‘Olivia’ is going to be in competition in the TV series section of Annecy this year! This is a great honour as Annecy is an extremely difficult festival to get into due to the enormous amount of films entered.
Darragh onstage at Annecy 2002
It’s always been a challenge for Brown Bag to get our films into Annecy. Granny O’Grimm was never shown at the festival & our previous nominated film ‘Give up yer Aul Sins’ only played in Panorama but not in competition.
Over the years I’ve been to Annecy a couple of times and it’s a beautiful town to visit on the shores of Lake Annecy and overlooked by the Alps. They have a lot of evening time screenings and when the weather is warm it’s a beautiful way to watch some animated films.
Last time myself & Cathal were there was in 2002, there was a big Irish contingent and Enterprise Ireland actually funded a stand at the MIFA market celebrating the Irish animation industry.
Gary Blatchford at the Ireland on screen stand
Aidan Hickey & Steve Woods, Annecy 2002
Cathal, Darragh & Jimmy Murikami
Annecy was also the place where on a previous trip ( many years ago) I got locked out of the apartment in which I was staying, and as I didn’t have enough cash or a credit card at the time to book into a hotel I had to spend the night sleeping rough! That was interesting!
Cathal & Andrew Fitzpatrick, Annecy 2002
I’m looking forward to it this year as its the 50th Anniversary of the Annecy festival and so there are going to be a lot of special guests making an appearance. See you there for some tartiflette!!!
