35th Annecy International Animation Film Festival
3 films from Luxembourg at the Festival and 12 production companies present at the Mifa 2011!
Official french press release: 6 June 2011.
Three Luxembourg co-productions selected for the 2011 Annecy International Animation Film Festival!
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival, held this year from 6 to 11 June, has included 3 Luxembourg projects in its official selection: 2 television films are in competition, namely "Le Petit Nicolas" directed by Armand Boron and co-produced by LuxAnimation and "Le Petit Prince" directed by Pierre-Alain Chartier and co-produced by La Fabrique d'Images. The feature film "The Prodigies - La Nuit des Enfants Roi" directed by Antoine Charreyron and co-produced by LuxAnimation is the 3rd project selected "out of competition".
Running parallel to the Festival, the International Animation Film Market (MIFA) takes place from 8 to 10 June: a must-attend event for professionals in the animation sector. The National Support Fund for Audiovisual Production is present for the tenth consecutive time, with a promotional stand that serves as an umbrella for a dozen Luxembourg production and service companies. This year's programme includes a meeting between Luxembourg professionals and Irish production companies, as well as 'speed dating' meetings between producers and students from the Lycée Technique des Arts et Métiers.
Further information:
Synopsis:
The Little Prince - "The Planet of the Firebird": When the Little Prince arrives on this planet, the firebird (charged by the deceased king with handing over the crown of power to whom it may concern) is hell-bent on the people of the emerald cutters, who live in exodus on a floating conch shell.
Le Petit Nicolas - "At playtime we fight": Nicolas and Geoffroy decide to fight. But the teacher intervenes, and the friends don't like it. So it's off to the wasteland!
"The Prodigies - Night of the Child King: Central Park, New York. Five children are brutally attacked. But these five are not like the others: they are prodigies. Endowed with extraordinary intelligence and the ability to control other people's minds, they are plotting their revenge ...
The Prodigies" was also in the official selection at this year's Cannes Film Festival (out of competition). The film will be shown in Luxembourg cinemas from 8 June.
Press release from the Fonds national de soutien à la production audiovisuelle, 6 June 2011
