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Annecy 2023



DOMINIQUE PUTHOD
Chairman, CITIA

MICKAËL MARIN
CEO, CITIA

"L’animation n’est pas un genre. L’animation, c’est du cinéma."
La programmation d’Annecy 2023 réalisée par Marcel Jean et son équipe est le reflet de cette idée affirmée et répétée avec force par le réalisateur oscarisé Guillermo del Toro.

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Festival

CITIA

MARCEL JEAN
Artistic Director, CITIA

For the eleventh time now, I’ve had the great honour of endorsing the programme for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. It was put together through the joint efforts of a team of enthusiasts who viewed thousands of movies over the past few months.

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Minister of Culture

RIMA ABDUL-MALAK

RIMA ABDUL-MALAK
Minister of Culture

With its lake and mountains, Annecy has served as the most stunning backdrop to the world’s top animation event since 1960. For days on end the city teems with fancy and fantasy, and throbs to the beat of animated images.

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CNC

DOMINIQUE BOUTONNAT
CNC Chairman

We’re very happy to support the Annecy International Animation Film Festival because it’s not only the nerve centre of worldwide animation but also a yearly highpoint loved by all – audiences and professionals – for its encompassing spirit and creative energy, especially this year thanks to the fabulous artistic promise of guest-of-honour Mexico.

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France Télévisions

DELPHINE ERNOTTE-CUNCI
CEO of France Télévisions

As a foremost backer of French animation, France Télévisions is proud to be the official partner of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region

LAURENT WAUQUIEZ
Chairman of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region

The Lumière brothers invented cinema, right here in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the 19th century. Ever since that inaugural moment, our region has never failed to build on this legacy, to keep it vibrant and to continue to invent the history of the Seventh Art.

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Haute-Savoie Department



MARTIAL SADDIER
President of the Conseil Départemental, Haute-Savoie

MYRIAM LHUILLIER
Vice-President: Culture and Heritage

From 11 to 17 June next, Annecy and all of Haute-Savoie will once again rock to the rhythm of the International Animation Film Festival and Market, this year basking in the glow of Mexico.

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Annecy Town Hall

FRANÇOIS ASTORG
Mayor of Annecy

The International Animation Film Festival is above all the men and women of Annecy who, for several days, will swing to the beat of moving images, encounters between professionals and enthusiasts, and outdoor screenings. And in this vintage year 2023 imbued with the savours of Mexican animation, it’s the promise of a week that should be flavoursome, hearty and daring for us all!

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Mifa

CITIA

VÉRONIQUE ENCRENAZ
Head of Mifa, CITIA

Mexican animation has top billing this year at both the Festival and the Market. This long-anchored history between Annecy and Mexico has thus crystallized in many shared projects. In addition to the presence of Mexican exhibitors and an extended Market umbrella for them, a number of events centred on Mexican animation will illuminate the 4 days of Mifa.

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CNC

DOMINIQUE BOUTONNAT
CNC Chairman

We’re very happy to support the Annecy International Animation Film Festival because it’s not only the nerve centre of worldwide animation but also a yearly highpoint loved by all – audiences and professionals – for its encompassing spirit and creative energy, especially this year thanks to the fabulous artistic promise of guest-of-honour Mexico.

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European Commission

LUCÍA RECALDE
Deputy Director, Unit Head for Audiovisual Industry and Media Support Programmes, European Commission – Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG CONNECT)

The audiovisual sector is witnessing a rapid evolution driven by technological developments accompanying new ways of creating and producing content.

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France Télévisions

PIERRE SIRACUSA
Director of Animation, Young Audiences and Education
France Télévisions

Animation has always made the very most of technological breakthroughs. Its acute sense of diverted function plus its taste for tinkering lead it to continually challenge its production methods and manufacturing tools.

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The Festival

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The Mifa

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Programme

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Official selection

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