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10 Trends That Dominated Annecy 2024: Buzz Titles, Adult Animation and the Festival’s Increasing Importance to Hollywood
Awards season buzz, the rise of adult animation, audiences rejection of AI and major buzz titles
Paramount and Nickelodeon boss Ramsey Naito backed Jean’s claim, arguing that Annecy has become “a place where all the majors can come and present their wares like we’re doing today with ‘Transformers One.’ It’s just an incredible blend of independent and big animation.” Showcasing the region’s burgeoning animation scene, Annecy hosted Namaste MIFA for the first time this year, a pitching event for four Indian works-in-progress reflecting diverse themes including sports, food, gender and tradition. Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow” received the ultimate thumbs-up, Guillermo del Toro’s, who tweeted: “If I could wish for the future of animation, these images would be its magnificent, breathtaking start.” Variety hailed “Memoir of a Snail” as “a droll, delightfully quotable second feature.” “ Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl ” did nothing to harm the franchise’s awards season credentials after headlining Netflix’s Wednesday showcase.
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