The Annecy International Animated Film Festival, an annual event dedicated to animated cinema, has been organized since 1960. Since 1985, the festival has been accompanied by Mifa, an international market, a trade event aimed at producers and distributors of animated films. It is one of the most important meetings of animated cinema in the world.

This year, the festival runs from 8 to 14, June.

Our films in the competition:

HALO, CENTRALA
Synopsis: An elderly man wants to report the disappearance of his wife, Big Orange.

Credits:
screenplay, direction, animation, editing: Zuzanna Heller
production management: Jonasz Różański
artistic supervision: Aleksandra Chrapowicka, Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz

THE CROOKED HEADS
Synopsis: The smell of mine smoke envelops a forgotten Polish housing estate. The young man shaves his head, puts on a tracksuit, and confronts the shadow of his big brother and his past.

Credits:
screenplay, direction, animation, production management: Jakub Krzyszpin
artistic supervision: Piotr Dumała, Marcin Podolec

See the trailer: vimeo.com

Annecy IFF programme: programme.annecyfestival.com/en/program

Fingers crossed!

1 – festival press materials
2 – still from the film HALO, CENTRALA
3 – still from the film THE CROOKED HEADS