, ‘Percebes’ Wins Best Short. Variety. Jamie. Lang. June 15, 2024. June 17, 2024.
  4. Web site: Breaking: Annecy Festival Announces Features, Opening Film & More. Animation Magazine. Mercedes. Milligan. 25 April 2024. 22 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Annecy Unveils Anime-Heavy Competition Lineup and Special Presentations for ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Moana,’ ‘Despicable Me’ Sequels. Variety. Jamie. Lang. 25 April 2024. 22 May 2024.
  6. Web site: Event Updates: Annecy Debuts 2024 Poster, LFA’s Franco-African Mentees, StopMoLab Recruitment Opens. Animation Magazine. Mercedes. Milligan. 12 March 2024. 22 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Sarah Snook Picture ‘Memoir Of A Snail’, Terry Gilliam Set For Annecy With ‘Transformers One’, ‘Despicable Me 4′,’Inside Out 2’ & ‘Moana 2’ – Full Lineup. Deadline. Melanie. Goodfellow. 25 April 2024. 22 May 2024.
  8. Web site: Toda la competencia del Festival Annecy 2024. Escribiendo Cine. 26 April 2024. 22 May 2024. es.