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Annecy 2025 Lineup Unveiled: A Celebration of Innovation, Independence and International Animation
Annecy 2025 celebrates innovation and independence in animation, featuring diverse themes, independent films and honoring legendary artists.
“For his first feature film, Zaven Najjar rose to the challenge of adapting Ahmadou Kourouma’s novel ‘Allah is Not Obliged.’ It’s a tall order given the book’s raw, unusual language, which the director manages to preserve in this first-person narrative of a child soldier.” “In his highly stylized debut feature, German director Heinrich Sabl transports us to 1945, to a strange hotel where little Sophie encounters horrors, loses her memory and finds it again, while history’s tragedy is played out all around her.” Mickaël Marin, Annecy’s managing director, reflected on the significance of the milestone and how the platform has evolved over the past four decades: “40 years ago, MIFA was born out of the need to create a television animation industry in Europe.
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