Annecy 2017 Programme Unveiled

25 April 2017 // News

Ben Mitchell

Editor in Chief

As June 12th draws ever closer – and with it another highly-anticipation edition of the Annecy International Festival of Animated Film – eager festivalgoers are able to get their most thorough look at what’s on offer at the 2017 edition so far with this week’s unveiling of the full programme, announced yesterday at a press conference held by Patrick Eveno, Mickaël Marin and Marcel Jean at the Cinémathèque française in Paris.

On top of the festival’s official selection that encompasses features in competition, shorts films, graduation films, TV films, commissioned films, features out of competition and special screening events, including premieres of Pixar’s Cars 3 and Illumination’s Despicable Me 3) of the festival has also unveiled its assortment of meetings and presentations available to attending delegates:

Keynotes

• Glen Keane – Thinking Like a Child: Embracing Change in an Ever-Evolving Art Form
  Tuesday 13 June 18:30 → 19:45 – Bonlieu Petite salle
• Disney’s Eric Coleman: In Conversation
  Wednesday 14 June 18:30 → 19:45 – Bonlieu Petite salle
• Kristine Belson – Reshaping Sony Pictures Animation
  Thursday 15 June 18:30 → 19:45 – Bonlieu Petite salle

Conferences

• Virtual Reality in Production
  Tuesday 13 June 09:00 → 10:30 – L’Impérial Palace Salle de l’Europe

• New Creation Contexts
  Tuesday 13 June 11:00 → 12:30 – L’Impérial Palace Salle de l’Europe
• How Kubo and the Two Strings Wowed the Critics
  Wednesday 14 June 09:00 → 10:30 – L’Impérial Palace Salle de l’Europe
• Mac Guff: 30-Something…
  Wednesday 14 June 11:00 → 12:30 – L’Impérial Palace Salle de l’Europe
• Anatomy of a Studio: Mikros Image
  Wednesday 14 June 16:00 → 17:30 – L’Impérial Palace Salle de l’Europe
• VFX
  Thursday 15 June 09:30 → 12:30 – L’Impérial Palace Salle de l’Europe
• Animating The Star Wars Universe
  Thursday 15 June 16:00 → 17:30 – L’Impérial Palace Salle de l’Europe
• Canaan: Formal Research Rescuing Budgets
  Friday 16 June 09:00 → 10:00 – L’Impérial Palace Salle de l’Europe
• TV Series: The Four Seasons (or More)
  Friday 16 June 10:30 → 12:30 – L’Impérial Palace Salle de l’Europe

Work In Progress

• The Breadwinner
  Tuesday 13 June 09:30 → 10:45 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• Wish Dragon
  Tuesday 13 June 11:15 → 12:30 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• Ella, Oscar & Hoo
  Tuesday 13 June 14:00 → 15:15 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• Godzilla
  Wednesday 14 June 09:30 → 10:45 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• Little Vampire
  Wednesday 14 June 11:15 → 12:30 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• A Man is Dead
  Wednesday 14 June 14:00 → 15:15 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• Kung Fu Space Punch
  Thursday 15 June 09:30 → 10:45 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• Tito and the Birds
  Thursday 15 June 11:15 → 12:30 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• Captain Morten and the Spider Queen
  Friday 16 June 09:30 → 10:45 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• Zero Impunity
  Friday 16 June 11:15 → 12:30 – Salle Pierre Lamy

Studio Focus

• The Art & Science of Pixar’s RenderMan
  Thursday 13 April 16:00 → 17:15 – Salle Pierre Lamy

• Original Force 3D Animation
  Tuesday 13 June 18:00 → 19:15 – Salle Pierre Lamy
• Adventures in VR
  Thursday 14 June 18:00 → 19:00 – Salle Pierre Lamy

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