The subsequent Annecy International Animation Film Festival will happen from June 8-14, 2025, and can pay tribute to Hungarian animation. The occasion may even supply an immersive dive into the boundless creativity of music video and have fun a milestone anniversary for the MIFA market.
Each yr, the Annecy Festival presents professionals and most people the prospect to find one of the best of animated cinema, showcasing quite a lot of works from all over the world. The 2024 version was a record-breaking one, with greater than 103 nations represented and 17,400 accreditations, together with 6,500 professionals at MIFA.
Each yr, the pageant spotlights a unique nation or area. The 2024 version explored the historical past and present inventive panorama of Portugal’s animation trade. Now, that focus turns to Hungary.
“Many are familiar with the stunning feature films of Marcell Jankovics, Johnny Corncob (1973) and Son of the White Mare (1981). However, these remarkable films only provide a glimpse of the scope and variety of production within the Pannonia Films studio, founded in 1951,” mentioned Marcel Jean, Artistic Delegate of the Annecy Festival.
“Despite political upheavals, the wealthy historical past of Hungarian animation has by no means wavered. In 1981, Ferenc Rofusz gained the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for The Fly, whereas in 2005, Géza M. Tóth’s brief Maestro was nominated in the identical class. Over the previous 20 years, quite a few pupil movies have heralded the arrival of a real new wave: Milk Teeth by Tibor Banocki (2007), Rabbit and Deer by Péter Vácz (2013) and Symphony No. 42 by Réka Bucsi (2013), to call only a few. Recent successes from filmmakers like Flora Anna Buda (27), Balázs Turai (Amok), Nadja Andrasev (Symbiosis) and Áron Gauder (Four Souls of Coyote) additional verify this blossoming and show the cultural dynamism and deep originality of the nation’s animation manufacturing.
“The extensive digitization and restoration efforts undertaken by the Hungarian National Film Institute will allow Annecy 2025 to present the great classics of Hungarian animation in the best possible conditions.”
Jean additionally commented on the deliberate particular concentrate on animated music movies: “Emerging in the 1980s, the music video quickly became a space for expression and exploration for many animators. While some filmmakers who ventured into this format already had an enviable reputation (Jan Švankmajer, Michel Ocelot, Sylvain Chomet, John Kricfalusi…), others found in their collaborations with musicians a fertile ground for creating rich and unique works. This is particularly true for creators like Michel Gondry, Raman Djafari, Steve Cutts and Victor Haegelin. Annecy 2025 will be an opportunity to revisit the work of several key creators who have contributed to the recent history of animated cinema.”
Another main celebration would be the fortieth anniversary of MIFA (International Animation Film Market). A particular occasion for the animation trade and, extra broadly, for cinema, MIFA has over the past a number of a long time grow to be a vital a part of the panorama.
Initially outlined as an area for data change, conferences and help, the market has typically been the catalyst for beginning a venture, a co-production, financing, partnerships, gross sales and worldwide careers. This milestone anniversary presents a chance to look again on the trail traveled, and extra importantly, envision the years to return.
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