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‘Mary Anning’: Swiss Animation Unearths the Childhood Backstory of a Legendary Fossil Pioneer in Annecy Playing Feature
Swiss director Marcel Barelli brings Mary Anning's inspiring childhood to life in an empowering animated feature debut, premiering at Annecy.
Backed by his long-time collaborator and producer Nicolas Burlet (Nadasdy Films), Barelli felt it was the right time to embark on the journey of making a Swiss animated feature. Her style brings forth great children’s worlds, reminiscent of literature and picture books, with soft, round designs that balance the harsh nature of these cliffs of mud and clay swept by storms. If you wait until the very end, you’ll see the first-ever illustration of a prehistoric scene: Duria Antiquior, drawn by geologist Henry De la Beche in 1830, based on Anning’s fossil finds.
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