Annecy Goes to Cannes

Sunday 19 May, 2019 - 9h30 - 11:15 - Olympia 1, 5 rue d’Antibes, 

CITIA organises the International Animation Film Festival and Market (Mifa). It also contributes to the development of the local economy by offering training programmes and support to businesses in the animation and creative industries sector with the unifying space of Les Papeteries – Image Factory.

 

Contact: Géraldine Baché; geraldinebache@citia.org; +33 6 81 235 235

DRAGONKEEPER

Directed by : Ignacio FERRERAS ​

Produced by : Jianping LI produced by Manuel CRISTOBAL (DRAGOIA MEDIA) and Weiwei SONG (China Film Animation Co)​

Country of production : Spain, China 

Synopsis : Dragonkeeper is a CGI animated feature film for a family audience based on the first novel in the award-winning trilogy by Carole Wilkinson.

ARCHIPELAGO (Archipel)

Directed by : Félix DUFOUR – LAPERRIÈRE

Produced by : Nicolas DUFOUR – LAPERRIÈRE (L’EMBUSCADE FILMS)

Country of production : Canada

Synopsis : Half-invented documentary about Quebec and the St. Lawrence Islands, real or fictional. Archipelago is an animated feature about territories: physical, cultural, political, symbolic.

SAMSAM

Directed by : Tanguy DE KERMEL

Produced by : Didier BRUNNER and Damien BRUNNER (FOLIVARI)

Country of production : France, Belgium

Synopsis : From the producer Didier Brunner (Ernest & Célestine) and the animation studio behind Despicable Me, comes the out-of-this-world adventure of Samsam: the smallest cosmic-hero of all times.

BOB SPIT – WE DO NOT LIKE PEOPLE (Bob Cuspe – Nós Não Gostamos de Gente)

Directed by : Cesar CABRAL ​

Produced by : Ivan MELO (COALA FILMES)

Country of production : Brazil 

Synopsis : Bob Spit, one of Brazil’s most iconic comic book characters, is an old punk trying to escape a post-apocalyptic desert inside the mind of his creator, the legendary cartoonist Angeli.

YAKARI

Directed by : Xavier GIACOMETTI ​

Produced by : Maia TUBIANA (DARGAUD MEDIA)

Country of production : France, Germany, Belgium.​

Synopsis : The first adventure of Yakari and Little Thunder through great landscapes and the beginning of their undying friendship.