A press conference announcing a special programme titled Tribute to Japanese Animation at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival was held today, April 18th at Institut français du Japon-Tokyo.
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the world’s largest and most influential film festival dedicated to animation, will take place in Annecy, France from June 10th to 15th. It is also the longest running animated film festival in the world and continues to go from strength to strength.
Each year, the festival focuses on one nation as its “Tribute Country,” and introduces its animation culture. In 2019, and for the first time in 20 years, that country is Japan.
Annecy’s top honors have previously been awarded to Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and in 2017, its grand prize was won by Masaaki Yuasa for “Lu Over the Wall,” while its Jury Award was given to Sunao Katabuchi’s “In This Corner of the World.
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the world’s largest and most influential film festival dedicated to animation, will take place in Annecy, France from June 10th to 15th. It is also the longest running animated film festival in the world and continues to go from strength to strength.
Each year, the festival focuses on one nation as its “Tribute Country,” and introduces its animation culture. In 2019, and for the first time in 20 years, that country is Japan.
Annecy’s top honors have previously been awarded to Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and in 2017, its grand prize was won by Masaaki Yuasa for “Lu Over the Wall,” while its Jury Award was given to Sunao Katabuchi’s “In This Corner of the World.
- 4/22/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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