Annecy 2014 Official Selection Has Been Made & Online
Of the 2293 films that were submitted to the Annecy Animation Festival, the official selection has been narrowed down to:
- 55 short films (including 12 in the Off-Limits section)
- 65 TV and commissioned films
- 56 graduation films in competition
- 36 short films out of competition
On the short film side, the competition has 43 films from 20 countries. Great Britain is back with a bang, and is one of countries making up the leading trio, just in front of Japan and the USA. Over a third of the films have been directed or co-directed by women (16 out of 43, or 37 %).
Annecy will be launching a new competition category this year with the Animation Off-Limits section, where 12 shorts will be in the running for a prize.
The TV competition however, is dominated by French and American productions, with work also coming from Brazil, Columbia, Pakistan and the Ukraine.
As far as the graduation films are concerned, 56 have been chosen and a little over 40 % have been created by women. British schools have particularly stood out this year, with 12 films in the competition, 5 of them coming from the Royal College of Arts.
The full programme will be available at the beginning of May. Click here to view the full selection.